# Question about geopoint

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-geopoint/51700>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [June 2, 2016, 1:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-geopoint/51700 "2016-06-02T13:27:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![dihpierrick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dihpierrick/32/40980_2.png) [@dihpierrick](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dihpierrick)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 1:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-geopoint/51700/1 "2016-06-02T13:27:17Z")

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Hi everyone ,

I have a question about geopoint fields.  
In the Elasticsearch definitive guide we can read :  
`A geo-point is a single latitude/longitude point on the Earth’s surface.` So it is quite clear 😄  
But in the default template used by logstash we can read :  
`"geoip" : { "dynamic": true, "properties" : { "ip": { "type": "ip" }, "location" : { "type" : "geo_point" }, "latitude" : { "type" : "float" }, "longitude" : { "type" : "float" } }`

My question is : Why are there the latitude and longitude fields while they already exist in the geopoint field ?

Thank in advance ! 👍

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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, 4:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-geopoint/51700/2 "2017-07-06T04:54:41Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 4:54am UTC