arangosh> db.geo2.ensureGeoIndex("location.latitude", "location.longitude"); { "id" : "geo2/1969215943", "type" : "geo2", "fields" : [ "location.latitude", "location.longitude" ], "constraint" : false, "unique" : false, "ignoreNull" : true, "sparse" : true, "isNewlyCreated" : true, "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(); [ { "_id" : "geo2/2038618567", "_key" : "2038618567", "_rev" : "2038618567", "location" : { "latitude" : 0, "longitude" : 0 }, "name" : "Name/0/0" }, { "_id" : "geo2/2038815175", "_key" : "2038815175", "_rev" : "2038815175", "location" : { "latitude" : 0, "longitude" : 10 }, "name" : "Name/0/10" }, { "_id" : "geo2/2031344071", "_key" : "2031344071", "_rev" : "2031344071", "location" : { "latitude" : -10, "longitude" : 0 }, "name" : "Name/-10/0" } ]