arangosh> db.geo.ensureIndex({ type: "geo", fields: [ "loc" ] }); { "bestIndexedLevel" : 17, "fields" : [ "loc" ], "geoJson" : false, "id" : "geo/117655", "isNewlyCreated" : true, "maxNumCoverCells" : 8, "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.geo.save({ name : "Name/" + i + "/" + j, loc: [ i, j ] }); ........> } ........> } arangosh> db.geo.count(); 703 arangosh> db.geo.near(0, 0).limit(3).toArray(); [ { "_key" : "118712", "_id" : "geo/118712", "_rev" : "_Y2g7DLi--H", "name" : "Name/0/0", "loc" : [ 0, 0 ] }, { "_key" : "118601", "_id" : "geo/118601", "_rev" : "_Y2g7DLG--D", "name" : "Name/-10/0", "loc" : [ -10, 0 ] }, { "_key" : "118709", "_id" : "geo/118709", "_rev" : "_Y2g7DLi--F", "name" : "Name/0/-10", "loc" : [ 0, -10 ] } ] arangosh> db.geo.near(0, 0).count(); null