_geoPoint and _geoRadius not working

[skalra90]

Here is my code:

const results = await global.meiliClient.index("airports").search("", {
                sort: [`_geoPoint(${topLatitude}, ${topLongitude}):asc`],
                showRankingScore: true,
                showRankingScoreDetails: true
            });

results contains all airports not sorted by distance.

Index details:
{
    "displayedAttributes": [
        "airport_id",
        "name",
        "alias",
        "city_name",
        "city_alias",
        "country_name",
        "iata",
        "country_code",
        "type",
        "capital",
        "_geo"
    ],
    "searchableAttributes": [
        "name",
        "alias",
        "city_name",
        "city_alias",
        "country_name",
        "iata",
        "country_code",
        "capital"
    ],
    "filterableAttributes": [
        "_geo",
        "country_code",
        "type"
    ],
    "sortableAttributes": [
        "_geo",
        "type"
    ],
    "rankingRules": [
        "sort",
        "words",
        "typo",
        "proximity",
        "attribute",
        "exactness"
    ],
    "stopWords": [],
    "nonSeparatorTokens": [],
    "separatorTokens": [],
    "dictionary": [],
    "synonyms": {},
    "distinctAttribute": "airport_id",
    "proximityPrecision": "byWord",
    "typoTolerance": {
        "enabled": true,
        "minWordSizeForTypos": {
            "oneTypo": 5,
            "twoTypos": 9
        },
        "disableOnWords": [],
        "disableOnAttributes": []
    },
    "faceting": {
        "maxValuesPerFacet": 100,
        "sortFacetValuesBy": {
            "*": "alpha"
        }
    },
    "pagination": {
        "maxTotalHits": 1000
    },
    "searchCutoffMs": null
}

Checked all documents and found no invalid entry:

function checkGeoData(documents) {
    const invalidEntries = [];

    documents.forEach((doc, index) => {
        // Check if _geo exists and has both lat and lng
        if (!doc._geo || typeof doc._geo.lat !== "number" || typeof doc._geo.lng !== "number") {
            invalidEntries.push({ index, doc });
        }
    });
    return invalidEntries;
}

First document always with airport_id 1:

{
  name: "Goroka Airport",
  alias: null,
  city_name: "Goroka",
  city_alias: "Goronka",
  country_name: "Papua New Guinea",
  iata: "GKA",
  country_code: "PG",
  capital: "Port Moresby",
  airport_id: 1,
  _geo: {
    lat: -6.08169,
    lng: 145.391998,
  },
  type: "medium_airport",
  _geoDistance: 8294109,
  _rankingScore: 1,
  _rankingScoreDetails: {
    "_geoPoint(29.61611, 76.98056):asc": {
      order: 0,
      value: null,
      distance: null,
    },
  },
}

topLatitude = 29.61611
topLongitude = 76.98056

Same is for _geoRadius, no matter how big radius I make it returns no results.

Originally posted by @skalra90 in #4334 (reply in thread)

[irevoire]

Hey @skalra90, could you run your search request again but with the ranking score details enabled and share the output here so I can see what’s going on?
Could you also share the meilisearch version you're using please?

Also, if your data are public, it would be nice if you could share a dump with me

[skalra90]

Hey @irevoire

Indexes: airports and cities
URL: https://meili.rhombee.com
Key for accessing: 405b238c3616249d58e57d48a34fcb9aa9b86b148337567d72ee8117ab20afe6

Earlier _geoPoint and _geoRadius was working for airports only.
But _geoPoint and _geoRadius now works for cities as well. I deleted and built index again and somehow it started working. I changed nothing at all but it worked. WEIRD. But definitely worth looking into.

Now the problem I am facing is that the population sort doesn't seem to work and also takes a lot of time, may be it contains 0 as population for many cities but I didn't read anywhere that it doesn't work for 0 values.

[curquiza]

Closed by #4642