arangosh> db.geoFilter.ensureIndex({ type: "geo", fields: [ "latitude", "longitude" ] }); { "constraint" : false, "fields" : [ "latitude", "longitude" ], "id" : "geoFilter/30897", "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.geoFilter.save({ name : "Name/" + i + "/" + j, latitude : i, longitude : j }); ........> } ........> } arangosh> var query = "FOR doc in geoFilter FILTER DISTANCE(doc.latitude, doc.longitude, 0, 0) < 2000 RETURN doc" arangosh> db._explain(query, {}, {colors: false}); Query string: FOR doc in geoFilter FILTER DISTANCE(doc.latitude, doc.longitude, 0, 0) < 2000 RETURN doc Execution plan: Id NodeType Est. Comment 1 SingletonNode 1 * ROOT 6 IndexNode 703 - FOR doc IN geoFilter /* geo2 index scan */ 5 ReturnNode 703 - RETURN doc Indexes used: By Type Collection Unique Sparse Selectivity Fields Ranges 6 geo2 geoFilter false true n/a [ `latitude`, `longitude` ] WITHIN(doc, 0, 0, 2000, false) Optimization rules applied: Id RuleName 1 geo-index-optimizer 2 remove-unnecessary-calculations-2 arangosh> db._query(query); [ { "_key" : "31954", "_id" : "geoFilter/31954", "_rev" : "_WnWXE2q--D", "name" : "Name/0/0", "latitude" : 0, "longitude" : 0 } ] [object ArangoQueryCursor, count: 1, cached: false, hasMore: false]