# GEOIP woes

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geoip-woes/165467
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [January 23, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geoip-woes/165467 "2019-01-23T17:54:15Z")
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#### Post date: [January 23, 2019, 6:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geoip-woes/165467/2 "2019-01-23T18:27:33Z")

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> [@nsutton](#):
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> I've seen people say you need to change your mappings, but a new index is created each day. Do I need to change mappings every day?

You use an index template to do that. [This](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/location-dosent-convert-to-geo-point/131199/4) thread might help.

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