arangosh> db.geo.ensureIndex({ type: "geo", fields: [ "loc" ] }); { "bestIndexedLevel" : 17, "fields" : [ "loc" ], "geoJson" : false, "id" : "geo/1636", "isNewlyCreated" : true, "maxNumCoverCells" : 8, "name" : "idx_1641835656385658880", "sparse" : true, "type" : "geo", "unique" : false, "worstIndexedLevel" : 4, "code" : 201 } arangosh> for (var i = -90; i <= 90; i += 10) { ........> for (var j = -180; j <= 180; j += 10) { ........> db.geo.save({ ........> name : "Name/" + i + "/" + j, ........> loc: [ i, j ] }); ........> } } arangosh> db.geo.near(0, 0).distance().limit(2).toArray(); [ { "_id" : "geo/2342", "_key" : "2342", "_rev" : "_ZG8LQq2--A", "loc" : [ 0, 0 ], "name" : "Name/0/0", "distance" : 0 }, { "_id" : "geo/2416", "_key" : "2416", "_rev" : "_ZG8LQri---", "loc" : [ 10, 0 ], "name" : "Name/10/0", "distance" : 1111949.2664455874 } ]