Maps, Geoshapes, Geopoints

[androsteve (Steve)]

I'm new to Elasticsearch and Kibana.

I've created 2 indexes.
1 - Customers containing geo_point and name of location they purchased from
2 - Locations containing geo_point and name of location

I'm able to plot 2 layers to a map in Kibana and see all of my customers and locations.

My goal is I'm trying to figure out how I can add a 3rd layer or some way to visualize a 50 or 100 mile radius around my location.

I think I should be looking at a polygon geo shape, but what tools are used to generate this shape? Or am I totally missing something?

A point in the right direction would be appreciated.

[Nathan_Reese]

What are you trying to do with the radius around locations? How many locations do you have?

What version of Kibana are you using? Starting in 7.14, there is a "drawing" layer where you can draw shapes on the map. One such shape is a circle, so you could manually draw a circle around your location. To get started with a drawing layer, click "Add layer" button. Then select "Create index" card. Enter an index name and click "Create index". After that, there are some controls for drawing features on a map. Once drawn, the features are saved in Elasticseach.

[androsteve (Steve)]

I am trying to give a visual representation of how many customers are within x number of miles from a location.

I envision:
layer 1 - Office Locations using red markers ( about 30 locations in index)
layer 2 - Customer Addresses using blue marker ( about 10,000 customers in index)
layer 3 - semi transparent circle with a center point of the office location, spanning out 150 miles from the center.

A few weeks ago I have installed Elasticsearch 7.15.2 with Kibana 7.15.2

I have followed your instructions and am able to freely draw lines, but my ideal layout is s circle based off a geoshape stretching out to the x mile coverage zone.

[Nathan_Reese]

you can draw circles by selecting the circle icon

[androsteve (Steve)]

Hi, thanks. Is there any docs or video demonstrations on this feature? I was able to draw one circle and then it become unusable. Couldnt edit, remove or add another. The one hope I got out of it is that I see it did create an index with a geoshape. I'm hoping that if I can generate my shape with the correct distance in python, I can add it to the index here.