diff --git a/lucene/spatial3d/src/java/org/apache/lucene/spatial3d/geom/DistanceStyle.java b/lucene/spatial3d/src/java/org/apache/lucene/spatial3d/geom/DistanceStyle.java
index 1dccffba273..44919e33b2c 100644
--- a/lucene/spatial3d/src/java/org/apache/lucene/spatial3d/geom/DistanceStyle.java
+++ b/lucene/spatial3d/src/java/org/apache/lucene/spatial3d/geom/DistanceStyle.java
@@ -78,16 +78,40 @@ public interface DistanceStyle {
    */
   public double computeDistance(final PlanetModel planetModel, final Plane plane, final double x, final double y, final double z, final Membership... bounds);
 
+  /** Convert a distance to a form meant for aggregation.
+   * This is meant to be used in conjunction with aggregateDistances() and fromAggregationForm().
+   * Distances should be converted to aggregation form before aggregation is attempted,
+   * and they should be converted back from aggregation form to yield a final result.
+   * @param distance is an output of computeDistance().
+   * @return the distance, converted to aggregation form.
+   */
+  public default double toAggregationForm(final double distance) {
+    return distance;
+  }
+  
   /** Aggregate two distances together to produce a "sum".
    * This is usually just an addition operation, but in the case of squared distances it is more complex.
-   * @param distance1 is the first distance.
-   * @param distance2 is the second distance.
-   * @return the combined distance.
+   * Distances should be converted to aggregation form before aggregation is attempted,
+   * and they should be converted back from aggregation form to yield a final result.
+   * @param distance1 is the first aggregation form distance.
+   * @param distance2 is the second aggregation form distance.
+   * @return the combined aggregation form distance.
    */
   public default double aggregateDistances(final double distance1, final double distance2) {
     return distance1 + distance2;
   }
   
+  /** Convert an aggregation form distance value back to an actual distance.
+   * This is meant to be used in conjunctiion with toAggregationForm() and aggregateDistances().
+   * Distances should be converted to aggregation form before aggregation is attempted,
+   * and they should be converted back from aggregation form to yield a final result.
+   * @param aggregateDistance is the aggregate form of the distance.
+   * @return the combined distance.
+   */
+  public default double fromAggregationForm(final double aggregateDistance) {
+    return aggregateDistance;
+  }
+  
   // The following methods are used to go from a distance value back to something
   // that can be used to construct a constrained shape.
   
diff --git a/lucene/spatial3d/src/java/org/apache/lucene/spatial3d/geom/GeoStandardPath.java b/lucene/spatial3d/src/java/org/apache/lucene/spatial3d/geom/GeoStandardPath.java
index cde1c49e23b..8025a88a913 100755
--- a/lucene/spatial3d/src/java/org/apache/lucene/spatial3d/geom/GeoStandardPath.java
+++ b/lucene/spatial3d/src/java/org/apache/lucene/spatial3d/geom/GeoStandardPath.java
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ class GeoStandardPath extends GeoBasePath {
     for (PathSegment segment : segments) {
       double distance = segment.pathDistance(planetModel, distanceStyle, x,y,z);
       if (distance != Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY)
-        return distanceStyle.aggregateDistances(currentDistance, distance);
+        return distanceStyle.fromAggregationForm(distanceStyle.aggregateDistances(currentDistance, distance));
       currentDistance = distanceStyle.aggregateDistances(currentDistance, segment.fullPathDistance(distanceStyle));
     }
 
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ class GeoStandardPath extends GeoBasePath {
     for (SegmentEndpoint endpoint : endPoints) {
       double distance = endpoint.pathDistance(distanceStyle, x, y, z);
       if (distance != Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY)
-        return distanceStyle.aggregateDistances(currentDistance, distance);
+        return distanceStyle.fromAggregationForm(distanceStyle.aggregateDistances(currentDistance, distance));
       if (segmentIndex < segments.size())
         currentDistance = distanceStyle.aggregateDistances(currentDistance, segments.get(segmentIndex++).fullPathDistance(distanceStyle));
     }
@@ -554,12 +554,12 @@ class GeoStandardPath extends GeoBasePath {
      *@param x is the point x.
      *@param y is the point y.
      *@param z is the point z.
-     *@return the distance metric.
+     *@return the distance metric, in aggregation form.
      */
     public double pathDistance(final DistanceStyle distanceStyle, final double x, final double y, final double z) {
       if (!isWithin(x,y,z))
         return Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
-      return distanceStyle.computeDistance(this.point, x, y, z);
+      return distanceStyle.toAggregationForm(distanceStyle.computeDistance(this.point, x, y, z));
     }
 
