# Kibana does not interpret properly geopoint object fields

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-does-not-interpret-properly-geopoint-object-fields/159651>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [December 6, 2018, 4:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-does-not-interpret-properly-geopoint-object-fields/159651 "2018-12-06T04:16:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Michael\_Tsikerdekis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/michael_tsikerdekis/32/25950_2.png) [@Michael\_Tsikerdekis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Michael_Tsikerdekis)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 4:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-does-not-interpret-properly-geopoint-object-fields/159651/1 "2018-12-06T04:16:28Z")

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I was looking at this guide:

> **[Geopoint field type | Elasticsearch Guide \[8.11\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/geo-point.html)**

And used the following official code from the page above to create an example doc with the example index:

> PUT my\_index/\_doc/1 { "text": "Geo-point as an object", "location": { "lat": 41.12, "lon": -71.34 } }

When I attempt to view a visualization it says that I have no geohash fields but according to the record that I created this should work since geopoints can be objects.

I use 6.5.1 version for ELK.

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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:** [December 6, 2018, 4:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-does-not-interpret-properly-geopoint-object-fields/159651/2 "2018-12-06T04:36:23Z")

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The best way to make sure that works is to create the mapping before putting data in the index. So it knows that's a geopoint.

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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:** [January 3, 2019, 4:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-does-not-interpret-properly-geopoint-object-fields/159651/3 "2019-01-03T04:36:25Z")

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