# How to construct geo\_point field from separate fields of latitude and longitude for Kibana 5.4?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-construct-geo-point-field-from-separate-fields-of-latitude-and-longitude-for-kibana-5-4/91755
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [July 4, 2017, 11:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-construct-geo-point-field-from-separate-fields-of-latitude-and-longitude-for-kibana-5-4/91755 "2017-07-04T11:31:24Z")
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### Author:  [@monai](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/monai)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2017, 11:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-construct-geo-point-field-from-separate-fields-of-latitude-and-longitude-for-kibana-5-4/91755/1 "2017-07-04T11:31:24Z")
From input data I have 2 fields of location - latitude and longitude.
How can I construct a geo\_point location field to create map visualization in logstash config (version 5.4)?
Thank you.
Updated - Summarize of the steps need to construct geo\_point:
1. Create an index at Elasticsearch
`PUT my_index`
2. Create a geo\_point mapping type at the new created index
3. Configure Logstash to map latitude and longitude to our created geo\_point type
4. Run Logstash to load the data into Elasticsearch
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### Author:  [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2017, 11:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-construct-geo-point-field-from-separate-fields-of-latitude-and-longitude-for-kibana-5-4/91755/2 "2017-07-04T11:35:25Z")
You need to merge the values from those two fields into a single field. See [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/geo-point.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/geo-point.html) for the different kinds of field values that ES supports for geo\_point fields.
Secondly, modify the mapping of the index so that the field is mapped as geo\_point. This is typically done via an index template.
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### Author:  [@monai](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/monai)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2017, 11:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-construct-geo-point-field-from-separate-fields-of-latitude-and-longitude-for-kibana-5-4/91755/3 "2017-07-04T11:54:19Z")
As refer to the documentation you provided, I configured Logstash to add those 2 fields into location structure like this:
```
mutate {
convert => { "longitude" => "float" }
convert => { "latitude" => "float" }
}
mutate {
rename => {
"longitude" => "[location][lon]"
"latitude" => "[location][lat]"
}
}
```
Do I still need to manually mapping the index at Elasticsearch again by adding location field like this?
```
"mappings": {
"logs": {
"properties": {
"eventid": {
"type": "long"
},
"createdon": {
"type": "date"
},
......
"id": {
"type": "long"
},
"location": {
"type": "geo_point"
}
}
}
}
```
Now the field location has created but there is no data appear in this field yet. Which method should I use to make the data appeared in this new field?
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### Author:  [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2017, 12:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-construct-geo-point-field-from-separate-fields-of-latitude-and-longitude-for-kibana-5-4/91755/4 "2017-07-04T12:44:08Z")
> Do I still need to manually mapping the index at Elasticsearch again by adding location field like this?
Yes.
> Now the field location has created but there is no data appear in this field yet. Which method should I use to make the data appeared in this new field?
Let Logstash process your data (again).
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### Author:  [@monai](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/monai)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 12:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-construct-geo-point-field-from-separate-fields-of-latitude-and-longitude-for-kibana-5-4/91755/5 "2017-07-05T00:59:40Z")
Now it works, thank you!
Summarize of the steps need to construct geo\_point:
1. Create an index at Elasticsearch
`PUT my_index`
2. Create a geo\_point mapping type at the new created index
3. Configure Logstash to map latitude and longitude to our created geo\_point type
4. Run Logstash to load the data into Elasticsearch
---
### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2017, 1:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-construct-geo-point-field-from-separate-fields-of-latitude-and-longitude-for-kibana-5-4/91755/6 "2017-08-02T01:00:11Z")
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