# Geo\_shape false negatives **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 7, 2016, 5:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-shape-false-negatives/54900 "2016-07-07T05:13:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ElasticKid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac8455/32.png) [@ElasticKid](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ElasticKid)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 5:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-shape-false-negatives/54900/1 "2016-07-07T05:13:05Z")
Hi, In the accuracy section of the geo-shape datatype reference page it says that: "Geo\_shape does not provide 100% accuracy and depending on how it is configured it may return some false positives or false negatives for certain queries. " ([https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/geo-shape.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/geo-shape.html)) I understand the false positives part, but not the false negatives. Under what circumstances will I get false negatives in spatial search? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![ElasticKid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac8455/32.png) [@ElasticKid](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ElasticKid)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-shape-false-negatives/54900/2 "2016-07-10T15:55:42Z")
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**Author:** ![ElasticKid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac8455/32.png) [@ElasticKid](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ElasticKid)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-shape-false-negatives/54900/3 "2016-07-14T16:21:16Z")
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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 5, 2017, 10:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-shape-false-negatives/54900/4 "2017-07-05T22:35:31Z")