A schematic 200 km search circle around longitude 15, latitude 37 contains Catania and Palermo. ASC COUNT 1 selects Catania. This is not a scaled road map.

Redis geo handles locations by distance

Redis geospatial commands index named locations and answer nearby-point queries without returning every coordinate to the application. They are useful when spherical distance is an acceptable model. They do not provide road routes, altitude-aware separation, arbitrary polygon analysis, or a guarantee that every returned location is still current. ...

January 25, 2028 · 6 min · XB Field Notes