arangosh> db.geo.ensureIndex({ type: "geo", fields: [ "loc" ] }); { "constraint" : false, "fields" : [ "loc" ], "geoJson" : false, "id" : "geo/25278", "ignoreNull" : true, "isNewlyCreated" : true, "sparse" : true, "type" : "geo1", "unique" : false, "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" : "26335", "_id" : "geo/26335", "_rev" : "_VvTSol6--A", "name" : "Name/0/0", "loc" : [ 0, 0 ] }, { "_key" : "26338", "_id" : "geo/26338", "_rev" : "_VvTSol6--B", "name" : "Name/0/10", "loc" : [ 0, 10 ] }, { "_key" : "26224", "_id" : "geo/26224", "_rev" : "_VvTSolm--E", "name" : "Name/-10/0", "loc" : [ -10, 0 ] } ] arangosh> db.geo.near(0, 0).count(); null