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Service: documentdb · 2026-03-28 · Documentation low

File: documentdb/latest/developerguide/geoWithin.md

Summary

Entire documentation file for the $geoWithin operator in Amazon DocumentDB has been removed, including all examples, code samples, and usage instructions.

Security assessment

The change removes documentation about a geospatial query operator ($geoWithin) but provides no evidence of security vulnerability, incident, or security-related context. This appears to be routine documentation maintenance, possibly consolidating or reorganizing content. No security implications can be inferred from the removal of this geospatial operator documentation.

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-[Documentation](/index.html)[Amazon DocumentDB](/documentdb/index.html)[Developer Guide](what-is.html)
-
-Example (MongoDB Shell)Code examples
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-# $geoWithin
-
-The `$geoWithin` operator in Amazon DocumentDB is used to find documents whose location data (represented as GeoJSON objects) are completely contained within a specified shape, such as a polygon or multipolygon. This is useful for querying for objects that are located within a specific geographic region.
-
-**Parameters**
-
-  * `$geometry`: A GeoJSON object that represents the shape to query against.
-
-
-
-
-## Example (MongoDB Shell)
-
-The following example demonstrates how to use the `$geoWithin` operator to find all airports located within the state of New York.
-
-**Create sample documents**
-    
-    
-    // Insert state document
-    db.states.insert({
-        "name": "New York",
-        "loc": {
-            "type": "Polygon",
-            "coordinates": [[
-                [-79.76278, 45.0],
-                [-73.94, 45.0],
-                [-73.94, 40.5],
-                [-79.76278, 40.5],
-                [-79.76278, 45.0]
-            ]]
-        }
-    });
-    
-    // Insert airport documents
-    db.airports.insert([
-        {
-            "name": "John F. Kennedy International Airport",
-            "type": "airport",
-            "code": "JFK",
-            "loc": {
-                "type": "Point",
-                "coordinates": [-73.7781, 40.6413]
-            }
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "LaGuardia Airport",
-            "type": "airport",
-            "code": "LGA",
-            "loc": {
-                "type": "Point",
-                "coordinates": [-73.8772, 40.7769]
-            }
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "Buffalo Niagara International Airport",
-            "type": "airport",
-            "code": "BUF",
-            "loc": {
-                "type": "Point",
-                "coordinates": [-78.7322, 42.9403]
-            }
-        }
-    ]);
-
-**Query example**
-    
-    
-    var state = db.states.findOne({"name": "New York"});
-    
-    db.airports.find({
-        "loc": {
-            "$geoWithin": {
-                "$geometry": state.loc
-            }
-        }
-    }, {
-        "name": 1,
-        "type": 1,
-        "code": 1,
-        "_id": 0
-    });
-
-**Output**
-    
-    
-    [
-      {
-        "name": "John F. Kennedy International Airport",
-        "type": "airport",
-        "code": "JFK"
-      },
-      {
-        "name": "LaGuardia Airport",
-        "type": "airport",
-        "code": "LGA"
-      }
-    ]
-
-## Code examples
-
-To view a code example for using the `$geoWithin` command, choose the tab for the language that you want to use:
-
-Node.js
-    
-    
-    
-    const { MongoClient } = require('mongodb');
-    
-    async function findAirportsWithinState(stateName) {
-      const client = await MongoClient.connect('mongodb://<username>:<password>@<cluster-endpoint>:27017/?tls=true&tlsCAFile=global-bundle.pem&replicaSet=rs0&readPreference=secondaryPreferred&retryWrites=false');
-      const db = client.db('test');
-    
-      const stateDoc = await db.collection('states').findOne({ name: stateName }, { projection: { _id: 0, loc: 1 } });
-      const airportDocs = await db.collection('airports').find({
-        loc: {
-          $geoWithin: {
-            $geometry: stateDoc.loc
-          }
-        }
-      }, { projection: { name: 1, type: 1, code: 1, _id: 0 } }).toArray();
-    
-      console.log(airportDocs);
-    
-      await client.close();
-    }
-    
-    findAirportsWithinState('New York');
-
-Python
-    
-    
-    
-    from pymongo import MongoClient
-    
-    def find_airports_within_state(state_name):
-        try:
-            client = MongoClient('mongodb://<username>:<password>@<cluster-endpoint>:27017/?tls=true&tlsCAFile=global-bundle.pem&replicaSet=rs0&readPreference=secondaryPreferred&retryWrites=false')
-            db = client['test']
-            state_doc = db.states.find_one({'name': state_name}, {'_id': 0, 'loc': 1})
-            airport_docs = db.airports.find({
-                'loc': {
-                    '$geoWithin': {
-                        '$geometry': state_doc['loc']
-                    }
-                }
-            }, {'name': 1, 'type': 1, 'code': 1, '_id': 0})
-            
-            return list(airport_docs)
-        except Exception as e:
-            print(f'Error: {e}')
-        finally:
-            client.close()
-    
-    airports = find_airports_within_state('New York')
-    print(airports)
-
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-[Document Conventions](/general/latest/gr/docconventions.html)
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-$geoIntersects
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-$maxDistance
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