# geoDistanceFilter where radius comes from a document field

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geodistancefilter-where-radius-comes-from-a-document-field/7383>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 18, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geodistancefilter-where-radius-comes-from-a-document-field/7383 "2012-04-18T14:35:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![bgossey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@bgossey](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bgossey)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geodistancefilter-where-radius-comes-from-a-document-field/7383/1 "2012-04-18T14:35:16Z")

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Hello,

I'm using the JAVA api, and I have a geofilter  
"geoDistanceFilter("location").distance(radius,  
DistanceUnit.KILOMETERS).point(lat, lon)", where radius is a simple  
java double variable I can set. What I want is to use a filter where  
your radius is filled in by a value comming from the document itself  
instead of assigning it upfront. Something like:

geoDistanceFilter("location").distance(doc['radius\_field'].doubleValue,  
DistanceUnit.KILOMETERS).point(lat, lon).

Does anyone know if something like this is possible?

thanks,  
Bert Gossey

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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, 3:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geodistancefilter-where-radius-comes-from-a-document-field/7383/2 "2017-07-06T03:32:07Z")

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