# How to enter multi valued geo\_point attribute in elastic search

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enter-multi-valued-geo-point-attribute-in-elastic-search/21430>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 30, 2014, 7:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enter-multi-valued-geo-point-attribute-in-elastic-search/21430 "2014-12-30T07:17:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Abhimanyu\_Nagrath](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/abhimanyu_nagrath/32/48724_2.png) [@Abhimanyu\_Nagrath](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abhimanyu_Nagrath)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2014, 7:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enter-multi-valued-geo-point-attribute-in-elastic-search/21430/1 "2014-12-30T07:17:10Z")

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Hi,  
I want to know the way to enter multi valued geo\_point attribute in  
elastic search?at present i am using  
[{"lat":-40.2345,"lon":-30.2345},{"lat":-25.5678,"lon":-23.6789}] i am able  
to enter but i am not able see the data entry on elastic search UI and also  
not able to query.So please tell me that wether I am doing any thig wrong  
or is there any other way.  
Thank You  
Abhimanyu

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**Author:** ![Nicholas\_Knize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/76d3ee/32.png) [@Nicholas\_Knize](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nicholas_Knize)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enter-multi-valued-geo-point-attribute-in-elastic-search/21430/2 "2014-12-30T20:07:03Z")

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Hello Abhimanyu,

Below is a simple example for creating a geo\_shape mapping and inserting a  
MultiPoint document. For further detail on inserting different geometry  
types be sure to have a look at

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# create index

curl -XPUT "[http://localhost:9200/geoshapes?pretty=true](http://localhost:9200/geoshapes?pretty=true)" -d'  
{  
"mappings": {  
"venues": {  
"properties": {  
"name" : {  
"type" : "string"  
},  
"location" : {  
"type" : "geo\_shape",  
"tree" : "quadtree",  
"precision" : "1m"  
}  
}  
}  
}  
}';

# insert a multi point

curl -XPUT "[http://localhost:9200/geoshapes/venues/1?pretty=true](http://localhost:9200/geoshapes/venues/1?pretty=true)' -d '  
{  
"name": "Chipotle Mexican Grill",  
"location": {  
"type" : "MultiPoint",  
"coordinates": [  
[-74.011, 40.715],  
[-74.123, 41.325],  
[-73.224, 41.522]  
]  
}  
}'

# query all

curl -XGET "[http://localhost:9200/geoshapes/venues/\_search?pretty=true](http://localhost:9200/geoshapes/venues/_search?pretty=true)" -d '  
{  
"query": {  
"match\_all":{}  
}  
}'

On Tuesday, December 30, 2014 1:17:10 AM UTC-6, Abhimanyu Nagrath wrote:

> Hi,  
> I want to know the way to enter multi valued geo\_point attribute in  
> Elasticsearch?at present i am using  
> [{"lat":-40.2345,"lon":-30.2345},{"lat":-25.5678,"lon":-23.6789}] i am able  
> to enter but i am not able see the data entry on Elasticsearch UI and also  
> not able to query.So please tell me that wether I am doing any thig wrong  
> or is there any other way.  
> Thank You  
> Abhimanyu

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**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enter-multi-valued-geo-point-attribute-in-elastic-search/21430/3 "2017-07-06T00:41:25Z")

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