arangosh> db.geo2.ensureIndex({ type: "geo", fields: [ "location.latitude", "location.longitude" ] }); { "constraint" : false, "fields" : [ "location.latitude", "location.longitude" ], "id" : "geo2/26861", "ignoreNull" : true, "isNewlyCreated" : true, "sparse" : true, "type" : "geo2", "unique" : false, "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(); [ { "_key" : "27918", "_id" : "geo2/27918", "_rev" : "_WpTBEbC--F", "name" : "Name/0/0", "location" : { "latitude" : 0, "longitude" : 0 } }, { "_key" : "28029", "_id" : "geo2/28029", "_rev" : "_WpTBEba--D", "name" : "Name/10/0", "location" : { "latitude" : 10, "longitude" : 0 } }, { "_key" : "27807", "_id" : "geo2/27807", "_rev" : "_WpTBEaq--B", "name" : "Name/-10/0", "location" : { "latitude" : -10, "longitude" : 0 } } ]