import grails.mongodb.geo.*
...
Restaurant.findByLocationNear( Point.valueOf( 40, 40 ) )
// native query
Restaurant.findAllByLocationNear( [$geometry: [type:'Point', coordinates: [1,7]], $maxDistance:30000] )
// criteria query
Restaurant.withCriteria {
near 'location', Point.valueOf(1,7), 300000
}Purpose
Executes a MongoDB $near query
Examples
Description
Specifies a point for which a geospatial query returns the closest documents first. The query sorts the documents from nearest to farthest. See $near documentation for more info.