# Geo Coordinates are not being plotted in Coordinate Map visualisation of kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-coordinates-are-not-being-plotted-in-coordinate-map-visualisation-of-kibana/150417>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 29, 2018, 8:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-coordinates-are-not-being-plotted-in-coordinate-map-visualisation-of-kibana/150417 "2018-09-29T08:10:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![nnagar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@nnagar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nnagar)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 8:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-coordinates-are-not-being-plotted-in-coordinate-map-visualisation-of-kibana/150417/1 "2018-09-29T08:10:55Z")

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With the help of geoip plugin, ip that extracted from recieved log can be successfully used by this plugin and all fields related to location are being displayed in elasticsearch index via kibana.In this case, when attempt is made to create new coordinate map visualisation for geopoint type location having lat and lon coordinates, it get failed and no plotted marker is being visible on visualisation.

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 11:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-coordinates-are-not-being-plotted-in-coordinate-map-visualisation-of-kibana/150417/2 "2018-09-29T11:21:40Z")

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How are you storing that lat/long data? What is the mapping?

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**Author:** ![nnagar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@nnagar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nnagar)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 5:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-coordinates-are-not-being-plotted-in-coordinate-map-visualisation-of-kibana/150417/3 "2018-10-10T05:34:55Z")

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Hi,Following is mapping for lat/long:  
"location": {  
"properties": {  
"lat": {  
"type": "float"  
},  
"lon": {  
"type": "float"  
}  
}  
},

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 6:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-coordinates-are-not-being-plotted-in-coordinate-map-visualisation-of-kibana/150417/4 "2018-10-10T06:10:40Z")

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The `location` field is not correctly mapped. You will need to create an [index template](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.4/indices-templates.html) where you specify that `location` is to be mapped as a [geo\_point type](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.4/geo-point.html#geo-point-params). You will the need to [reindex](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.4/docs-reindex.html) your data into a new index that uses this index template.

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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:** [November 7, 2018, 6:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-coordinates-are-not-being-plotted-in-coordinate-map-visualisation-of-kibana/150417/5 "2018-11-07T06:20:33Z")

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