arangosh> db.geo2.ensureIndex({ type: "geo", fields: [ "location.latitude", "location.longitude" ] }); { "constraint" : false, "fields" : [ "location.latitude", "location.longitude" ], "id" : "geo2/1259359816", "ignoreNull" : true, "sparse" : true, "type" : "geo2", "unique" : false, "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" : "geo2/1328762440", "_key" : "1328762440", "_rev" : "1328762440", "location" : { "latitude" : 0, "longitude" : 0 }, "name" : "Name/0/0" }, { "_id" : "geo2/1328959048", "_key" : "1328959048", "_rev" : "1328959048", "location" : { "latitude" : 0, "longitude" : 10 }, "name" : "Name/0/10" }, { "_id" : "geo2/1321487944", "_key" : "1321487944", "_rev" : "1321487944", "location" : { "latitude" : -10, "longitude" : 0 }, "name" : "Name/-10/0" } ]