public void TestSTDistanceSphere()
        {
            using (var db = new PostGisTestDataConnection(TestDatabaseConnectionString))
            {
                var point = db.Select(() => GeometryInput.STGeomFromText("POINT(-118 38)", SRID4326));
                var geom  = db.Select(() => GeometryInput.STGeomFromText("LINESTRING(-118.584 38.374,-118.583 38.5)", SRID4326));

                var dist_meters                = db.Select(() => geom.STCentroid().STDistanceSphere(point));
                var dist_utm11_meters          = db.Select(() => geom.STCentroid().STTransform(32611).STDistance(point.STTransform(32611)));
                var dist_degrees               = db.Select(() => geom.STCentroid().STDistance(point));
                var min_dist_line_point_meters = db.Select(() => geom.STTransform(32611).STDistance(point.STTransform(32611)));

                Assert.AreEqual(70424.71, dist_meters.Value, 0.01);
                Assert.AreEqual(70438.00, dist_utm11_meters.Value, 0.01);
                Assert.AreEqual(0.72900, dist_degrees.Value, 0.00001);
                Assert.AreEqual(65871.18, min_dist_line_point_meters.Value, 0.01);

                Assert.AreEqual(
                    111195.07973463,
                    db.Select(() => MeasurementFunctions.STDistanceSphere(
                                  "SRID=4326;POINT(0 0)",
                                  "SRID=4326;POINT(0 1)")).Value,
                    1.0E-6);

                Assert.IsNull(db.Select(() => MeasurementFunctions.STDistanceSphere((NTSG)null, (NTSG)null)));
            }
        }