Geographic KML import in to MySQL to see if a point is in a region?

Well, yes - you should do that. It will sure be faster than opening and reading all your KMZ/KML files each time.

The comparison against which you've judged the speed seems trivial. For instance, I could load all the GeoSpatial data in to RAM, set up a server daemon with code optimised for finding intersections, and talk with that - this is essentially what MySQL does, but is special purpose. Alternatively, perhaps a different database is known to be speedier in terms of geospatial data.

– Richard Sep 2 at 15:53 Oh, well ... I don't know that - that's a pretty good question as this is way too custom. One that could store actual objects would probably better for this purpose, but that's just a guess. – Narf Sep 2 at 16:57.

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