# How to apply multiple geo\_distance filters to match any of multiple locations?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-apply-multiple-geo-distance-filters-to-match-any-of-multiple-locations/6947>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 8, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-apply-multiple-geo-distance-filters-to-match-any-of-multiple-locations/6947 "2012-03-08T15:27:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jim\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jim\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jim_2)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-apply-multiple-geo-distance-filters-to-match-any-of-multiple-locations/6947/1 "2012-03-08T15:27:08Z")

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I've indexed a document like below:

curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/people/person/1](http://localhost:9200/people/person/1)' -d'  
{  
"locations": [  
{  
"location": "51.0587013,-2.9499066",  
"id": 1  
},  
{  
"location": "51.38596454,-2.36162306118",  
"id": 2  
}  
]  
}'

mapped the 'location' field to geo\_point with:

curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/people/person/\_mapping](http://localhost:9200/people/person/_mapping)?  
ignore\_conflicts=true' -d'  
{  
"person":{  
"properties": {  
"locations": {  
"properties": {  
"location": {  
"type": "geo\_point"  
}  
}  
}  
}  
}  
}'

I want to search so I can supply several geo\_points and receive  
results which have (at least) one location near any of the points I  
supply.

I've tried several things, none of which work, for example:

curl -XGET '[http://localhost:9200/people/person/\_search](http://localhost:9200/people/person/_search)' -d'  
{  
"query": {  
"filtered": {  
"filter": {  
"not": {  
"ids": {  
"values": [  
2  
]  
}  
},  
"geo\_distance": {  
"distance": "500mi",  
"locations.location":  
["51.38596452,-2.36162306116", "51.0587015,-2.9499065"]  
}  
}  
}  
}  
}'

I just get an exception like:

nested: QueryParsingException[[people] [\_na] filter malformed, no  
field after start\_object

How can I do this?

Thanks,  
Jim

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**Author:** ![Eric\_Jain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/eric_jain/32/834_2.png) [@Eric\_Jain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Eric_Jain)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-apply-multiple-geo-distance-filters-to-match-any-of-multiple-locations/6947/2 "2012-03-09T19:46:33Z")

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On Mar 8, 7:27 am, Jim [beanb...@googlemail.com](mailto:beanb...@googlemail.com) wrote:

> I want to search so I can supply several geo\_points and receive  
> results which have (at least) one location near any of the points I  
> supply.

I don't know if the geo\_distance filter supports searches for more  
than one geo\_point at a time. But you could combine multiple filters  
using a bool 'should' filter.

Also, to handle multiple geo\_points per document, you may need to  
index geohashes instead of lat and long.

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**Author:** ![egaumer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/egaumer/32/2365_2.png) [@egaumer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/egaumer)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-apply-multiple-geo-distance-filters-to-match-any-of-multiple-locations/6947/3 "2012-03-09T20:58:43Z")

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You haven't specified a proper nested mapping. Have a look here -

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>
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On Thursday, March 8, 2012 10:27:08 AM UTC-5, Jim wrote:

> I've indexed a document like below:
> 
> curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/people/person/1](http://localhost:9200/people/person/1)' -d'  
> {  
> "locations": [  
> {  
> "location": "51.0587013,-2.9499066",  
> "id": 1  
> },  
> {  
> "location": "51.38596454,-2.36162306118",  
> "id": 2  
> }  
> ]  
> }'
> 
> mapped the 'location' field to geo\_point with:
> 
> curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/people/person/\_mapping](http://localhost:9200/people/person/_mapping)?  
> ignore\_conflicts=true[http://localhost:9200/people/person/\_mapping?ignore\_conflicts=true](http://localhost:9200/people/person/_mapping?ignore_conflicts=true)'  
> -d'  
> {  
> "person":{  
> "properties": {  
> "locations": {  
> "properties": {  
> "location": {  
> "type": "geo\_point"  
> }  
> }  
> }  
> }  
> }  
> }'
> 
> I want to search so I can supply several geo\_points and receive  
> results which have (at least) one location near any of the points I  
> supply.
> 
> I've tried several things, none of which work, for example:
> 
> curl -XGET '[http://localhost:9200/people/person/\_search](http://localhost:9200/people/person/_search)' -d'  
> {  
> "query": {  
> "filtered": {  
> "filter": {  
> "not": {  
> "ids": {  
> "values": [  
> 2  
> ]  
> }  
> },  
> "geo\_distance": {  
> "distance": "500mi",  
> "locations.location":  
> ["51.38596452,-2.36162306116", "51.0587015,-2.9499065"]  
> }  
> }  
> }  
> }  
> }'
> 
> I just get an exception like:
> 
> nested: QueryParsingException[[people] [\_na] filter malformed, no  
> field after start\_object
> 
> How can I do this?
> 
> Thanks,  
> Jim

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**Author:** ![Jim\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jim\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jim_2)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 2:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-apply-multiple-geo-distance-filters-to-match-any-of-multiple-locations/6947/4 "2012-03-14T14:33:07Z")

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Thanks, I didn't understand nesting, but I get it now.

On Mar 9, 8:58 pm, egaumer [egau...@gmail.com](mailto:egau...@gmail.com) wrote:

> You haven't specified a proper nested mapping. Have a look here -[Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/mapping/nested-type.html)
> 
> -Eric
> 
> On Thursday, March 8, 2012 10:27:08 AM UTC-5, Jim wrote:
> 
> > I've indexed a document like below:
> 
> > curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/people/person/1'-d'](http://localhost:9200/people/person/1'-d')  
> > {  
> > "locations": [  
> > {  
> > "location": "51.0587013,-2.9499066",  
> > "id": 1  
> > },  
> > {  
> > "location": "51.38596454,-2.36162306118",  
> > "id": 2  
> > }  
> > ]  
> > }'
> 
> > mapped the 'location' field to geo\_point with:
> 
> > curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/people/person/\_mapping](http://localhost:9200/people/person/_mapping)?  
> > ignore\_conflicts=true[http://localhost:9200/people/person/\_mapping?ignore\_conflicts=true](http://localhost:9200/people/person/_mapping?ignore_conflicts=true)'  
> > -d'  
> > {  
> > "person":{  
> > "properties": {  
> > "locations": {  
> > "properties": {  
> > "location": {  
> > "type": "geo\_point"  
> > }  
> > }  
> > }  
> > }  
> > }  
> > }'
> 
> > I want to search so I can supply several geo\_points and receive  
> > results which have (at least) one location near any of the points I  
> > supply.
> 
> > I've tried several things, none of which work, for example:
> 
> > curl -XGET '[http://localhost:9200/people/person/\_search'-d'](http://localhost:9200/people/person/_search'-d')  
> > {  
> > "query": {  
> > "filtered": {  
> > "filter": {  
> > "not": {  
> > "ids": {  
> > "values": [  
> > 2  
> > ]  
> > }  
> > },  
> > "geo\_distance": {  
> > "distance": "500mi",  
> > "locations.location":  
> > ["51.38596452,-2.36162306116", "51.0587015,-2.9499065"]  
> > }  
> > }  
> > }  
> > }  
> > }'
> 
> > I just get an exception like:
> 
> > nested: QueryParsingException[[people] [\_na] filter malformed, no  
> > field after start\_object
> 
> > How can I do this?
> 
> > Thanks,  
> > Jim

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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, 3:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-apply-multiple-geo-distance-filters-to-match-any-of-multiple-locations/6947/5 "2017-07-06T03:36:08Z")

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