# Geo\_polygon filter with hole? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 17, 2015, 10:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-polygon-filter-with-hole/23289 "2015-04-17T10:39:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Andrej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@Andrej](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Andrej)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 10:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-polygon-filter-with-hole/23289/1 "2015-04-17T10:39:00Z")
Short question about geo\_polygon filter as I haven't found anything about it in the reference: can the geo\_polygon filter handle polygons with holes? If yes, how are they defined? Thanks in advance! Andrej -- 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/e1f71c29-4d1a-46fb-aa48-5cbf9a839e12%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/e1f71c29-4d1a-46fb-aa48-5cbf9a839e12%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, 12:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-polygon-filter-with-hole/23289/2 "2017-07-06T00:19:09Z")