# Mapping geo\_point **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [November 8, 2018, 8:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-geo-point/155956 "2018-11-08T20:40:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lemon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lemon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lemon)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 8:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-geo-point/155956/1 "2018-11-08T20:40:11Z")
Hi, i'm trying to put a custom index in order to change the type of my field [Geolocation] (currently is string) which contain coordinates like "42.12356,72.23523". When I put the mapping i have an error: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/d/8/d8c4885c651a80b17a2275135243e54ad2508557.png) My mapping for the field [Geolocation]: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/b/4/b4a0095b0f63011aaa77e27e56180a294211f4a5.png) To create the new mapping i indexed a sample of my data and i only modified the type of my field so i don't understand error ignore\_above as it works with dynamic mapping. Thank you in advance for your help. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2018, 10:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-geo-point/155956/2 "2018-11-09T10:34:19Z")
That's not a valid mapping, see [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.4/geo-point.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.4/geo-point.html) Also please don't post pictures of text, they are difficult to read and some people may not be even able to see them. ---
**Author:** ![lemon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lemon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lemon)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 11:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-geo-point/155956/3 "2018-11-09T11:01:09Z")
Thanks for your response and advises @warkolm . I have ever read the doc but i don't understand how to represent it in my custom mapping. I tried like this but it doesn't work "Geolocation": { "type": "geo\_point as a string", "norms": false, "fields": { "keyword": { "type": "geo\_point", "location": "lat,lon" "doc\_values": true, "ignore\_above": 256 } } }, Sorry for lost time. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2018, 12:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-geo-point/155956/4 "2018-11-10T00:25:04Z")
It simply needs to be; ```auto "Geolocation": { "type": "geo_point" } ``` ---
**Author:** ![lemon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lemon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lemon)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2018, 3:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-geo-point/155956/5 "2018-11-11T15:17:00Z")
Thank you @warkolm. I modify my template as you suggest: "Geolocation": { "type": "geo\_point" }, and i modify my logstash.conf like this: output { elasticsearch { hosts =\> "elasticsearch:9200" template =\> "/config-dir/custom\_mapping.json" manage\_template =\> true template\_overwrite =\> true index =\> "logstash-meta" It runs without any error but in my index the field Geolocation is always a string type. I test with the type "geo\_point as a string" because my field Geolocation is [43.12345,73.123456] but it doesn't work. ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2018, 4:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-geo-point/155956/6 "2018-11-11T16:38:42Z")
Did you delete the index? ---
**Author:** ![lemon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lemon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lemon)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2018, 8:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-geo-point/155956/7 "2018-11-12T08:20:06Z")
Hello @dadoonet, yes I have deleted index before restart. For my tests I use a sample of data so I reindex the data for each test. My field "Geolocation" is a subfield extracted with a kv filter (with the option target =\> meta\_pictures) from a field "metadata", in the mapping (GET /myindex) the name is Geolocation but in the index management it appears as meta\_pictures.Geolocation. Thank you for your help. ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2018, 8:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-geo-point/155956/8 "2018-11-12T08:36:53Z")
Check with the GET template API that your template is correctly loaded in elasticsearch. ---
**Author:** ![lemon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lemon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lemon)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2018, 8:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-geo-point/155956/9 "2018-11-12T08:51:14Z")
The template seems not loaded. I run HEAD \_/template/logstash-_, the response is error 404 not found. If I run GET /\_template/logstash-meta the response is { } It should be an error in my json file but I'm not able to identify what is wrong with the documentation. The head of my json file is wrote as below: { "order": 0, "version": 60001, "index\_patterns": [ "logstash-_" ], "settings": { "index.number\_of\_replicas": "0", "index": { "refresh\_interval": "5s" } }, "mappings": { "doc": { "properties": { "@timestamp": { "type": "date" }, "@version": { "type": "text", "fields": { "keyword": { "type": "keyword", "ignore\_above": 256 } } }, ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2018, 10:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-geo-point/155956/10 "2018-11-12T10:49:00Z")
Try to use manually the PUT template API. That will tell you. Like the remaining comma at the end? Or check logstash logs ---
**Author:** ![lemon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lemon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lemon)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2018, 1:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-geo-point/155956/11 "2018-11-12T13:12:59Z")
OK there were syntax errors in my json file and an error in the type. #noob Now it works. Thank you for your help and your time @dadoonet. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 1:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-geo-point/155956/12 "2018-12-10T13:13:00Z")
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