# Feature request geo location distance sorting

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/feature-request-geo-location-distance-sorting/258109>\
**Category:** Elastic Search\
**Tags:** elastic-app-search\
**Created:** [December 9, 2020, 10:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/feature-request-geo-location-distance-sorting/258109 "2020-12-09T10:32:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![bskade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bskade/32/80493_2.png) [@bskade](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bskade)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 10:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/feature-request-geo-location-distance-sorting/258109/1 "2020-12-09T10:32:30Z")

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Hi,  
are there any plans to implement sorting by distance in the near future?  
Without this feature app search would be no candidate for us.

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**Author:** ![JasonStoltz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jasonstoltz/32/49893_2.png) [@JasonStoltz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JasonStoltz)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 1:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/feature-request-geo-location-distance-sorting/258109/2 "2020-12-09T13:07:35Z")

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Hey @bskade,

Check out our docs for proximity boosts: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/app-search/current/relevance-tuning-guide.html#relevance-tuning-guide-weights-and-boosts-boosts](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/app-search/current/relevance-tuning-guide.html#relevance-tuning-guide-weights-and-boosts-boosts)

It's not a literal "sort" where relevance score is completely ignored and results are sorted purely based on distance, but rather a "boost", meaning that distance (or proximity) is merely one factor in determining which results are shown first. If you tune the boost to be high enough, it could act like a pure sort.

Give it a try and let us know how it works for you.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 1:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/feature-request-geo-location-distance-sorting/258109/3 "2021-01-06T13:07:41Z")

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