How does one represent MongoDB GeoJSON fields in a Mongoose Schema?

Question

MongoDB 2.4 allows the use of GeoJSON objects and a slew of neat functions and indexes that I\'d like to use.

It expects GeoJSON objects to be stored in the format l

Answer 1

Mongoose now officially supports this.

In a nutshell, what you do is, for that schema, you use the typeKey setting to tell mongoose to use a different key for type information. Here is an example:

var schema = new Schema({
  // Mongoose interpets this as 'loc is an object with 2 keys, type and coordinates'
  loc: { type: String, coordinates: [Number] },
  // Mongoose interprets this as 'name is a String'
  name: { $type: String }
}, { typeKey: '$type' }); // A '$type' key means this object is a type declaration

So now instead of declaring type info with the type property, you use $type. This works at the schema level so use it in the schemas that need it.