i noticed that mongoDB $near and $geoNear returns around 1km bigger distance than should be.
Point1 (current location):
lat: 54.8985,
long: 23.9036,
Point2 (location in DB):
"location" : {
"type" : "Point",
"coordinates" : [
54.91689,
23.97423
]
}
based on multiple libraries distance should be around 4.7KM
however mongodb returns: "calcDistance" : 8082 = 8km
DIFFERENCE is 4 KM!
You can check it here:
I have tried both spherical and non-spehrical and tried both $geowNear and $near
my code:
db.getCollection('collection').aggregate([
{
$geoNear: {
near: { type: 'Point', coordinates: [ 54.8985, 23.9036 ] },
distanceField: 'calcDistance',
maxDistance: 5 * 1000,
}
}
])
Any ideas why?
Look slike $near and $geoNear need lat and long swapped. That was a problem.
Refer to this: geoNear returns incorrect distance
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I'm using MongoDB to store about 1 million documents representing regions.
Each document contains a coordinates record in the following format
"coordinates" : {
"longitude" : -77.02687,
"latitude" : 38.888565
}
Given a set of coordinates { x, y }, what query should I run to find the region ( document ) that is closest to it?
Based on the MongoDB geospatial-queries documentation the answer is quite simple.
In order to query for locations near a region you should follow these steps
Step 1
Create an index on the location field
db.places.createIndex( { location: "2dsphere" } )
Step 2
Find regions close to { -73.9667, 40.78 } ordered by closest locations
db.places.aggregate( [
{
$geoNear: {
near: { type: "Point", coordinates: [ -73.9667, 40.78 ] },
spherical: true,
query: { category: "Parks" },
distanceField: "calcDistance"
}
}
] )
The $nearSphere MongoDB operator is able to return the documents near to a given point (specified as parameter of the operator) sorted by incresing distance.
However, how to get the actual distance? Is there any mean of getting this using MongoDB functionality? Either with $nearSphere (although I have checked its documentation and I haven't found this information) or with other mechanisms (maybe the aggregation framework?)
Thanks!
With aggregation you can use the $geoNear stage to provide both spherical geometry and return the distance.
Example from the docs:
db.places.aggregate([
{
$geoNear: {
near: { type: "Point", coordinates: [ -73.99279 , 40.719296 ] },
distanceField: "dist.calculated",
maxDistance: 2,
query: { category: "Parks" },
includeLocs: "dist.location",
spherical: true
}
}
])
In my application I would like to query items that are close by (e.g. within 5km) to a coordinate and I tried to use $near to achieve that. With a quick look I thought it worked but after I tested it further it seems the query is somewhat inaccurate. Here is my setup:
I selected 2 coordinates that are a bit less than 5km apart from each other:
61.4644750214197, 23.8426943813556
61.497133399999996, 23.778528100000003
(At least according to tools like this, this or this the distance between those coordinates should be about ~4,99km)
I added one of the coordinates into empty "items" collection:
db.items.insert({
"geo" : {
"type" : "Point",
"coordinates" : [
61.4644750214197,
23.8426943813556
]
}
});
I added "2dsphere" index to the collection make geospatial queries possible:
db.items.createIndex( { geo : "2dsphere" } )
Finally, I used the other coordinate with $near query:
db.items.find({geo: {
$near: {
$geometry: {
type: "Point" ,
coordinates: [ 61.497133399999996, 23.778528100000003 ]
},
$maxDistance: 5000 // according to docs with '2dsphere' index and GeoJSON this is is meters
}
}}).count()
I expected the result to be 1 but instead it is 0. Even if I set $maxDistance to 7000 the result is still 0, but if I set it to 8000 the result will be 1.
Am I doing something wrong or are MongoDB geospatial queries (or just $near query?) that inaccurate? If so, is there a better way to get accurate results for this kind of query? This is my first time dealing with geospatial queries in MongoDB so there is probably a trivial explanation for my problem.
EDIT:
Basically I was dreaming of a functionality to show all items in map within X kilometres from users current location and X could be determined by user. It would be awkward if an item within 5km would not be visible even when the user wants to filter items within 7km.
