Neo4j spatial cypher query withinDistance doesn't return existing nodes

Question

I am using the spatial server plugin for Neo4j 2.0 and have followed the guide at http://neo4j.github.io/spatial/ to add a node with name Stockholm.

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Answer 1

In order to query using Cypher you'll need to add each node to an index:

    :POST http://localhost:7474/db/data/index/node/geom
    {
      'value': 'dummy', 
      'key': 'dummy', 
      'uri': 'http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/NODE_ID_HERE'
    }

I wrote a blog post about getting starting with Neo4j Spatial recently that covers this: http://lyonwj.com/mapping-the-worlds-airports-with-neo4j-spatial-and-openflights-part-1/