# Geo\_point tile map

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-tile-map/52335>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [June 9, 2016, 1:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-tile-map/52335 "2016-06-09T13:32:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![montijo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19adc/32.png) [@montijo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/montijo)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 1:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-tile-map/52335/1 "2016-06-09T13:32:55Z")

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Hi, i'm trying to create a Tile map on Kibana, with GEO points locations.

In logstash side, I have a filter that it's mapping the Lat and Lon properties in a "point" field as type as geo\_point. When new data arrives, I can see the following mapped data structure in logstash logging:

(...)  
"point" =\> {  
"location" =\> {  
"type" =\> "geo\_point",  
"lon" =\> -8.51107,  
"lat" =\> 40.1939  
}  
}  
(...)

In kibana side I can see the new "point" data in discover mode and all seems to be fine. But when I go to settings, index parttens, the new "point" has data type as string and not as geo\_point.

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/2X/8/8519f69e0e564f87f1f505998704f343cb009978.JPG)

Versions:  
kibana 4.4.0  
logstash 2.3.0  
elasticsearch 2.2.0

Elasticsearch request mapping output for point.location.type field:  
[http://pastebin.com/bShckVWm](http://pastebin.com/bShckVWm)

Can someone please advise?

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**Author:** ![tylersmalley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tylersmalley/32/8833_2.png) [@tylersmalley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylersmalley)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 12:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-tile-map/52335/2 "2016-06-10T00:04:11Z")

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Can you try refreshing your index within Kibana. Within the index under Settings \> Indices, there is a refresh button.

Let me know if it still shows the field as a string.

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**Author:** ![montijo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19adc/32.png) [@montijo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/montijo)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 5:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-tile-map/52335/3 "2016-06-13T17:42:59Z")

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Hi Tyler,

Yes, I've tried to refresh and recreate a new index pattern with no success. The field remains as string.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-tile-map/52335/4 "2017-07-06T13:50:41Z")

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