arangosh> db.geo2.ensureIndex({ type: "geo", fields: [ "location.latitude", "location.longitude" ] }); { "bestIndexedLevel" : 17, "fields" : [ "location.latitude", "location.longitude" ], "geoJson" : false, "id" : "geo2/81872", "isNewlyCreated" : true, "maxNumCoverCells" : 8, "name" : "idx_1646382083298295808", "sparse" : true, "type" : "geo", "unique" : false, "worstIndexedLevel" : 4, "code" : 201 } arangosh> for (i = -90; i <= 90; i += 10) { ........> for (j = -180; j <= 180; j += 10) { ........> db.geo2.save({ name : "Name/" + i + "/" + j, location: { latitude : i, longitude : j } }); ........> } ........> } arangosh> db.geo2.near(0, 0).limit(3).toArray(); [ { "_key" : "82578", "_id" : "geo2/82578", "_rev" : "_ZXF6ep2---", "name" : "Name/0/0", "location" : { "latitude" : 0, "longitude" : 0 } }, { "_key" : "82652", "_id" : "geo2/82652", "_rev" : "_ZXF6eqS--A", "name" : "Name/10/0", "location" : { "latitude" : 10, "longitude" : 0 } }, { "_key" : "82580", "_id" : "geo2/82580", "_rev" : "_ZXF6ep2--A", "name" : "Name/0/10", "location" : { "latitude" : 0, "longitude" : 10 } } ]