# Geo Polygon Query retuns nothing
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-polygon-query-retuns-nothing/174758
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 1, 2019, 10:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-polygon-query-retuns-nothing/174758 "2019-04-01T10:35:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Yandex\_Art](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yandex_Art)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2019, 10:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-polygon-query-retuns-nothing/174758/1 "2019-04-01T10:35:51Z")
**1. Сreat new using the following request:**
```
PUT /test?pretty
{
"mappings": {
"tst": {
"properties": {
"nm":{
"type":"text"
},
"loc": {
"type": "geo_point"
}
}
}
}
}
```
**2. Geting index Information using `get /test` . The result is:**
```
{
"test" : {
"aliases" : { },
"mappings" : {
"tst" : {
"properties" : {
"loc" : {
"type" : "geo_point"
},
"nm" : {
"type" : "text"
}
}
}
},
"settings" : {
"index" : {
"creation_date" : "1554110780623",
"number_of_shards" : "5",
"number_of_replicas" : "1",
"uuid" : "M8_x6t7iSKa0Xpm_lDbAcQ",
"version" : {
"created" : "6070099"
},
"provided_name" : "test"
}
}
}
}
```
**3. Adding new document using then following request:**
```
post /test/tst
{
"nm":"Test1",
"loc":"37,55"
}
```
**4. And now I perform a query using a polygon that exactly contains the point 37,55:**
```
GET /test/tst/_search
{
"query": {
"bool" : {
"must" : {
"match_all" : {}
},
"filter" : {
"geo_polygon" : {
"loc" : {
"points" : [[36,54],
[36,56],
[38,56],
[38,54],
[36,54]]
}
}
}
}
}
}
```
The result is:
```
{
"took" : 1,
"timed_out" : false,
"_shards" : {
"total" : 5,
"successful" : 5,
"skipped" : 0,
"failed" : 0
},
"hits" : {
"total" : 0,
"max_score" : null,
"hits" : []
}
}
```
**What am i doing wrong?**
---
### Author:  [@Ignacio\_Vera](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ignacio_Vera)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2019, 10:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-polygon-query-retuns-nothing/174758/2 "2019-04-01T10:48:01Z")
As you can see in the `geo_point` documentation:
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/geo-point.html#geo-point](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/geo-point.html#geo-point)
There is a warning about the points expressed as arrays or string. The order is defined by [lat, lon].
On the other hand, in the `geo_polygon` query, the polygon is expressed as [lon, lat].
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-geo-polygon-query.html#\_lat\_long\_as\_array](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-geo-polygon-query.html#_lat_long_as_array)
You need to order your data and query following those conventions.
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### Author:  [@Yandex\_Art](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yandex_Art)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2019, 10:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-polygon-query-retuns-nothing/174758/3 "2019-04-01T10:54:41Z")
sorry, did not pay attention to the comments, thanks for the tip
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2019, 10:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-polygon-query-retuns-nothing/174758/4 "2019-04-29T10:54:51Z")
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