# Problems with mapping data as geo\_point datatype **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [December 27, 2016, 1:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problems-with-mapping-data-as-geo-point-datatype/70064 "2016-12-27T13:14:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![olliewardman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/olliewardman/32/14163_2.png) [@olliewardman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/olliewardman)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 1:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problems-with-mapping-data-as-geo-point-datatype/70064/1 "2016-12-27T13:14:50Z")
Hi. elasticsearch 5.1.1 kibana 5.1.1 logstash 5.1.1 I am capturing tweets using the logstash twitter input plugin and passing them to elasticsearch using the elasticsearch output plugin. All works well except I seem unable to correctly map coordinates as the geo\_point datatype. I append my mapping template below. This is based on David Pilato's excellent article Indexing Twitter with Logstash and Elasticsearch ([http://david.pilato.fr/blog/2015/06/01/indexing-twitter-with-logstash-and-elasticsearch/](http://david.pilato.fr/blog/2015/06/01/indexing-twitter-with-logstash-and-elasticsearch/)). I know I have coordinates in my elasticsearch index but they are using the float datatype not geo\_point despite the mapping below. Any help would be much appreciated. Kind regards. Oliver ```auto { "template": "twitter", "order": 1, "settings": { "number_of_shards": 1 }, "mappings": { "tweet": { "_all": { "enabled": false }, "dynamic_templates": [ { "message_field": { "match": "message", "match_mapping_type": "string", "mapping": { "type": "string", "index": "analyzed", "omit_norms": true } } }, { "string_fields": { "match": "*", "match_mapping_type": "string", "mapping": { "type": "string", "index": "analyzed", "omit_norms": true, "fields": { "raw": { "type": "string", "index": "not_analyzed", "ignore_above": 256 } } } } } ], "properties": { "text": { "type": "string" }, "coordinates": { "properties": { "coordinates": { "type": "geo_point" }, "type": { "type": "string" } } } } } } } ``` ---
**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:** [December 27, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problems-with-mapping-data-as-geo-point-datatype/70064/2 "2016-12-27T19:37:35Z")
Thank you for the comment about the blog 🙂 Can you show as well an example of a Tweet document? ---
**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:** [December 27, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problems-with-mapping-data-as-geo-point-datatype/70064/3 "2016-12-27T19:39:50Z")
Here is the template I'm using with 5.0 BTW: ```auto { "template": "twitter*", "order": 1, "settings": { "number_of_shards": 1, "mapping.total_fields.limit": 1800 }, "mappings": { "tweet": { "properties": { "text": { "type": "text" }, "coordinates": { "properties": { "coordinates": { "type": "geo_point" }, "type": { "type": "text" } } } } } } } ``` ---
**Author:** ![olliewardman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/olliewardman/32/14163_2.png) [@olliewardman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/olliewardman)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problems-with-mapping-data-as-geo-point-datatype/70064/4 "2016-12-28T20:31:20Z")
Thanks David. I append a tweet document below using your new template. This tweet contains coordinates (its one of mine). Does the document look as you would expect? I note that the Tile Map visualisation still doesn't find any geo\_point types in the data. Kind regards. Oliver { "took": 1, "timed\_out": false, "\_shards": { "total": 5, "successful": 5, "failed": 0 }, "hits": { "total": 1, "max\_score": 1, "hits": [ { "\_index": "tweet2-2016.12.28", "\_type": "tweet", "\_id": "AVlHHdi-goIu1XeNUTpB", "\_score": 1, "\_source": { "in\_reply\_to\_status\_id\_str": null, "in\_reply\_to\_status\_id": null, "created\_at": "Wed Dec 28 20:27:26 +0000 2016", "in\_reply\_to\_user\_id\_str": null, "source": "\Tweetbot for iΟS", "retweet\_count": 0, "retweeted": false, "geo": { "coordinates": [ 53.97239888, -1.04706316 ], "type": "Point" }, "filter\_level": "low", "in\_reply\_to\_screen\_name": null, "is\_quote\_status": false, "id\_str": "814206142326992896", "in\_reply\_to\_user\_id": null, "@version": "1", "favorite\_count": 0, "id": 814206142326992900, "text": "Testing", "place": { "country\_code": "GB", "country": "United Kingdom", "full\_name": "York, England", "bounding\_box": { "coordinates": [ [ [ -1.147268, 53.928002 ], [ -1.147268, 54.004411 ], [ -1.023381, 54.004411 ], [ -1.023381, 53.928002 ] ] ], "type": "Polygon" }, "place\_type": "city", "name": "York", "attributes": {}, "id": "0c4f58af36a910a6", "url": "[https://api.twitter.com/1.1/geo/id/0c4f58af36a910a6.json](https://api.twitter.com/1.1/geo/id/0c4f58af36a910a6.json)" }, "lang": "en", "favorited": false, "coordinates": { "coordinates": [ -1.04706316, 53.97239888 ], "type": "Point" }, "truncated": false, "timestamp\_ms": "1482956846206", "tags": [], "@timestamp": "2016-12-28T20:27:26.000Z", "entities": { "urls": [], "hashtags": [], "user\_mentions": [], "symbols": [] }, "contributors": null, "user": { "utc\_offset": 0, "friends\_count": 77, "profile\_image\_url\_https": "[https://pbs.twimg.com/profile\_images/2637684812/8d6746d79f6aef88c4af48511162d90c\_normal.jpeg](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/2637684812/8d6746d79f6aef88c4af48511162d90c_normal.jpeg)", "listed\_count": 8, "profile\_background\_image\_url": "[http://abs.twimg.com/images/themes/theme1/bg.png](http://abs.twimg.com/images/themes/theme1/bg.png)", "default\_profile\_image": false, "favourites\_count": 9, "description": "Occasional musings on tech. Views my own.", "created\_at": "Wed Jun 15 18:57:55 +0000 2011", "is\_translator": false, "profile\_background\_image\_url\_https": "[https://abs.twimg.com/images/themes/theme1/bg.png](https://abs.twimg.com/images/themes/theme1/bg.png)", "protected": false, "screen\_name": "olliewardman", "id\_str": "317958440", "profile\_link\_color": "1DA1F2", "id": 317958440, "geo\_enabled": true, "profile\_background\_color": "C0DEED", "lang": "en", "profile\_sidebar\_border\_color": "C0DEED", "profile\_text\_color": "333333", "verified": false, "profile\_image\_url": "[http://pbs.twimg.com/profile\_images/2637684812/8d6746d79f6aef88c4af48511162d90c\_normal.jpeg](http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/2637684812/8d6746d79f6aef88c4af48511162d90c_normal.jpeg)", "time\_zone": "London", "url": null, "contributors\_enabled": false, "profile\_background\_tile": false, "statuses\_count": 245, "follow\_request\_sent": null, "followers\_count": 19, "profile\_use\_background\_image": true, "default\_profile": true, "following": null, "name": "Oliver Wardman", "location": "York, U.K.", "profile\_sidebar\_fill\_color": "DDEEF6", "notifications": null } } } ] } } ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problems-with-mapping-data-as-geo-point-datatype/70064/5 "2017-01-25T20:31:39Z")
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