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Shape queries

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Shape queries

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Like geo_shape Elasticsearch supports the ability to index arbitrary two dimension (non Geospatial) geometries making it possible to map out virtual worlds, sporting venues, theme parks, and CAD diagrams.

Elasticsearch supports two types of cartesian data: point fields which support x/y pairs, and shape fields, which support points, lines, circles, polygons, multi-polygons, etc.

The queries in this group are:

shape query

Finds documents with:

  • shapes which either intersect, are contained by, are within or do not intersect with the specified shape
  • points which intersect the specified shape
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