# Geo searches

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-searches/22434>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 27, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-searches/22434 "2015-02-27T14:57:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Marc\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Marc\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marc_2)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-searches/22434/1 "2015-02-27T14:57:57Z")

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Hi

is it somehow possible to index geoshapes such as lines and then search  
with a coordinate (geo point) against these and look for the closest line?

Thx  
marc

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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, 12:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-searches/22434/2 "2017-07-06T00:29:29Z")

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