# How can I use arcDistance in 6.7 painless

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-arcdistance-in-6-7-painless/191763>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 23, 2019, 7:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-arcdistance-in-6-7-painless/191763 "2019-07-23T07:50:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![111183](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/111183/32/50707_2.png) [@111183](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/111183)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 7:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-arcdistance-in-6-7-painless/191763/1 "2019-07-23T07:50:54Z")

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How can I use arcDistance in 6.7 painless?

`doc['location'].arcDistanceInKm(37.495359, 127.033065)`

```
"type": "illegal_argument_exception",
            "reason": "dynamic method [org.elasticsearch.index.fielddata.ScriptDocValues.GeoPoints, arcDistanceInKm/2] not found"
```

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**Author:** ![Jack\_Conradson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jack_conradson/32/47236_2.png) [@Jack\_Conradson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jack_Conradson)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 5:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-arcdistance-in-6-7-painless/191763/2 "2019-07-26T17:31:10Z")

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The method available is arcDistance ([https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/painless/6.7/painless-api-reference.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/painless/6.7/painless-api-reference.html)) found in the API docs here. arcDistance is in meters so the result will need to be multiplied by 1000.

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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:** [August 23, 2019, 5:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-arcdistance-in-6-7-painless/191763/3 "2019-08-23T17:31:19Z")

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