Database/SQL: How to store longitude/latitude data?

Question

Performance question ...

I have a database of houses that have geolocation data (longitude & latitude).

What I want to do is find the best way to store t

Answer 1

I would store it as integers (int, 4-bytes) represented in 1/1,000,000th degrees. That would give you a resolution of few inches.

I don't think there is any intrinsic spatial datatype in MySQL.