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Geo Polygon Query

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Geo Polygon Query

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A query allowing to include hits that only fall within a polygon of points. Here is an example:

GET /_search
{
    "query": {
        "bool" : {
            "must" : {
                "match_all" : {}
            },
            "filter" : {
                "geo_polygon" : {
                    "person.location" : {
                        "points" : [
                        {"lat" : 40, "lon" : -70},
                        {"lat" : 30, "lon" : -80},
                        {"lat" : 20, "lon" : -90}
                        ]
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Query Options

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Option	Description
`_name`	Optional name field to identify the filter
`ignore_malformed`	[5.0.0] Deprecated in 5.0.0. Use `validation_method` instead Set to `true` to accept geo points with invalid latitude or longitude (default is `false`).
`validation_method`	Set to `IGNORE_MALFORMED` to accept geo points with invalid latitude or longitude, `COERCE` to try and infer correct latitude or longitude, or `STRICT` (default is `STRICT`).

Allowed Formats

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Lat Long as Array

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

GET /_search
{
    "query": {
        "bool" : {
            "must" : {
                "match_all" : {}
            },
            "filter" : {
                "geo_polygon" : {
                    "person.location" : {
                        "points" : [
                            [-70, 40],
                            [-80, 30],
                            [-90, 20]
                        ]
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Lat Lon as String

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Format in lat,lon.

GET /_search
{
    "query": {
        "bool" : {
            "must" : {
                "match_all" : {}
            },
            "filter" : {
               "geo_polygon" : {
                    "person.location" : {
                        "points" : [
                            "40, -70",
                            "30, -80",
                            "20, -90"
                        ]
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Geohash

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GET /_search
{
    "query": {
        "bool" : {
            "must" : {
                "match_all" : {}
            },
            "filter" : {
               "geo_polygon" : {
                    "person.location" : {
                        "points" : [
                            "drn5x1g8cu2y",
                            "30, -80",
                            "20, -90"
                        ]
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

geo_point Type

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

Ignore Unmapped

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When set to true the ignore_unmapped option will ignore an unmapped field and will not match any documents for this query. This can be useful when querying multiple indexes which might have different mappings. When set to false (the default value) the query will throw an exception if the field is not mapped.

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