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

File: documentdb/latest/developerguide/nearSphere.md

Summary

Entire documentation file for the $nearSphere operator was removed, including all examples and usage instructions

Security assessment

This change removes documentation for a geospatial query operator ($nearSphere) but provides no evidence of security vulnerability, incident, or weakness. The removal appears to be a documentation restructuring or deprecation of content, not a security fix. No security implications are mentioned in the diff.

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-[Documentation](/index.html)[Amazon DocumentDB](/documentdb/index.html)[Developer Guide](what-is.html)
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-Example (MongoDB Shell)Code examples
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-# $nearSphere
-
-The `$nearSphere` operator in Amazon DocumentDB is used to find documents that are within a specified distance of a geospatial point. This operator is particularly useful for geo-spatial queries, such as finding all restaurants within a certain radius of a given location.
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-**Parameters**
-
-  * `$geometry`: A GeoJSON object that represents the reference point. Must be a `Point` object with `type` and `coordinates` fields.
-
-  * `$minDistance`: (optional) The minimum distance (in meters) from the reference point that documents must be.
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-  * `$maxDistance`: (optional) The maximum distance (in meters) from the reference point that documents must be.
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-
-
-
-## Example (MongoDB Shell)
-
-In this example, we will find all restaurants within 2 kilometers (2000 meters) of a specific location in Seattle, WA.
-
-**Create sample documents**
-    
-    
-    db.usarestaurants.insert([
-      {
-        name: "Noodle House",
-        location: { type: "Point", coordinates: [-122.3516, 47.6156] }
-      },
-      {
-        name: "Pike Place Grill",
-        location: { type: "Point", coordinates: [-122.3403, 47.6101] }
-      },
-      {
-        name: "Seattle Coffee Co.",
-        location: { type: "Point", coordinates: [-122.3339, 47.6062] }
-      }
-    ]);
-
-**Query example**
-    
-    
-    db.usarestaurants.find({
-      location: {
-        $nearSphere: {
-          $geometry: {
-            type: "Point",
-            coordinates: [-122.3516, 47.6156]
-          },
-          $minDistance: 1,
-          $maxDistance: 2000
-        }
-      }
-    }, {
-      name: 1
-    });
-
-**Output**
-    
-    
-    { "_id" : ObjectId("611f3da985009a81ad38e74b"), "name" : "Noodle House" }
-    { "_id" : ObjectId("611f3da985009a81ad38e74c"), "name" : "Pike Place Grill" }
-
-## Code examples
-
-To view a code example for using the `$nearSphere` command, choose the tab for the language that you want to use:
-
-Node.js
-    
-    
-    
-    const { MongoClient } = require('mongodb');
-    
-    async function findNearbyRestaurants() {
-      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 restaurants = db.collection('usarestaurants');
-    
-      const result = await restaurants.find({
-        location: {
-          $nearSphere: {
-            $geometry: {
-              type: "Point",
-              coordinates: [-122.3516, 47.6156]
-            },
-            $minDistance: 1,
-            $maxDistance: 2000
-          }
-        }
-      }, {
-        projection: { name: 1 }
-      }).toArray();
-    
-      console.log(result);
-      client.close();
-    }
-    
-    findNearbyRestaurants();
-
-Python
-    
-    
-    
-    from pymongo import MongoClient
-    
-    def find_nearby_restaurants():
-        client = MongoClient('mongodb://<username>:<password>@<cluster-endpoint>:27017/?tls=true&tlsCAFile=global-bundle.pem&replicaSet=rs0&readPreference=secondaryPreferred&retryWrites=false')
-        db = client.test
-        restaurants = db.usarestaurants
-    
-        result = list(restaurants.find({
-            'location': {
-                '$nearSphere': {
-                    '$geometry': {
-                        'type': 'Point',
-                        'coordinates': [-122.3516, 47.6156]
-                    },
-                    '$minDistance': 1,
-                    '$maxDistance': 2000
-                }
-            }
-        }, {
-            'name': 1
-        }))
-    
-        print(result)
-        client.close()
-    
-    find_nearby_restaurants()
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