# Geo point type error for map visualization in kibana **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [May 18, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-type-error-for-map-visualization-in-kibana/233182 "2020-05-18T19:10:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ramalakshmi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Ramalakshmi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ramalakshmi)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-type-error-for-map-visualization-in-kibana/233182/1 "2020-05-18T19:10:33Z")
Hi, I am getting error for geo\_point type in kibana visualizations.It's showing to set the fielddata=true,That setting of fielddata=true is coming after every rollover of the index. PUT indexname/\_mapping { "properties" : { "destination" : { "properties" : { "geo" : { "properties" : { "location" : { "type" : "geo\_point", "fielddata" : true } ``` } } ``` } } } } By running above API in kibana devtool showing below error but fielddat= true is available for text fields but it's showing for geo\_point.Please help me, how to resolve this issue. { "error": { "root\_cause": [ { "type": "mapper\_parsing\_exception", "reason": "Mapping definition for [location] has unsupported parameters: [fielddata : true]" } ], "type": "mapper\_parsing\_exception", "reason": "Mapping definition for [location] has unsupported parameters: [fielddata : true]" }, "status": 400 } Thank you ---
**Author:** ![Nathan\_Reese](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nathan_reese/32/84829_2.png) [@Nathan\_Reese](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nathan_Reese)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 11:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-type-error-for-map-visualization-in-kibana/233182/2 "2020-05-18T23:51:28Z")
It looks like your mapping is incorrect. You do not need to set `fielddata` when declaring your geo\_point. Try ```auto PUT indexname/_mapping { "properties" : { "destination" : { "properties" : { "geo" : { "properties" : { "location" : { "type" : "geo_point", } } } } } } } ``` ---
**Author:** ![Sreekanth3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Sreekanth3](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sreekanth3)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 12:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-type-error-for-map-visualization-in-kibana/233182/3 "2020-05-19T12:22:15Z")
Hey @Nathan_Reese she's asking about the problem after the rollover of the index happened, that's where she got the problem of setting field value true . As far i knew the elastic, we don't set the field values for geo\_point . But this is a wierd behaviour of elastic asking to set the field value for geo\_point. ---
**Author:** ![Nathan\_Reese](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nathan_reese/32/84829_2.png) [@Nathan\_Reese](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nathan_Reese)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-type-error-for-map-visualization-in-kibana/233182/4 "2020-05-19T14:52:39Z")
> she's asking about the problem after the rollover of the index happened, that's where she got the problem of setting field value true . This sounds like a bug with rollover. Can you provide some details about your environment and configuration and how this occurred? ---
**Author:** ![Sreekanth3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Sreekanth3](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sreekanth3)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-type-error-for-map-visualization-in-kibana/233182/5 "2020-05-19T15:30:20Z")
Sure , Will provide you The version of elastic and kibana are 7.5.2 logstash version is of 7.6 . Well I have used the Geoip filter plugin for the fields enrichment . Steps : 1. Created a mapping with the geoip fields with type geo\_point. 2. Indexed the data to the elasticsearch and created maps in kibana. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/4/44954ecd3589d73d5543e15e42fb2661e52c6d86.png) > { > "took": 617, > "timed\_out": false, > "\_shards": { > "total": 21, > "successful": 12, > "skipped": 0, > "failed": 9, > "failures": [ > { > "shard": 0, > "index": "logstashflowdata-000005", > "node": "AqAZ\_WKARj6a18vAjJNt\_Q", > "reason": { > "type": "query\_shard\_exception", > "reason": "field [destination.geo.location] is not a geo\_point field", > "index\_uuid": "GqTtWSnXSWKunprDR8quqQ", > "index": "logstashflowdata-000005" > } > }, > { > "shard": 0, > "index": "logstashflowdata-000006", > "node": "AqAZ\_WKARj6a18vAjJNt\_Q", > "reason": { > "type": "query\_shard\_exception", > "reason": "field [destination.geo.location] is not a geo\_point field", > "index\_uuid": "c4WaClzxS7yJ4Arx3M9BlA", > "index": "logstashflowdata-000006" > } > }, > { > "shard": 0, > "index": "logstashflowdata-000007", > "node": "AqAZ\_WKARj6a18vAjJNt\_Q", > "reason": { > "type": "query\_shard\_exception", > "reason": "field [destination.geo.location] is not a geo\_point field", > "index\_uuid": "ubX3KYBwTuOaHt0pUcN9zg", > "index": "logstashflowdata-000007" > } > } > ] > }, > "hits": { > "total": 0, > "max\_score": null, > "hits": > }, > "aggregations": { > "filter\_agg": { > "2": { > "buckets": > }, > "doc\_count": 0 > } > } > } This the response now i'm getting for these indices but , before to it it was to the geo\_point only . ---
**Author:** ![Nathan\_Reese](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nathan_reese/32/84829_2.png) [@Nathan\_Reese](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nathan_Reese)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-type-error-for-map-visualization-in-kibana/233182/6 "2020-05-19T15:47:48Z")
What changed that caused the mapping to get updated? What action was taken before the problem occurred? What does your logstash configuration look like? ---
**Author:** ![Sreekanth3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Sreekanth3](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sreekanth3)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-type-error-for-map-visualization-in-kibana/233182/7 "2020-05-19T15:53:47Z")
This is the sample conf . I'm showing , those are the geo ip filter i have used. > input { > udp { > host =\> "localhost" > port =\> 2055 > codec =\> netflow > { > versions =\> [5, 7, 9] > } > type =\> netflow > } > } > filter{ > geoip { > source =\> "[source][ip]" > target =\> "source\_geoip" > } > geoip { > source =\> "[destination][ip]" > target =\> "destination\_geoip" > } > if [destination\_geoip][location][lon] and [destination\_geoip][location][lat] { > mutate { add\_field =\> { "[destination][geo][location]" =\> "%{[destination\_geoip][location][lon]} , %{[destination\_geoip][location][lat]}" }} > } > if [source\_geoip][location][lon] and [source\_geoip][location][lat] { > mutate { add\_field =\> { "[source][geo][location]" =\> "%{[source\_geoip][location][lon]} , %{[source\_geoip][location][lat]}" }} > } > } > output to elasticsearch ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-type-error-for-map-visualization-in-kibana/233182/8 "2020-06-16T15:53:51Z")
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