@brief ensures that a geo index exists `collection.ensureIndex({ type: "geo", fields: [ "location" ] })` Creates a geo-spatial index on all documents using *location* as path to the coordinates. The value of the attribute has to be an array with at least two numeric values. The array must contain the latitude (first value) and the longitude (second value). All documents, which do not have the attribute path or have a non-conforming value in it are excluded from the index. A geo index is implicitly sparse, and there is no way to control its sparsity. In case that the index was successfully created, an object with the index details, including the index-identifier, is returned. To create a geo on an array attribute that contains longitude first, set the *geoJson* attribute to `true`. This corresponds to the format described in [positions](http://geojson.org/geojson-spec.html) `collection.ensureIndex({ type: "geo", fields: [ "location" ], geoJson: true })` To create a geo-spatial index on all documents using *latitude* and *longitude* as separate attribute paths, two paths need to be specified in the *fields* array: `collection.ensureIndex({ type: "geo", fields: [ "latitude", "longitude" ] })` In case that the index was successfully created, an object with the index details, including the index-identifier, is returned. @EXAMPLES Create a geo index for an array attribute: @EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_OUTPUT{geoIndexCreateForArrayAttribute} ~db._create("geo") db.geo.ensureIndex({ type: "geo", fields: [ "loc" ] }); | for (i = -90; i <= 90; i += 10) { | for (j = -180; j <= 180; j += 10) { | db.geo.save({ name : "Name/" + i + "/" + j, loc: [ i, j ] }); | } } db.geo.count(); db.geo.near(0, 0).limit(3).toArray(); db.geo.near(0, 0).count(); ~db._drop("geo") @END_EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_OUTPUT Create a geo index for a hash array attribute: @EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_OUTPUT{geoIndexCreateForArrayAttribute2} ~db._create("geo2") db.geo2.ensureIndex({ type: "geo", fields: [ "location.latitude", "location.longitude" ] }); | 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 } }); | } } db.geo2.near(0, 0).limit(3).toArray(); ~db._drop("geo2") @END_EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_OUTPUT