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MongoDB Cookbook - Second Edition - Second Edition

By : Amol Nayak
Book Image

MongoDB Cookbook - Second Edition - Second Edition

By: Amol Nayak

Overview of this book

MongoDB is a high-performance and feature-rich NoSQL database that forms the backbone of the systems that power many different organizations – it’s easy to see why it’s the most popular NoSQL database on the market. Packed with many features that have become essential for many different types of software professionals and incredibly easy to use, this cookbook contains many solutions to the everyday challenges of MongoDB, as well as guidance on effective techniques to extend your skills and capabilities. This book starts with how to initialize the server in three different modes with various configurations. You will then be introduced to programming language drivers in both Java and Python. A new feature in MongoDB 3 is that you can connect to a single node using Python, set to make MongoDB even more popular with anyone working with Python. You will then learn a range of further topics including advanced query operations, monitoring and backup using MMS, as well as some very useful administration recipes including SCRAM-SHA-1 Authentication. Beyond that, you will also find recipes on cloud deployment, including guidance on how to work with Docker containers alongside MongoDB, integrating the database with Hadoop, and tips for improving developer productivity. Created as both an accessible tutorial and an easy to use resource, on hand whenever you need to solve a problem, MongoDB Cookbook will help you handle everything from administration to automation with MongoDB more effectively than ever before.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
MongoDB Cookbook Second Edition
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Flat plane 2D geospatial queries in Mongo using geospatial indexes


In this recipe, we will see what geospatial queries are and then see how to apply these queries on flat planes. We will put it to use in a test map application.

Geospatial queries can be executed on data in which geospatial indexes are created. There are two types of geospatial indexes. The first one is called the 2D indexes and is the simpler of the two, it assumes that the data is given as x,y coordinates. The second one is called 3D or spherical indexes and is relatively more complicated. In this recipe, we will explore the 2D indexes and execute some queries on 2D data. The data on which we are going to work upon is a 25 x 25 grid with some coordinates representing bus stops, restaurants, hospitals, and gardens.

Getting ready

Refer to the recipe Connecting to the single node using a Java client from Chapter 1, Installing and Starting the Server, for all the necessary setup for this recipe. Download the data file 2dMapLegacyData...