     /** Compute external distance.
@@ -729,13 +729,13 @@ class GeoStandardPath extends GeoBasePath {
 
     /** Compute the full distance along this path segment.
      *@param distanceStyle is the distance style.
-     *@return the distance metric.
+     *@return the distance metric, in aggregation form.
      */
     public double fullPathDistance(final DistanceStyle distanceStyle) {
       synchronized (fullDistanceCache) {
         Double dist = fullDistanceCache.get(distanceStyle);
         if (dist == null) {
-          dist = new Double(distanceStyle.computeDistance(start, end.x, end.y, end.z));
+          dist = new Double(distanceStyle.toAggregationForm(distanceStyle.computeDistance(start, end.x, end.y, end.z)));
           fullDistanceCache.put(distanceStyle, dist);
         }
         return dist.doubleValue();
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ class GeoStandardPath extends GeoBasePath {
      *@param x is the point x.
      *@param y is the point y.
      *@param z is the point z.
-     *@return the distance metric.
+     *@return the distance metric, in aggregation form.
      */
     public double pathDistance(final PlanetModel planetModel, final DistanceStyle distanceStyle, final double x, final double y, final double z) {
       if (!isWithin(x,y,z))
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ class GeoStandardPath extends GeoBasePath {
       final double perpZ = normalizedConnectingPlane.x * y - normalizedConnectingPlane.y * x;
       final double magnitude = Math.sqrt(perpX * perpX + perpY * perpY + perpZ * perpZ);
       if (Math.abs(magnitude) < Vector.MINIMUM_RESOLUTION)
-        return distanceStyle.computeDistance(start, x,y,z);
+        return distanceStyle.toAggregationForm(distanceStyle.computeDistance(start, x,y,z));
       final double normFactor = 1.0/magnitude;
       final Plane normalizedPerpPlane = new Plane(perpX * normFactor, perpY * normFactor, perpZ * normFactor, 0.0);
       
@@ -807,7 +807,8 @@ class GeoStandardPath extends GeoBasePath {
         else
           throw new RuntimeException("Can't find world intersection for point x="+x+" y="+y+" z="+z);
       }
-      return distanceStyle.aggregateDistances(distanceStyle.computeDistance(thePoint, x, y, z), distanceStyle.computeDistance(start, thePoint.x, thePoint.y, thePoint.z));
+      return distanceStyle.aggregateDistances(distanceStyle.toAggregationForm(distanceStyle.computeDistance(thePoint, x, y, z)),
+	distanceStyle.toAggregationForm(distanceStyle.computeDistance(start, thePoint.x, thePoint.y, thePoint.z)));
     }
 
     /** Compute external distance.
diff --git a/lucene/spatial3d/src/java/org/apache/lucene/spatial3d/geom/LinearSquaredDistance.java b/lucene/spatial3d/src/java/org/apache/lucene/spatial3d/geom/LinearSquaredDistance.java
index c1800f61803..12ef926c60d 100644
--- a/lucene/spatial3d/src/java/org/apache/lucene/spatial3d/geom/LinearSquaredDistance.java
+++ b/lucene/spatial3d/src/java/org/apache/lucene/spatial3d/geom/LinearSquaredDistance.java
@@ -52,9 +52,13 @@ public class LinearSquaredDistance implements DistanceStyle {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public double aggregateDistances(final double distance1, final double distance2) {
-    final double linearDistance = Math.sqrt(distance1) + Math.sqrt(distance2);
-    return linearDistance * linearDistance;
+  public double toAggregationForm(final double distance) {
+    return Math.sqrt(distance);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public double fromAggregationForm(final double aggregateDistance) {
+    return aggregateDistance * aggregateDistance;
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/lucene/spatial3d/src/java/org/apache/lucene/spatial3d/geom/NormalSquaredDistance.java b/lucene/spatial3d/src/java/org/apache/lucene/spatial3d/geom/NormalSquaredDistance.java
index 3a68cc97c9b..25b467c87db 100644
--- a/lucene/spatial3d/src/java/org/apache/lucene/spatial3d/geom/NormalSquaredDistance.java
+++ b/lucene/spatial3d/src/java/org/apache/lucene/spatial3d/geom/NormalSquaredDistance.java
@@ -52,9 +52,13 @@ public class NormalSquaredDistance implements DistanceStyle {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public double aggregateDistances(final double distance1, final double distance2) {
-    final double normalDistance = Math.sqrt(distance1) + Math.sqrt(distance2);
-    return normalDistance * normalDistance;
+  public double toAggregationForm(final double distance) {
+    return Math.sqrt(distance);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public double fromAggregationForm(final double aggregateDistance) {
+    return aggregateDistance * aggregateDistance;
   }
 
   @Override