Problem with geo_distance filter

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1

I tried following the examples, but I can't seem to make a
geo_distance (or any geo filter) work, using 0.10.0. Here's my steps,
after starting the search index:

$ curl -XPUT 'http://localhost:9200/test'

$ curl -XPUT 'http://localhost:9200/test/pins/1' -d '{
"pin" : {
"location" : {
"lat" : 40.12,
"lon" : -71.34
},
"tag" : ["food", "family"],
"text" : "my favorite family restaurant"
}
}'

$ curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/test/pins/_search' -d '
{ "query" : {
"filtered" : {
"query" : {
"field" : { "text" : "restaurant" }
},
"filter" : {
"geo_distance" : {
"distance" : "12km",
"pin.location" : {
"lat" : 40,
"lon" : -70
}
}
}
}
}
}'

The result:

{"_shards":{"total":5,"successful":5,"failed":0},"hits":{"total":
0,"max_score":null,"hits":[]}}

Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong here?

Thanks.

2

Hey,

The distance between the mentioned point is 114.94km, so you need to
broaden your search. A few pointers:

  1. After indexing data, you will see the changes after 1 second (give or
    take). If you test (i.e. execute fast consecutive curl requests, execute
    refresh before the search).
  2. If you want to check some distances, you can do a match_all query and
    sort by geo_distance, this will give you the actual distances (sort values
    are returned as part of the search):
    http://www.elasticsearch.com/docs/elasticsearch/rest_api/search/sort/#Geo_Distance_Sorting
    .

-shay.banon

On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 10:03 PM, Sean Bowman pico303@gmail.com wrote:

I tried following the examples, but I can't seem to make a
geo_distance (or any geo filter) work, using 0.10.0. Here's my steps,
after starting the search index:

$ curl -XPUT 'http://localhost:9200/test'

$ curl -XPUT 'http://localhost:9200/test/pins/1' -d '{
"pin" : {
"location" : {
"lat" : 40.12,
"lon" : -71.34
},
"tag" : ["food", "family"],
"text" : "my favorite family restaurant"
}
}'

$ curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/test/pins/_search' -d '
{ "query" : {
"filtered" : {
"query" : {
"field" : { "text" : "restaurant" }
},
"filter" : {
"geo_distance" : {
"distance" : "12km",
"pin.location" : {
"lat" : 40,
"lon" : -70
}
}
}
}
}
}'

The result:

{"_shards":{"total":5,"successful":5,"failed":0},"hits":{"total":
0,"max_score":null,"hits":}}

Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong here?

Thanks.

3

Changing the range worked...finally! fireworks Thank you. I should
have checked that.

The sort idea is a good one too. Thanks for that reference. I can't
tell you how refreshing it is to have someone on a mailing list point
me at the correct documentation, rather than just tell me to read
everything on the entire site or type keywords into Google. :slight_smile:

Just so you know, this is the example from your blog article and the
geo_distance filter doc on the web site. You might want to update the
documentation you've got up there and increase that "12km" to
"200km". There's also a typo in the sample JSON: no comma after the
"distance" : "12km" line. And while not technically a error, on the
sort documentation page, your query centers on [-40, 70], while your
examples were always [40, -70]. For consistency, you might want to
swap the negative there. Took me a second of wondering how I got
16000+km when you found 114km, before I realized the signs were
reversed.

This is only day two of using ElasticSearch, and I'm loving the
product. Outstanding work.

4

Hi,

Thanks for the doc notes, pushed a fix for that.

-shay.banon

On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 11:37 PM, Sean Bowman pico303@gmail.com wrote:

Changing the range worked...finally! fireworks Thank you. I should
have checked that.

The sort idea is a good one too. Thanks for that reference. I can't
tell you how refreshing it is to have someone on a mailing list point
me at the correct documentation, rather than just tell me to read
everything on the entire site or type keywords into Google. :slight_smile:

Just so you know, this is the example from your blog article and the
geo_distance filter doc on the web site. You might want to update the
documentation you've got up there and increase that "12km" to
"200km". There's also a typo in the sample JSON: no comma after the
"distance" : "12km" line. And while not technically a error, on the
sort documentation page, your query centers on [-40, 70], while your
examples were always [40, -70]. For consistency, you might want to
swap the negative there. Took me a second of wondering how I got
16000+km when you found 114km, before I realized the signs were
reversed.

This is only day two of using Elasticsearch, and I'm loving the
product. Outstanding work.

5

I have been following the examples (0.15.2 and even tried 0.10.0) too and I can not get the geo_distance filter to work either.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

This is what I am posting:

$ curl -XPUT 'http://localhost:9200/test6/pins/1' -d '{
"pin" : {
"location" : {
"lat" : 40.12,
"lon" : -71.34
},
"tag" : ["food", "family"],
"text" : "my favorite family restaurant"
}
}'

$ curl -XPUT 'http://localhost:9200/test6/_mapping' -d '
{
"pin" : {
"properties" : {
"location" : {
"type" : "geo_point"
}
}
}
}'

$ curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/test6/pins/_search' -d '
{ "query" : {
"filtered" : {
"query" : {
"match_all" : {}
},
"filter" : {
"geo_distance" : {
"distance" : "1025km",
"pin.location" : {
"lat" : 40,
"lon" : -70
}
}
}
}
}
}'

6

Make sure to put the mappings before you index the document.
On Thursday, March 24, 2011 at 1:16 AM, dcosta72 wrote:

I have been following the examples (0.15.2 and even tried 0.10.0) too and I
can not get the geo_distance filter to work either.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

This is what I am posting:

$ curl -XPUT 'http://localhost:9200/test6/pins/1' -d '{
"pin" : {
"location" : {
"lat" : 40.12,
"lon" : -71.34
},
"tag" : ["food", "family"],
"text" : "my favorite family restaurant"
}
}'

$ curl -XPUT 'http://localhost:9200/test6/_mapping' -d '
{
"pin" : {
"properties" : {
"location" : {
"type" : "geo_point"
}
}
}
}'

$ curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/test6/pins/_search' -d '
{ "query" : {
"filtered" : {
"query" : {
"match_all" : {}
},
"filter" : {
"geo_distance" : {
"distance" : "1025km",
"pin.location" : {
"lat" : 40,
"lon" : -70
}
}
}
}
}
}'

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7

Thanks Shay,

Unfortunately I can not get it working. I have tried many different approaches and it just doesn't work for me... I would really appreciate a full working example on 0.15.2, with mapping included.

I am new to ES and I would like to use it for a project I am working on, but I need the geo_distance search to work...

Apologies if I am missing something obvious. I have spent already a few days with this...

Thanks again.

8

I got it working. I got slightly confused with the entities involved.

Thanks again for your response.

ES is an outstanding product. Excellent work.

9

gist what you are doing, we can take it from there.
On Monday, March 28, 2011 at 1:34 AM, dcosta72 wrote:

Thanks Shay,

Unfortunately I can not get it working. I have tried many different
approaches and it just doesn't work for me... I would really appreciate a
full working example on 0.15.2, with mapping included.

I am new to ES and I would like to use it for a project I am working on, but
I need the geo_distance search to work...

Apologies if I am missing something obvious. I have spent already a few days
with this...

Thanks again.

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