# Search geo\_point Location by latitude and longitude - Java Query
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-geo-point-location-by-latitude-and-longitude-java-query/8004
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [June 7, 2012, 11:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-geo-point-location-by-latitude-and-longitude-java-query/8004 "2012-06-07T11:59:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Ahmed\_Yehia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ahmed_Yehia)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2012, 11:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-geo-point-location-by-latitude-and-longitude-java-query/8004/1 "2012-06-07T11:59:59Z")
Trying a Java query to search Locations by latitude/longitude pair:
(Locations is indexed as geo\_point, with lat\_lon set to true)
SearchResponse response =
client.prepareSearch("index1").setTypes("pin").setQuery((filteredQuery(matchAllQuery(),
geoDistanceFilter("location").distance("1km").point(latitude,
longitude)))).execute().actionGet();
This query works Ok, however it requires specifying a "distance" in the
filter, Locations in my index should be unique,
and so I 'm looking into another option to construct a query given only
latitude & longitude as inputs, and the result being one or none.
I was wondering if specifying a distance may yields more than a single
point.
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### Author:  [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2012, 9:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-geo-point-location-by-latitude-and-longitude-java-query/8004/2 "2012-06-10T21:35:00Z")
You mean you want to check for exact match?
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Ahmed Yehia [ahmed.yehia.m@gmail.com](mailto:ahmed.yehia.m@gmail.com) wrote:
> Trying a Java query to search Locations by latitude/longitude pair:
> (Locations is indexed as geo\_point, with lat\_lon set to true)
>
> SearchResponse response =
> client.prepareSearch("index1").setTypes("pin").setQuery((filteredQuery(matchAllQuery(),
> geoDistanceFilter("location").distance("1km").point(latitude,
> longitude)))).execute().actionGet();
>
> This query works Ok, however it requires specifying a "distance" in the
> filter, Locations in my index should be unique,
> and so I 'm looking into another option to construct a query given only
> latitude & longitude as inputs, and the result being one or none.
>
> I was wondering if specifying a distance may yields more than a single
> point.
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### Author:  [@Ahmed\_Yehia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ahmed_Yehia)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-geo-point-location-by-latitude-and-longitude-java-query/8004/3 "2012-06-10T22:12:23Z")
Yes, this should be the case.
Though I 'd be Ok with specifying an arbitrary distance if it has no effect
in this context.
On Sunday, June 10, 2012, Shay Banon wrote:
> You mean you want to check for exact match?
>
> On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Ahmed Yehia \<[ahmed.yehia.m@gmail.com](mailto:ahmed.yehia.m@gmail.com)\
>
> > wrote:
>
> > Trying a Java query to search Locations by latitude/longitude pair:
> > (Locations is indexed as geo\_point, with lat\_lon set to true)
> >
> > SearchResponse response =
> > client.prepareSearch("index1").setTypes("pin").setQuery((filteredQuery(matchAllQuery(),
> > geoDistanceFilter("location").distance("1km").point(latitude,
> > longitude)))).execute().actionGet();
> >
> > This query works Ok, however it requires specifying a "distance" in the
> > filter, Locations in my index should be unique,
> > and so I 'm looking into another option to construct a query given only
> > latitude & longitude as inputs, and the result being one or none.
> >
> > I was wondering if specifying a distance may yields more than a single
> > point.
--
- Ahmed
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### Author:  [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-geo-point-location-by-latitude-and-longitude-java-query/8004/4 "2012-06-13T17:56:38Z")
For exact match, you can have the lat and lon indexed (see the geo\_type
mapping for it) and execute a query on both.
On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 12:12 AM, Ahmed Yehia [ahmed.yehia.m@gmail.com](mailto:ahmed.yehia.m@gmail.com)wrote:
> Yes, this should be the case.
> Though I 'd be Ok with specifying an arbitrary distance if it has no
> effect in this context.
>
> On Sunday, June 10, 2012, Shay Banon wrote:
>
> > You mean you want to check for exact match?
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Ahmed Yehia [ahmed.yehia.m@gmail.com](mailto:ahmed.yehia.m@gmail.com)wrote:
> >
> > > Trying a Java query to search Locations by latitude/longitude pair:
> > > (Locations is indexed as geo\_point, with lat\_lon set to true)
> > >
> > > SearchResponse response =
> > > client.prepareSearch("index1").setTypes("pin").setQuery((filteredQuery(matchAllQuery(),
> > > geoDistanceFilter("location").distance("1km").point(latitude,
> > > longitude)))).execute().actionGet();
> > >
> > > This query works Ok, however it requires specifying a "distance" in the
> > > filter, Locations in my index should be unique,
> > > and so I 'm looking into another option to construct a query given only
> > > latitude & longitude as inputs, and the result being one or none.
> > >
> > > I was wondering if specifying a distance may yields more than a single
> > > point.
>
> --
>
> - Ahmed
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 3:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-geo-point-location-by-latitude-and-longitude-java-query/8004/5 "2017-07-06T03:24:33Z")