# How to upload longlat data (csv) to kibana 5.0.0-alpha4?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-upload-longlat-data-csv-to-kibana-5-0-0-alpha4/54609>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [July 4, 2016, 5:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-upload-longlat-data-csv-to-kibana-5-0-0-alpha4/54609 "2016-07-04T05:57:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![aruiztinoco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f1d935/32.png) [@aruiztinoco](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aruiztinoco)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 5:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-upload-longlat-data-csv-to-kibana-5-0-0-alpha4/54609/1 "2016-07-04T05:57:14Z")

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How should I format my longlat data in a csv file to be upload as geo\_point with kibana 5.0.0-alpha4?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 6:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-upload-longlat-data-csv-to-kibana-5-0-0-alpha4/54609/2 "2016-07-04T06:24:35Z")

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You need to create a mapping ahead of time and make sure the structure looks like this - [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/geo-point.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/geo-point.html)

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**Author:** ![aruiztinoco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f1d935/32.png) [@aruiztinoco](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aruiztinoco)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 7:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-upload-longlat-data-csv-to-kibana-5-0-0-alpha4/54609/3 "2016-07-04T07:19:06Z")

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Thanks a lot. I'll try that.

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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, 1:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-upload-longlat-data-csv-to-kibana-5-0-0-alpha4/54609/4 "2017-07-06T13:48:24Z")

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