# Match Queries & Geo Distance

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/match-queries-geo-distance/2555>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 12, 2015, 9:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/match-queries-geo-distance/2555 "2015-06-12T09:49:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![CalEuanHopkins](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/caleuanhopkins/32/643_2.png) [@CalEuanHopkins](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/CalEuanHopkins)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 9:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/match-queries-geo-distance/2555/1 "2015-06-12T09:49:19Z")

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Does anyone know how to add a GeoDistance fallback for a `bool should query`? I can filter results by location: (placeholder variables used)

```
{
    "query": {
        "bool": {
            "should": [
                {
                    "match": {
                        "field_a": "query_a"
                    }
                },
                {
                    "match": {
                       "field_b": "query_b"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "must_not": [
                {
                    "match": {
                        "_id": "123456"
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        "filter": {
            "geo_distance": {
                "distance": "1km",
                "location": "01.1234567,-01.1234567"
            }
        }
    }

}

```

This works fine, but what would a query look like that if there was no results for the `match` queries in the `should bool`, it elasticsearch would get all results within the `geo distance`?

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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, 12:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/match-queries-geo-distance/2555/2 "2017-07-06T00:07:55Z")

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