Inconsistent and undocumented behavior of Geo indexes and Geo queries

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    • Type: Bug
    • Resolution: Duplicate
    • Priority: Major - P3
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    • Affects Version/s: 2.4.3
    • Component/s: Aggregation Framework, Geo
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      The behavior of Geo indexes is inconsistent and is not enforced by the code.

      The ensureIndex() command will let you create multiple 2d and 2dsphere indexes on a collection.

      If you query the collection with $geoNear, it will error out if there are multiple 2d indexes, and will silently ignore the 2dsphere index if there is both a 2d and a 2dsphere index

      If you query a collection with $nearSphere, you can use a collection with multiple 2d indexes; the index selected for the query depends on the query field specified in $nearSphere.

      This should be made (at the least) consistent; ideally MongoDB should:

      • Support multiple Geo indexes on a single collection
      • Allow the $geoNear command to specify which field to use for the query (in the same way that the $nearSphere command does

      If MongoDB is going to have a limit of one Geo index per collection, it should enforce that limit when ensureIndex() is called, and not when the collection is queried.

      EDIT: Radically revised problem description

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              William Zola (Inactive)
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