We need to quickly calculate the distance between two points in geospatial for high volume network traffic where the geoIP data is known. Additionally looking to reduce result data according to arbitrary selections using standard selections. Optimized for geoPoint would be ideal.

ST_contains for arbitrary lasso, rectangle or circular selections in geospatial. Should return boolean. See OpenGIS Simple Features Implementation Specification for SQL 1.1. s2.1.1.2 // s2.1.13.3 - same as within(geometry B, geometry A)

ST_distance returns the minimum 2D Cartesian (planar) distance between two geometries, in projected units (spatial ref units). See OpenGIS Simple Features Implementation Specification for SQL 1.1.

These are standard geospatial operators, so no alternatives have been considered.

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