db.createCollection( "places" ); db.places.createIndex({ location : "2dsphere" } ); db.places.insert([ { "name" : "place 1" , "location" : { "type" : "Point" , "coordinates" : [ -50, 50 ] }}, { "name" : "place 2" , "location" : { "type" : "Point" , "coordinates" : [ -60, 60 ] }} ]); var count = db.places.aggregate([ { $geoNear: { near: \{ type: "Point" , coordinates: [ -50 , 50 ] }, maxDistance: 0, spherical: true , distanceField: "dist.calculated" , includeLocs: "dist.location" , } } ]).toArray().length print(count);