# (My) Problem with geo\_bounding\_box
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/my-problem-with-geo-bounding-box/11825
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [May 6, 2013, 5:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/my-problem-with-geo-bounding-box/11825 "2013-05-06T05:03:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Steve\_Baldwin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Steve_Baldwin)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2013, 5:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/my-problem-with-geo-bounding-box/11825/1 "2013-05-06T05:03:04Z")
Hi,
I'm a new es user but love what I've seen so far. I'm using 0.90.0.
I have a simple mapping defined like this:
{
"mappings" : {
"user" : {
"properties" : {
"user\_name" : {
"type" : "string",
"index\_options" : "freqs",
"boost" : 3.0
},
"handle" : {
"type" : "string",
"index\_options" : "docs"
},
"bio" : {
"type" : "string",
"index\_options" : "freqs"
},
"location" : {
"type" : "geo\_point",
"lat\_lon" : true
}
}
},
"post" : {
"properties" : {
"text" : {
"type" : "string",
"index\_options" : "freqs"
},
"location" : {
"type" : "geo\_point",
"lat\_lon" : true
}
}
}
}
}
I've loaded around 50k entries into the index.
I want to be able to perform searches based on text and optionally filtered
by a geo\_bounding\_box.
If I issue the following search, it works beautifully:
curl -XGET localhost:9200/wotzere/\_search?pretty=1 -d '
{
"fields" : ["\_id", "\_type", "location"],
"from" : 0,
"size" : 20,
"query" : {
"match": {
"\_all" : "chill ice lodge"
}
}
}'
It returns:
{
"took" : 5,
"timed\_out" : false,
"\_shards" : {
"total" : 5,
"successful" : 5,
"failed" : 0
},
"hits" : {
"total" : 1170,
"max\_score" : 2.2864966,
"hits" : [ {
"\_index" : "wotzere",
"\_type" : "user",
"\_id" : "80248",
"\_score" : 2.2864966,
"fields" : {
"location" : ["145.0450", "-37.8232"]
}
}, {
"\_index" : "wotzere",
"\_type" : "user",
"\_id" : "66694",
"\_score" : 1.3186983,
"fields" : {
"location" : ["144.9679", "-37.8205"]
}
}, {
"\_index" : "wotzere",
"\_type" : "user",
"\_id" : "72829",
"\_score" : 0.76025414,
"fields" : {
"location" : ["151.3003", "-32.7730"]
}
}, {
"\_index" : "wotzere",
"\_type" : "user",
"\_id" : "70022",
"\_score" : 0.6828435,
"fields" : {
"location" : ["150.2991", "-34.6497"]
}
}, {
"\_index" : "wotzere",
"\_type" : "post",
"\_id" : "138114",
"\_score" : 0.52798617,
"fields" : {
"location" : ["130.8392", "-12.4630"]
}
}, {
:
} ]
}
}
For the life of me I can't get a geo\_bounding\_box filter to work - even on
its own. Would some kind soul please point me in the right direction by
incorporating a bounding box of (lat, long) tl =\> (-10, 110), br =\> (-44,
155) into my original search criteria?
One thing that's not clear to me. If I have a field called "location" in
both my types (user, post), do I need to specify both in separate
geo\_bounding\_box filters or can I do it with a single, unqualified filter
(sort of like what I'm doing with the "\_all" of the original criteria)?
Thanks so much.
Steve
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### Author:  [@chilling](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chilling)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2013, 11:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/my-problem-with-geo-bounding-box/11825/2 "2013-05-06T11:42:05Z")
Hi Steve,
you can setup your geo\_bounding\_box filter by just adding a
geo\_bounding\_box filter:
curl -XGET '[http://127.0.0.1:9200/posts/\_search?pretty=true](http://127.0.0.1:9200/posts/_search?pretty=true)' -d '{
```
"fields" : ["_id", "_type", "location"],
"from" : 0,
"size" : 20,
"query" : {
"match": {
"_all" : "chilling"
}
},
"filter" : {
"geo_bounding_box" : {
"location" : {
"top_left" : {
"lat" : -10.0,
"lon" : 110.0
},
"bottom_right" : {
"lat" : -44.0,
"lon" : 155
}
}
}
}
```
}'
I hope, this will help you,
Florian
On Monday, May 6, 2013 7:03:04 AM UTC+2, Steve Baldwin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm a new es user but love what I've seen so far. I'm using 0.90.0.
