# Geo\_point mapped field is returned as string in java api **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [December 2, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-mapped-field-is-returned-as-string-in-java-api/21042 "2014-12-02T20:15:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![T\_Vinod\_Gupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/fbc32d/32.png) [@T\_Vinod\_Gupta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/T_Vinod_Gupta)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-mapped-field-is-returned-as-string-in-java-api/21042/1 "2014-12-02T20:15:01Z")
has anyone seen this problem? my mapping says that the field is of type geo\_point. but when i read documents using java api and get the sourcemap, the type of the field is string and i can't cast it to a GeoPoint. ... "lat\_lng" : { "type" : "geo\_point", "lat\_lon" : true }, .. thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAHau4ysRanZ%3DsO8zKJjDDx4tpSnG1zcXnXhHB4cfnbOyQkvXoQ%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAHau4ysRanZ%3DsO8zKJjDDx4tpSnG1zcXnXhHB4cfnbOyQkvXoQ%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Nicholas\_Knize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/76d3ee/32.png) [@Nicholas\_Knize](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nicholas_Knize)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-mapped-field-is-returned-as-string-in-java-api/21042/2 "2014-12-04T14:32:04Z")
Can you post a code example from your use case for how you're inserting, retrieving, and reading the documents? - Nick On Tuesday, December 2, 2014 2:16:30 PM UTC-6, T Vinod Gupta wrote: > has anyone seen this problem? my mapping says that the field is of type > geo\_point. but when i read documents using java api and get the sourcemap, > the type of the field is string and i can't cast it to a GeoPoint. > > ... > "lat\_lng" : { > "type" : "geo\_point", > "lat\_lon" : true > }, > .. > > thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b5ed03a4-eaad-491b-9856-087ae3ab2587%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b5ed03a4-eaad-491b-9856-087ae3ab2587%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![T\_Vinod\_Gupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/fbc32d/32.png) [@T\_Vinod\_Gupta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/T_Vinod_Gupta)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-mapped-field-is-returned-as-string-in-java-api/21042/3 "2014-12-04T18:04:04Z")
nevermind, i solved it by doing something like this - GeoPoint latLng = GeoPoint.parseFromLatLon((String) sourceMap.get("lat\_lng")); at the time of indexing, i am passing as "," earlier i was passing as GeoPoint but that caused a major problem and messed up my mapping. When i read the document and then change some other field and do index, then it would raise this exception - ElasticsearchParseException("field must be either '" + LATITUDE + "', '" + LONGITUDE + "' or '" + GEOHASH + "'"); so i figured that indexing by passing the string (even though mapping is geo\_point) works. thanks On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 6:32 AM, Nicholas Knize \< [nicholas.knize@elasticsearch.com](mailto:nicholas.knize@elasticsearch.com)\> wrote: > Can you post a code example from your use case for how you're inserting, > retrieving, and reading the documents? > > - Nick > > On Tuesday, December 2, 2014 2:16:30 PM UTC-6, T Vinod Gupta wrote: > > > has anyone seen this problem? my mapping says that the field is of type > > geo\_point. but when i read documents using java api and get the sourcemap, > > the type of the field is string and i can't cast it to a GeoPoint. > > > > ... > > "lat\_lng" : { > > "type" : "geo\_point", > > "lat\_lon" : true > > }, > > .. > > > > thanks > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b5ed03a4-eaad-491b-9856-087ae3ab2587%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b5ed03a4-eaad-491b-9856-087ae3ab2587%40googlegroups.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b5ed03a4-eaad-491b-9856-087ae3ab2587%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b5ed03a4-eaad-491b-9856-087ae3ab2587%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAHau4yvDyp5uO\_bhj%3DFwNtNB\_fPu9sHpbKfb-OMr4hBygL8bfQ%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAHau4yvDyp5uO_bhj%3DFwNtNB_fPu9sHpbKfb-OMr4hBygL8bfQ%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Nicholas\_Knize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/76d3ee/32.png) [@Nicholas\_Knize](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nicholas_Knize)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-mapped-field-is-returned-as-string-in-java-api/21042/4 "2014-12-04T18:19:29Z")
Glad to hear you resolved your issue. Let us know if you have any other questions. - Nick On Thursday, December 4, 2014 12:04:14 PM UTC-6, T Vinod Gupta wrote: > nevermind, i solved it by doing something like this - > GeoPoint latLng = GeoPoint.parseFromLatLon((String) > sourceMap.get("lat\_lng")); > > at the time of indexing, i am passing as "," > > earlier i was passing as GeoPoint but that caused a major problem and > messed up my mapping. When i read the document and then change some other > field and do index, then it would raise this exception - > ElasticsearchParseException("field must be either '" + LATITUDE + "', '" + > LONGITUDE + "' or '" + GEOHASH + "'"); > > so i figured that indexing by passing the string (even though mapping is > geo\_point) works. > thanks > > On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 6:32 AM, Nicholas Knize \< > [nichola...@elasticsearch.com](mailto:nichola...@elasticsearch.com) \\> wrote: > > > Can you post a code example from your use case for how you're inserting, > > retrieving, and reading the documents? > > > > - Nick > > > > On Tuesday, December 2, 2014 2:16:30 PM UTC-6, T Vinod Gupta wrote: > > > > > has anyone seen this problem? my mapping says that the field is of type > > > geo\_point. but when i read documents using java api and get the sourcemap, > > > the type of the field is string and i can't cast it to a GeoPoint. > > > > > > ... > > > "lat\_lng" : { > > > "type" : "geo\_point", > > > "lat\_lon" : true > > > }, > > > .. > > > > > > thanks > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b5ed03a4-eaad-491b-9856-087ae3ab2587%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b5ed03a4-eaad-491b-9856-087ae3ab2587%40googlegroups.com) > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b5ed03a4-eaad-491b-9856-087ae3ab2587%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b5ed03a4-eaad-491b-9856-087ae3ab2587%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/138a1355-7815-4afa-915d-924332ce494a%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/138a1355-7815-4afa-915d-924332ce494a%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-mapped-field-is-returned-as-string-in-java-api/21042/5 "2017-07-06T00:45:52Z")