How to store points(lat,lng) in Sails js using mongo-sails

Question

How to store points(lat,lng) in Sails js using mongo-sails

I am trying to store the lat, lng in my model. I have defined my model as

attributes: {
    point: {type: 'json'}
}

And i am passing the coordinates simply as [x ,y]. But it is storing the point as NULL. So please, if anyone knows how to deal with it, please help me. I have no idea how to do this.

node.js
geospatial
sails.js
waterline
sails-mongo

Answer 1

I tried to do something similar to this using the more funky field types but found that breaking it down to primitive types worked better.

module.exports = {

  attributes: {

    speed: {
      type: 'string'
    },

    heading: {
      type: 'string'
    },

    altitude: {
      type: 'string'
    },

    altitudeAccuracy: {
      type: 'string'
    },

    longitude: {
      type: 'float',
      required: true
    },

    latitude: {
      type: 'float',
      required: true
    },

    accuracy: {
      type: 'string'
    }

  }

};

here is the complete object for storing geo data.