>
> I have a simple mapping defined like this:
>
> {
> "mappings" : {
> "user" : {
> "properties" : {
> "user\_name" : {
> "type" : "string",
> "index\_options" : "freqs",
> "boost" : 3.0
> },
> "handle" : {
> "type" : "string",
> "index\_options" : "docs"
> },
> "bio" : {
> "type" : "string",
> "index\_options" : "freqs"
> },
> "location" : {
> "type" : "geo\_point",
> "lat\_lon" : true
> }
> }
> },
> "post" : {
> "properties" : {
> "text" : {
> "type" : "string",
> "index\_options" : "freqs"
> },
> "location" : {
> "type" : "geo\_point",
> "lat\_lon" : true
> }
> }
> }
> }
> }
>
> I've loaded around 50k entries into the index.
>
> I want to be able to perform searches based on text and optionally
> filtered by a geo\_bounding\_box.
>
> If I issue the following search, it works beautifully:
>
> curl -XGET localhost:9200/wotzere/\_search?pretty=1 -d '
> {
> "fields" : ["\_id", "\_type", "location"],
> "from" : 0,
> "size" : 20,
> "query" : {
> "match": {
> "\_all" : "chill ice lodge"
> }
> }
> }'
>
> It returns:
>
> {
> "took" : 5,
> "timed\_out" : false,
> "\_shards" : {
> "total" : 5,
> "successful" : 5,
> "failed" : 0
> },
> "hits" : {
> "total" : 1170,
> "max\_score" : 2.2864966,
> "hits" : [ {
> "\_index" : "wotzere",
> "\_type" : "user",
> "\_id" : "80248",
> "\_score" : 2.2864966,
> "fields" : {
> "location" : ["145.0450", "-37.8232"]
> }
> }, {
> "\_index" : "wotzere",
> "\_type" : "user",
> "\_id" : "66694",
> "\_score" : 1.3186983,
> "fields" : {
> "location" : ["144.9679", "-37.8205"]
> }
> }, {
> "\_index" : "wotzere",
> "\_type" : "user",
> "\_id" : "72829",
> "\_score" : 0.76025414,
> "fields" : {
> "location" : ["151.3003", "-32.7730"]
> }
> }, {
> "\_index" : "wotzere",
> "\_type" : "user",
> "\_id" : "70022",
> "\_score" : 0.6828435,
> "fields" : {
> "location" : ["150.2991", "-34.6497"]
> }
> }, {
> "\_index" : "wotzere",
> "\_type" : "post",
> "\_id" : "138114",
> "\_score" : 0.52798617,
> "fields" : {
> "location" : ["130.8392", "-12.4630"]
> }
> }, {
> :
> } ]
> }
> }
>
> For the life of me I can't get a geo\_bounding\_box filter to work - even on
> its own. Would some kind soul please point me in the right direction by
> incorporating a bounding box of (lat, long) tl =\> (-10, 110), br =\> (-44,
> 155) into my original search criteria?
>
> One thing that's not clear to me. If I have a field called "location" in
> both my types (user, post), do I need to specify both in separate
> geo\_bounding\_box filters or can I do it with a single, unqualified filter
> (sort of like what I'm doing with the "\_all" of the original criteria)?
>
> Thanks so much.
>
> Steve
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### Author:  [@Steve\_Baldwin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Steve_Baldwin)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2013, 6:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/my-problem-with-geo-bounding-box/11825/3 "2013-05-06T18:42:34Z")
Fantastic !! That was very helpful.
Thank you very much Florian.
Steve
On Monday, May 6, 2013 9:42:05 PM UTC+10, Florian Schilling wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> you can setup your geo\_bounding\_box filter by just adding a
> geo\_bounding\_box filter:
>
> curl -XGET '[http://127.0.0.1:9200/posts/\_search?pretty=true](http://127.0.0.1:9200/posts/_search?pretty=true)' -d '{
>
> ```
> "fields" : ["_id", "_type", "location"],
> "from" : 0,
> "size" : 20,
> "query" : {
> "match": {
> "_all" : "chilling"
> }
> },
>
> "filter" : {
> "geo_bounding_box" : {
> "location" : {
> "top_left" : {
> "lat" : -10.0,
> "lon" : 110.0
> },
> "bottom_right" : {
> "lat" : -44.0,
> "lon" : 155
> }
> }
> }
> }
>
> ```
>
> }'
>
> I hope, this will help you,
> Florian
>
> On Monday, May 6, 2013 7:03:04 AM UTC+2, Steve Baldwin wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm a new es user but love what I've seen so far. I'm using 0.90.0.
