Learning Elasticsearch

Geo-point data type

We can set the geo-point data mapping for the geo_location field, as shown next:

PUT chapter3/_mapping/address {   "properties": {     "geo_location": {       "type": "geo_point"     }   } }

In the following example, we will index an address document with geolocation:

 PUT chapter3/address/1 {   "street": "123 High Lane",   "city": "Big City",   "geo_location": {     "lat": 37.3,     "lon": 121.8   } }

Please make sure the mapping type for geo_location is set before you index the address document otherwise the geo_location field will be stored as an object with lat and lon as strings. If all goes well, you should see a response as follows:

{   "_index": "chapter3",   "_type": "address",   "_id": "1",   "_version": 1,   "result": "created",   "_shards": { "total": ...