arangosh> db.geo2.ensureIndex({ type: "geo", fields: [ "location.latitude", "location.longitude" ] }); { "constraint" : false, "fields" : [ "location.latitude", "location.longitude" ], "id" : "geo2/28776", "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" : "29833", "_id" : "geo2/29833", "_rev" : "_WnWXEyC--X", "name" : "Name/0/0", "location" : { "latitude" : 0, "longitude" : 0 } }, { "_key" : "29944", "_id" : "geo2/29944", "_rev" : "_WnWXEyO--T", "name" : "Name/10/0", "location" : { "latitude" : 10, "longitude" : 0 } }, { "_key" : "29722", "_id" : "geo2/29722", "_rev" : "_WnWXEx2--V", "name" : "Name/-10/0", "location" : { "latitude" : -10, "longitude" : 0 } } ]