diff --git a/config/packages/doctrine.yaml b/config/packages/doctrine.yaml
index e35208b2..2ff608d4 100644
--- a/config/packages/doctrine.yaml
+++ b/config/packages/doctrine.yaml
@@ -31,11 +31,107 @@ doctrine:
                 prefix: 'App\Entity'
                 alias: App
         dql:
+            string_functions:
+                # for postgresql
+                geometry:                CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\Geometry
+                stbuffer:                CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STBuffer
+                stcollect:               CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STCollect
+                stsnaptogrid:            CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STSnapToGrid
+                stoverlaps:              CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STOverlaps
             numeric_functions:
-                st_contains:     CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\STContains
-                contains:     CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\Contains
-                st_area:         CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\Area
-                st_geomfromtext: CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\GeomFromText
-                st_intersects:     CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\STIntersects
-                st_buffer:     CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\STBuffer
-                point: CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\Point
+                # for postgresql
+                starea:                  CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STArea
+                stasbinary:              CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STAsBinary
+                stasgeojson:             CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STAsGeoJson
+                stastext:                CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STAsText
+                stazimuth:               CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STAzimuth
+                stboundary:              CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STBoundary
+                stcentroid:              CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STCentroid
+                stclosestpoint:          CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STClosestPoint
+                stcontains:              CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STContains
+                stcontainsproperly:      CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STContainsProperly
+                stcoveredby:             CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STCoveredBy
+                stcovers:                CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STCovers
+                stcrosses:               CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STCrosses
+                stdisjoint:              CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STDisjoint
+                stdistance:              CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STDistance
+                stdistancesphere:        CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STDistanceSphere
+                stdwithin:               CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STDWithin
+                stenvelope:              CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STEnvelope
+                stexpand:                CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STExpand
+                stextent:                CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STExtent
+                stgeomfromtext:          CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STGeomFromText
+                stintersection:          CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STIntersection
+                stintersects:            CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STIntersects
+                stlength:                CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STLength
+                stlinecrossingdirection: CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STLineCrossingDirection
+                stlineinterpolatepoint:  CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STLineInterpolatePoint
+                stmakebox2d:             CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STMakeBox2D
+                stmakeline:              CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STMakeLine
+                stmakepoint:             CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STMakePoint
+                stperimeter:             CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STPerimeter
+                stpoint:                 CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STPoint
+                stscale:                 CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STScale
+                stsetsrid:               CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STSetSRID
+                stsimplify:              CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STSimplify
+                ststartpoint:            CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STStartPoint
+                stsummary:               CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STSummary
+                sttouches:               CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STTouches
+                sttransform:             CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\PostgreSql\STTransform
+
+                # for mysql
+                area:                   CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\Area
+                asbinary:               CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\AsBinary
+                astext:                 CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\AsText
+                buffer:                 CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\Buffer
+                centroid:               CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\Centroid
+                contains:               CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\Contains
+                crosses:                CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\Crosses
+                dimension:              CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\Dimension
+                distance:               CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\Distance
+                disjoint:               CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\Disjoint
+                distancefrommultyLine:  CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\DistanceFromMultyLine
+                endpoint:               CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\EndPoint
+                envelope:               CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\Envelope
+                equals:                 CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\Equals
+                exteriorring:           CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\ExteriorRing
+                geodistpt:              CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\GeodistPt
+                geometrytype:           CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\GeometryType
+                geomfromtext:           CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\GeomFromText
+                glength:                CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\GLength
+                interiorringn:          CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\InteriorRingN
+                intersects:             CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\Intersects
+                isclosed:               CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\IsClosed
+                isempty:                CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\IsEmpty
+                issimple:               CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\IsSimple
+                linestringfromwkb:      CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\LineStringFromWKB
+                linestring:             CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\LineString
+                mbrcontains:            CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\MBRContains
+                mbrdisjoint:            CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\MBRDisjoint
+                mbrequal:               CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\MBREqual
+                mbrintersects:          CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\MBRIntersects
+                mbroverlaps:            CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\MBROverlaps
+                mbrtouches:             CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\MBRTouches
+                mbrwithin:              CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\MBRWithin
+                numinteriorrings:       CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\NumInteriorRings
+                numpoints:              CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\NumPoints
+                overlaps:               CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\Overlaps
+                pointfromwkb:           CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\PointFromWKB
+                pointn:                 CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\PointN
+                point:                  CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\Point
+                srid:                   CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\SRID
+                startpoint:             CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\StartPoint
+                st_buffer:              CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\STBuffer
+                st_contains:            CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\STContains
+                st_crosses:             CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\STCrosses
+                st_disjoint:            CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\STDisjoint
+                st_distance:            CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\STDistance
+                st_equals:              CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\STEquals
+                st_intersects:          CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\STIntersects
+                st_overlaps:            CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\STOverlaps
+                st_touches:             CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\STTouches
+                st_within:              CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\STWithin
+                touches:                CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\Touches
+                within:                 CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\Within
+                x:                      CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\X
+                y:                      CrEOF\Spatial\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\MySql\Y
diff --git a/config/routes/dev/test.yaml b/config/routes/dev/test.yaml
index a3fd4e19..ccad499a 100644
--- a/config/routes/dev/test.yaml
+++ b/config/routes/dev/test.yaml
@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@ test_gmap:
     path: /test/gmap
     controller: App\Controller\TestController::gmap
 
+test_distance:
+    path: /test/distance
+    controller: App\Controller\TestController::distance
diff --git a/src/Controller/TestController.php b/src/Controller/TestController.php
index 70b44760..ae23f439 100644
--- a/src/Controller/TestController.php
+++ b/src/Controller/TestController.php
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ namespace App\Controller;
 use App\Ramcar\BaseController;
 use App\Access\Generator;
 
+use CrEOF\Spatial\PHP\Types\Geometry\Point;
+
+use App\Entity\Outlet;
+
 class TestController extends BaseController
 {
     public function index(Generator $acl_gen)
@@ -32,4 +36,27 @@ class TestController extends BaseController
 
         return $this->render('test/map.html.twig', $params);
     }
+
+    public function distance()
+    {
+        $params = $this->initParameters('home');
+
+        $point = new Point(121.0495453, 14.6042567);
+
+        // test if we can get the top 5 closest outlets to a point
+        $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
+        $query = $em->createQuery('SELECT o, st_distance(o.coordinates, point(:lng, :lat)) as dist FROM App\Entity\Outlet o ORDER BY dist')
+            ->setParameter('lat', $point->getLatitude())
+            ->setParameter('lng', $point->getLongitude())
+            ->setMaxResults(5);
+        error_log($query->getSql());
+        $result = $query->getResult();
+        
+        foreach ($result as $row)
+        {
+            error_log($row[0]->getName() . ' - ' . $row['dist']);
+        }
+
+        return $this->render('home.html.twig', $params);
+    }
 }