MYSQL GIS ? What is it ?

[2levelsabove]

So I have a project that involves me calculating distances between two given zipcodes etc etc

Someone told me to do it integrating MySQL GIS but apparently Googling did not make me understand much.

Can someone make me understand in an easy manner ?

Thanks

[NogDog]

http://mysqlgis.com/
http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?23,184702,184702#msg-184702

[dagon]

this site also has a tutorial on it:
http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/moss20031023.php3?aid=608