$geoNear matching nearest array

Question

I have document in record collection Mongodb (3.4) like below :-

    { 
      "_id" : ObjectId("592d0c78555a7436b0883960"), 
      "userid" : 7, 
       "addresses" : [
        {
            "apporx" : 50.0, 
            "loc" : [
                -73.98137109999999, 
                40.7476039
            ]
        }, 
        {
            "apporx" : 15.0, 
            "loc" : [
                -73.982002, 
                40.74767
            ]          
        }, 
        {
            "apporx" :10.0, 
            "loc" : [
                -73.9819567, 
                40.7471609
            ]
        }
     ]
    }
`

I created index on this collection using below query :- 
`db.records.createIndex({'addresses.loc':1})`

when i execute my below query :-
`db.records.aggregate( 
      {$geoNear : {
        near : [ -73.9815103, 40.7475731 ],
        distanceField: "distance" 
    }});

this result gives me distance field.now can you explain me in my document which address array in this multiple elements exists. how can i determine for which element this result true?

Another question :- if i make condition on "addresses.apporx" like greater then or equal then is there any way to find location of this condition?

Answer 1

Firstly I strongly advise that you create a "2dsphere" index for your collection if you intend to to geospatial queries on real world coordinates.

Make sure to drop other indexes you may have been playing with:

db.records.dropIndexes();
db.records.createIndex({ "addresses.loc": "2dsphere" })

In order to do what you want, first take a look at the slight modification that also includes the includeLocs option to $geoNear

db.records.aggregate([
  { "$geoNear": {
     "near": [ -73.9815103, 40.7475731 ],
     "spherical": true,
     "distanceField": "distance",
     "includeLocs": "locs"
  }}
])

Now you will see output that looks like this:

{
        "_id" : ObjectId("592d0c78555a7436b0883960"),
        "userid" : 7,
        "addresses" : [
                {
                        "apporx" : 50,
                        "loc" : [
                                -73.98137109999999,
                                40.7476039
                        ]
                },
                {
                        "apporx" : 15,
                        "loc" : [
                                -73.982002,
                                40.74767
                        ]
                },
                {
                        "apporx" : 10,
                        "loc" : [
                                -73.9819567,
                                40.7471609
                        ]
                }
        ],
        "distance" : 0.0000019174641401278624,
        "locs" : [
                -73.98137109999999,
                40.7476039
        ]
}

So what that returned was not only the distance to the point that was nearest but "which" location was the match used.

So if you wanted to $filter the original array to return the nearest, then you can:

db.records.aggregate([
  { "$geoNear": {
     "near": [ -73.9815103, 40.7475731 ],
     "spherical": true,
     "distanceField": "distance",
     "includeLocs": "locs"
  }},
  { "$addFields": {
    "addresses": {
      "$filter": {
        "input": "$addresses",
        "as": "address",
        "cond": { "$eq": [ "$$address.loc", "$locs" ] }
      }
    }
  }}
])

And that returns the array with only that match:

{
        "_id" : ObjectId("592d0c78555a7436b0883960"),
        "userid" : 7,
        "addresses" : [
                {
                        "apporx" : 50,
                        "loc" : [
                                -73.98137109999999,
                                40.7476039
                        ]
                }
        ],
        "distance" : 0.0000019174641401278624,
        "locs" : [
                -73.98137109999999,
                40.7476039
        ]
}