> select
> earth_distance(ll_to_earth('122.55688','45.513746'),ll_to_earth('122.396357','47.648845'));
> 
> The result I get is this:
> 
> 128862.563227506
> 
> The distance from Portland to Seattle is not 128862
> miles.

It is 128000m = 128km.

Welcome to the metric system :)

Bye, Chris.



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