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Geo Distance Query

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Geo Distance Query

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Filters documents that include only hits that exists within a specific distance from a geo point. Assuming the following indexed json:

{
    "pin" : {
        "location" : {
            "lat" : 40.12,
            "lon" : -71.34
        }
    }
}

Then the following simple query can be executed with a geo_distance filter:

{
    "bool" : {
        "must" : {
            "match_all" : {}
        },
        "filter" : {
            "geo_distance" : {
                "distance" : "200km",
                "pin.location" : {
                    "lat" : 40,
                    "lon" : -70
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Accepted Formats

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In much the same way the geo_point type can accept different representations of the geo point, the filter can accept it as well:

Lat Lon As Properties

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{
    "bool" : {
        "must" : {
            "match_all" : {}
        },
        "filter" : {
            "geo_distance" : {
                "distance" : "12km",
                "pin.location" : {
                    "lat" : 40,
                    "lon" : -70
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Lat Lon As Array

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Format in [lon, lat], note, the order of lon/lat here in order to conform with GeoJSON.

{
    "bool" : {
        "must" : {
            "match_all" : {}
        },
        "filter" : {
            "geo_distance" : {
                "distance" : "12km",
                "pin.location" : [-70, 40]
            }
        }
    }
}

Lat Lon As String

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Format in lat,lon.

{
    "bool" : {
        "must" : {
            "match_all" : {}
        },
        "filter" : {
            "geo_distance" : {
                "distance" : "12km",
                "pin.location" : "40,-70"
            }
        }
    }
}

Geohash

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{
    "bool" : {
        "must" : {
            "match_all" : {}
        },
        "filter" : {
            "geo_distance" : {
                "distance" : "12km",
                "pin.location" : "drm3btev3e86"
            }
        }
    }
}

Options

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The following are options allowed on the filter:

`distance`	The radius of the circle centred on the specified location. Points which fall into this circle are considered to be matches. The `distance` can be specified in various units. See Distance Units.
`distance_type`	How to compute the distance. Can either be `sloppy_arc` (default), `arc` (slightly more precise but significantly slower) or `plane` (faster, but inaccurate on long distances and close to the poles).
`optimize_bbox`	Whether to use the optimization of first running a bounding box check before the distance check. Defaults to `memory` which will do in memory checks. Can also have values of `indexed` to use indexed value check (make sure the `geo_point` type index lat lon in this case), or `none` which disables bounding box optimization. [2.2] Deprecated in 2.2.
`_name`	Optional name field to identify the query
`ignore_malformed`	Set to `true` to accept geo points with invalid latitude or longitude (default is `false`).

geo_point Type

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The filter requires the geo_point type to be set on the relevant field.

Multi Location Per Document

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The geo_distance filter can work with multiple locations / points per document. Once a single location / point matches the filter, the document will be included in the filter.

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