MongoDB Location NearBy unique - node.js

Question

I have created a collection in DB and updated with proper indexing to retrieve it back. Im getting with the folloging
Example:
db.car.save({ "name":"Toyota car", "affiliation":"Toyota", "loc":{"lon":55.93939251390387,"lat":-113.999}})
db.car.find({"loc" : {"$within" : {"$center" : [[50.93939251390,-114],5]}}})
I have 100K + records in Database when I search the above query returns 20K records.
Actually this has some duplicate values in the "name" column. How can I get the distinct value of "name".

Answer 1

You can't get the results you need using a query in MongoDB 2.0.x, so will need to manipulate the results in your application code.
If you are only after names you can limit the fields in the output:
db.car.find(
{"loc" : {"$within" : {"$center" : [[50.93939251390,-114],5]}}},
{"_id": 0, "name": 1}
)
If you want to find distinct names you could do something like:
// Save cars we've seen
> var cars_seen = {}
// The unique list we actually want
> var cars = []
// Find closest cars to given geo point
> db.car.find(
{"loc" : {"$within" : {"$center" : [[50.93939251390,-114],5]}}},
{"_id": 0, "name": 1}
).forEach(
function(doc) {
// Add names we haven't seen yet
if (!cars_seen[doc.name]) {
cars_seen[doc.name] = 1;
cars.push(doc.name);
}
}
)
> cars
[ "Skoda", "Benz", "Skoda SUV" ]