# Cannot insert a geopoint
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-insert-a-geopoint/107234
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [November 10, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-insert-a-geopoint/107234 "2017-11-10T19:19:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Marek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marek)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-insert-a-geopoint/107234/1 "2017-11-10T19:19:23Z")
I try to insert a document with body:
{
"user\_uuid":"234",
"description":"",
"category":"art",
"location":{
"lat":52.582014799999996,
"lon":13.4913122
},
"url":"[http://172.19.0.4:9000/arbotti/r1RgVuQJMS1xRg4\_Xkz](http://172.19.0.4:9000/arbotti/r1RgVuQJMS1xRg4_Xkz)"
}
And get the error:
{
"error": {
"root\_cause": [
{
"type": "remote\_transport\_exception",
"reason": "[172.19.0.2][172.19.0.2:9300][indices:data/write/bulk[s][p]]"
}
],
"type": "class\_cast\_exception",
"reason": "java.lang.Double cannot be cast to java.lang.Float"
},
"status": 500
}
I do not understand why the lat/lon pair is treated as Double.
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2017, 9:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-insert-a-geopoint/107234/2 "2017-11-10T21:23:15Z")
What is the mapping on that field?
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### Author:  [@Marek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marek)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-insert-a-geopoint/107234/3 "2017-11-10T21:35:33Z")
Mark,
The problem seems gone after I dropped the index and recreated it.
The mapping is geopoint. Seems to work now.
Thank you Mark anyway!
Marek
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### Author:  [@Marek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marek)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-insert-a-geopoint/107234/4 "2017-11-21T14:09:31Z")
Dear Mark,
Perhaps you can help me. I am using elastic version 5.5.0
I am having a problem with this simple update:
[http://localhost:9200/post\_elastic/AV\_e3-gqARzXw\_Stq0-5/\_update](http://localhost:9200/post_elastic/AV_e3-gqARzXw_Stq0-5/_update)
{
"script" : {
"inline": "ctx.\_source.likes += 1",
"lang": "painless"
}
}
This leads to:
{
"error": {
"root\_cause": [
{
"type": "remote\_transport\_exception",
"reason": "[172.19.0.3][172.19.0.3:9300][indices:data/write/update[s]]"
}
],
"type": "illegal\_argument\_exception",
"reason": "failed to execute script",
"caused\_by": {
"type": "script\_exception",
"reason": "compile error",
"script\_stack": [],
"script": "ctx.\_source.likes += 1",
"lang": "painless",
"caused\_by": {
"type": "runtime\_exception",
"reason": "java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.elasticsearch.painless.PainlessError"
}
}
},
"status": 400
}
The field to be incremented is an integer.
"likes": {
"type": "integer"
},
Can you please help me to get to the root of the problem?
Thank you.
Best regards,
Marek
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-insert-a-geopoint/107234/5 "2017-11-21T18:52:40Z")
It'd be better if you started another thread, as that's unrelated to the original question so those that can best assist are unlikely to see the question 🙂
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### Author:  [@Marek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marek)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-insert-a-geopoint/107234/6 "2017-11-22T21:37:21Z")
Thank you Mark. I have created the new thread: [Cannot execute update by script](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-execute-update-by-script/108795) [https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-execute-update-by-script/108795](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-execute-update-by-script/108795)
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-insert-a-geopoint/107234/7 "2017-12-20T21:38:05Z")
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