# Geo\_distance not working **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 11, 2016, 4:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-distance-not-working/55151 "2016-07-11T04:46:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sabiriqbal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@sabiriqbal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sabiriqbal)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 4:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-distance-not-working/55151/1 "2016-07-11T04:46:34Z")
I am trying to write geo\_distance query, but not getting correct result. I am using Elasticsearch 2.3.3 I have two documents one is located in Los Angeles and other one is in New York. I am trying to get document near Los Angeles. But as a result I am getting two documents. Below here is all my requests. 1. Create index POST: [http://localhost:9200/retail](http://localhost:9200/retail) { "settings": { "number\_of\_shards": 1, "number\_of\_replicas": 0 }, "mappings": { "restaurant": { "properties": { "location": {"type": "geo\_point"} } } } } 1. Indexed documents PUT: [http://localhost:9200/retail/restaurant/1](http://localhost:9200/retail/restaurant/1) { "name": "Restaurant1", "description": "Nice restaurant", "address": { "street": "464 Main St", "City": "Los Angeles", "State": "CA", "zip": "90013" }, "location": { "lat": 34.0466, "lon": -118.248144 } "tags": [ "italian", "spaghetti", "pasta" ], "rating": "4.5" } PUT: [http://localhost:9200/retail/restaurant/2](http://localhost:9200/retail/restaurant/2) { "name": "Restaurant2", "description": "Good restaurant", "address": { "street": "230 W 4th St", "City": "New York", "State": "NY", "zip": "10014" }, "location": { "lat": 40.7543385, "lon": -73.976313 }, "tags": [ "maxican", "tacons", "burritos" ], "rating": "4.3" } Query string : as per [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-geo-distance-query.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-geo-distance-query.html) GET: [http://localhost:9200/retail/restaurant/\_search](http://localhost:9200/retail/restaurant/_search) { "bool" : { "must" : { "match\_all" : {} }, "filter" : { "geo\_distance" : { "distance" : "2km", "location" : { "lat": 34.0466, "lon": -118.248144 } } } } } Total result found 2 but expected 1. ---
**Author:** ![Joshua\_Rich](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joshua_rich/32/44953_2.png) [@Joshua\_Rich](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joshua_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 5:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-distance-not-working/55151/2 "2016-07-11T05:59:09Z")
Are you sure your index only contains the two documents you've listed and you don't have some older test data in there? ---
**Author:** ![sabiriqbal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@sabiriqbal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sabiriqbal)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 12:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-distance-not-working/55151/3 "2016-07-11T12:22:41Z")
This is my test index. I created it only for this post. Just to make sure geo distance works fine so that I can use the same for my production index which has 1 million data. Yes I do not have any other document under this index. And I did check the output. Output has two sources which are same as documents I indexed under this index. I am looking for your kind help. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![sabiriqbal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@sabiriqbal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sabiriqbal)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 11:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-distance-not-working/55151/4 "2016-07-11T23:15:59Z")
Finally I am able to get proper result. I used below query. With POST request. Previously I was using GET. { "query": { "filtered": { "query": { "match\_all": {} }, "filter": { "geo\_distance": { "distance": "10000km", "location": { "lat": 40.7543385, "lon": -73.976313 } } } } } } Thanks Joshua for your response. I appreciate your time. ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 4:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-distance-not-working/55151/5 "2016-07-12T04:28:39Z")
Some clients don't support GET with body. IIRC Sense rewrite GET with body requests to POST requests. ---
**Author:** ![Joshua\_Rich](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joshua_rich/32/44953_2.png) [@Joshua\_Rich](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joshua_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 6:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-distance-not-working/55151/6 "2016-07-13T06:49:34Z")
Good catch @sabiriqbal. As @dadoonet mentions, you can use GET or POST for this request, but some clients don't support a GET request with a body. If unsure, use POST 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![sabiriqbal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@sabiriqbal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sabiriqbal)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-distance-not-working/55151/7 "2016-07-13T22:27:04Z")
Thanks @dadoonet and @Joshua_Rich for your kind help. Yes I got it. I was using Elasticsearch "head" plugin to execute test query. As David said "some client doesn't support GET with body", I think "head" plugin is one of those kind of client. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 10:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-distance-not-working/55151/8 "2017-07-05T22:35:55Z")