query.withinMiles() will not work while query.near() works fine

[Siraris]

I've been trying, to no avail, to get the withinMiles query method to work. From what I can tell, withinMiles calls withinRadians calls near, and the only difference is the $maxDistance property is applied to the query. Below are the methods I'm using for both the withinMiles method and the near method:

query.withinMiles('currentLocation',
      new Parse.GeoPoint(-73.96939568075399, 40.83514669005315), 
      maxDistance
  );

  query.near('currentLocation',
    new Parse.GeoPoint(-73.96939568075399, 40.83514669005315));

Near runs and returns many objects from the database. withinMiles runs and returns an empty array. As you can see, at face value, it's the exact same method call, with the exact same properties, other than the maxDistance argument for withinMiles. maxDistance, for reference, is a Number value as required by the API.

I find it hard to believe that this is a bug, but from everything I can tell, it is. Any help would be appreciated.

[drew-gross]

We have lots of passing test cases that cover these features. Can you post some code that reliably reproduces your issue, including the code that creates the data? Ideally as a test case we can add to our test suite.

[Siraris]

This is the exact code that I'm using. Do you see something wrong that I'm doing?

Parse.Cloud.define("minimumUsersForAccess", function(request, response){
  if (!request.user) {
    response.error("Must be signed in to call this Cloud Function.")
    return;
  }

  // Max Distance to search should either be set by request, or default to 20 miles
  var maxDistance = (request.params.maxDistance) 
    ? request.params.maxDistance : 20,
    query = new Parse.Query(Parse.User);

// THIS DOES NOT WORK
  query.withinMiles('currentLocation',
      new Parse.GeoPoint(-73.96939568075399, 40.83514669005315), 
      maxDistance
  );

// THIS WORKS
  query.near('currentLocation',
    new Parse.GeoPoint(-73.96939568075399, 40.83514669005315));

  query.find({
    success: function(users) {
      // return true if more than 50 users returned, otherwise not enough
      // users for access
      console.log(users);
      response.success((users.length >= 50) ? true : false);
    }
  });
});

I don't have access to the code that creates the data unfortunately. Regardless, this is the shape of the location data in mongo:

"currentLocation": [
-71.1670245290879,
42.33827739107621
]

[drew-gross]

We have multiple tests for the withinMiles feature in the ParseGeoPoint.spec.js file that all pass. Without a complete set of steps to reproduce this issue, it's very difficult for us to help.

If you aren't using mongodb version 3.0.8, try switching to that version, as other versions have had some issues with geo queries.

[hramos]

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