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Neo4j Spatial using the MATCH clause

I'm using the neo4j spatial withinDistance function. All the documentation that I've found for this use the START clause.

I'd like to use the newer MATCH clause as recommended by neo4j. It's also because I want to use the USING INDEX clauses which don't work with START. The question that I have is how do I write the following line with MATCH.

START h = node:geom('withinDistance:[-41.23,174.79, 20.0]')

Solution

  • The geo indexes are implemented as a manual indexes. The only way to query a manual index is the START clause. This is the only valid use case for START these days. There is no way to query a manual/spatial index using MATCH.

    N.B. in future versions of Neo4j I expect a way of using match for this.