How does one represent MongoDB GeoJSON fields in a Mongoose Schema?

Question

MongoDB 2.4 allows the use of GeoJSON objects and a slew of neat functions and indexes that I\'d like to use.

It expects GeoJSON objects to be stored in the format l

Answer 1

For reference, GeoJSON is officially supported in Mongoose 3.6

See the release notes here.

Example (from the docs):

new Schema({ loc: { type: [Number], index: '2dsphere'}})

... then ...

var geojsonPoly = { type: 'Polygon', coordinates: [[[-5,-5], ['-5',5], [5,5], [5,-5],[-5,'-5']]] }

Model.find({ loc: { $within: { $geometry: geojsonPoly }}})
// or
Model.where('loc').within.geometry(geojsonPoly)