I have tried most of the options for doing this query, like $centerSphere, $nearSphere and geoNear with similar results. They all seem to claim that the distance between my earlier mentioned coordinates is somewhere between 7-8km. I'm starting to think either 1. I'm missing some key peace of information about how distances work in general or 2. it simply is not possible to solve my problem with mongodb. Below are my queries for the other options:
$centerSphere (0 results with 5, 6 and 7km but 1 result with 8km):
db.items.find( { geo: {
$geoWithin: { $centerSphere: [ [ 61.497133399999996, 23.778528100000003 ], 5/6378.1 ]
}
}}).count()
geoNear (0 results with maxDistance 5000, 6000 and 7000 but 1 result with 8000):
db.runCommand(
{
geoNear: "items",
near: { type: "Point", coordinates: [ 61.497133399999996, 23.778528100000003 ] },
spherical: true,
maxDistance: 5000
}
)
I understand I am late to the party, but for all those who are facing similar issue
The problem here is that when you store that data into "coordinates", it must be in the [longitude, latitude] order because this is how mongodb works. https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/geospatial-queries/#spherical I just ran your example with reversed order of coordinates and it worked as expected.
db.items.insert({
"geo" : {
"type" : "Point",
"coordinates" : [
23.8426943813556,
61.4644750214197
]
}
});
And then i ran
db.items.find({geo: {
$near: {
$geometry: {
type: "Point" ,
coordinates: [ 23.778528100000003 , 61.497133399999996]
},
$maxDistance: 5000
}
}}).count()
The count here is 1:
Hope it helps
I have a collection "machine" with document
{
"_id" : "ac9d1db9-6a0d-47c6-97d3-a613c8dd0031",
"pin" : {
"machine":"test1",
"position" : [
-1.5716,
54.7732
]
}
}
Note: -1.5716 is lng and 54.7732 is lat
I have created a 2dsphere index on the document
db.machine.createIndex( { 'pin.position' : "2dsphere" } )
I try with 2 different versions of query (only difference in query is the near field in geoNear pipeline stage)
Query 1:
db.machine.aggregate(
[
{
"$geoNear":{
"near": [-0.2129092,51.5031594],
"limit":100,
"maxDistance":500*1000,
"distanceField": "dist.calculated",
"includeLocs": "dist.location",
"distanceMultiplier":1/1000,
"spherical": true
}
}
]
)
Note: -0.2129092 is lng and 51.5031594 is lat
Query 2
db.machine.aggregate(
[
{
"$geoNear":{
"near": { type: "Point", coordinates: [-0.2129092,51.5031594] },
"limit":100,
"maxDistance":500*1000,
"distanceField": "dist.calculated",
"includeLocs": "dist.location",
"distanceMultiplier":1/1000,
"spherical": true
}
}
]
)
Note: -0.2129092 is lng and 51.5031594 is lat
Query 1 returns me the document and provides that this document is 5.88161133560063e-05 Kms away from the search co-ordinates
Query 2 returns me the document and provides that this document is 375.135052595944 Kms away from the search co-ordinates
I cross-verify the distance between these lng/lat on a site http://andrew.hedges.name/experiments/haversine/ and see that the distance between the document and the search co-ordinates is around 374.835 Kms
It seems Query 2 is providing the correct result but am not sure as to what is the difference between Query 1 and Query 2 and if I am using it incorrectly.
Please advise
Query 1 provides the distance in legacy co-ordinate pairs and Query 2 provices the distance in meters (GeoJSON) and hence both queries are using different units
Please check the following link https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-16652?jql=text%20~%20%22geoNear%22
I have a document that contains a LineString. Is it possible to find and return the closest point within the LineString based on a pair of coordinates?
db.paths.find(
{
loc : {
$near : {
$geometry : {
type : "Point" ,
coordinates : [-73.965355,40.782865]
},
$maxDistance : 20000
}
}
);
// My "path" document
loc:{
"type": "LineString",
"coordinates": [
[-2.551082,48.5955632],
[-2.551229,48.594312],
[-2.551550,48.593312],
[-2.552400,48.592312],
[-2.553677, 48.590898]
]
}
As of MongoDB v2.4 (Currently v3.2), LineString is one of the supported GeoJSON objects. See GeoSpatial: GeoJSON Objects
Once you create 2dsphere index to the loc field, you could query closest points.
Using your example document, a mongo shell query would be :
db.paths.find({
location:{
$nearSphere:{
$geometry:{
type:"Point",
coordinates:[-2.551010, 48.59123]
},
$maxDistance:2000
}
}
});
Note that $maxDistance is in meters. Your example find() coordinates is far beyond the maximum distance you specified.
For v3.2 information please see $nearSphere or $near operators.