> >
> > I have a simple mapping defined like this:
> >
> > {
> > "mappings" : {
> > "user" : {
> > "properties" : {
> > "user\_name" : {
> > "type" : "string",
> > "index\_options" : "freqs",
> > "boost" : 3.0
> > },
> > "handle" : {
> > "type" : "string",
> > "index\_options" : "docs"
> > },
> > "bio" : {
> > "type" : "string",
> > "index\_options" : "freqs"
> > },
> > "location" : {
> > "type" : "geo\_point",
> > "lat\_lon" : true
> > }
> > }
> > },
> > "post" : {
> > "properties" : {
> > "text" : {
> > "type" : "string",
> > "index\_options" : "freqs"
> > },
> > "location" : {
> > "type" : "geo\_point",
> > "lat\_lon" : true
> > }
> > }
> > }
> > }
> > }
> >
> > I've loaded around 50k entries into the index.
> >
> > I want to be able to perform searches based on text and optionally
> > filtered by a geo\_bounding\_box.
> >
> > If I issue the following search, it works beautifully:
> >
> > curl -XGET localhost:9200/wotzere/\_search?pretty=1 -d '
> > {
> > "fields" : ["\_id", "\_type", "location"],
> > "from" : 0,
> > "size" : 20,
> > "query" : {
> > "match": {
> > "\_all" : "chill ice lodge"
> > }
> > }
> > }'
> >
> > It returns:
> >
> > {
> > "took" : 5,
> > "timed\_out" : false,
> > "\_shards" : {
> > "total" : 5,
> > "successful" : 5,
> > "failed" : 0
> > },
> > "hits" : {
> > "total" : 1170,
> > "max\_score" : 2.2864966,
> > "hits" : [ {
> > "\_index" : "wotzere",
> > "\_type" : "user",
> > "\_id" : "80248",
> > "\_score" : 2.2864966,
> > "fields" : {
> > "location" : ["145.0450", "-37.8232"]
> > }
> > }, {
> > "\_index" : "wotzere",
> > "\_type" : "user",
> > "\_id" : "66694",
> > "\_score" : 1.3186983,
> > "fields" : {
> > "location" : ["144.9679", "-37.8205"]
> > }
> > }, {
> > "\_index" : "wotzere",
> > "\_type" : "user",
> > "\_id" : "72829",
> > "\_score" : 0.76025414,
> > "fields" : {
> > "location" : ["151.3003", "-32.7730"]
> > }
> > }, {
> > "\_index" : "wotzere",
> > "\_type" : "user",
> > "\_id" : "70022",
> > "\_score" : 0.6828435,
> > "fields" : {
> > "location" : ["150.2991", "-34.6497"]
> > }
> > }, {
> > "\_index" : "wotzere",
> > "\_type" : "post",
> > "\_id" : "138114",
> > "\_score" : 0.52798617,
> > "fields" : {
> > "location" : ["130.8392", "-12.4630"]
> > }
> > }, {
> > :
> > } ]
> > }
> > }
> >
> > For the life of me I can't get a geo\_bounding\_box filter to work - even
> > on its own. Would some kind soul please point me in the right direction by
> > incorporating a bounding box of (lat, long) tl =\> (-10, 110), br =\> (-44,
> > 155) into my original search criteria?
> >
> > One thing that's not clear to me. If I have a field called "location" in
> > both my types (user, post), do I need to specify both in separate
> > geo\_bounding\_box filters or can I do it with a single, unqualified filter
> > (sort of like what I'm doing with the "\_all" of the original criteria)?
> >
> > Thanks so much.
> >
> > Steve
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 2:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/my-problem-with-geo-bounding-box/11825/4 "2017-07-06T02:38:03Z")