arangosh> db.geo.ensureIndex({ type: "geo", fields: [ "loc" ] }); { "constraint" : false, "fields" : [ "loc" ], "geoJson" : false, "id" : "geo/1119768136", "ignoreNull" : true, "sparse" : true, "type" : "geo1", "unique" : false, "isNewlyCreated" : true, "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(); [ { "_id" : "geo/1189170760", "_key" : "1189170760", "_rev" : "1189170760", "loc" : [ 0, 0 ], "name" : "Name/0/0" }, { "_id" : "geo/1189367368", "_key" : "1189367368", "_rev" : "1189367368", "loc" : [ 0, 10 ], "name" : "Name/0/10" }, { "_id" : "geo/1181896264", "_key" : "1181896264", "_rev" : "1181896264", "loc" : [ -10, 0 ], "name" : "Name/-10/0" } ] arangosh> db.geo.near(0, 0).count(); null