# Kibana 4 detects geodata property but doesn't display anything in a geomap visualisation

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-detects-geodata-property-but-doesnt-display-anything-in-a-geomap-visualisation/23040>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 1, 2015, 2:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-detects-geodata-property-but-doesnt-display-anything-in-a-geomap-visualisation/23040 "2015-04-01T14:37:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vagif\_Abilov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vagif_abilov/32/788_2.png) [@Vagif\_Abilov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vagif_Abilov)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 2:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-detects-geodata-property-but-doesnt-display-anything-in-a-geomap-visualisation/23040/1 "2015-04-01T14:37:50Z")

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Hello,

I have created an Elasticsearch index from a data set containing geodata. I  
have set up mapping for the data. Then I tried to create Kibana  
visualisation using this data set. Kibana detects the geodata property but  
finds no result even though there plenty of. Then I ran a test on another  
data set with different and much simpler layout, and Kibana properly  
visualised geodata.

Here's the sample that works:

"location": {  
"lat": 56.290525,  
"lon": -30.163298  
},

and this is its mapping:

"location": {  
"type": "geo\_point",  
"lat\_lon": true,  
"geohash": true  
}

And this one doesn't work:

"groupOfLocations": {  
"@type": "Point",  
"locationForDisplay": {  
"lat": 59.21232,  
"lon": 9.603803  
}  
}

And this is its mapping:

{  
... // nested type

"locationForDisplay": {  
"type": "geo\_point",  
"lat\_lon": true,  
"geohash": true  
}  
...  
}

There are only two things that are different between working and  
non-working versions:

1. The one that works has a JSON element called "location" while the other  
one is called "locationForDisplay"
2. The one that works has a JSON element ("location") as a top level  
element, while in the other one it's an element in the nested type.

Apart from these two differences (which I believe shouldn't mean anything)  
I can't find anything else. What can make Kibana fail?

Thanks in advance

Vagif

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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, 12:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-detects-geodata-property-but-doesnt-display-anything-in-a-geomap-visualisation/23040/2 "2017-07-06T00:22:23Z")

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