# Set geo location from coodinates

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-geo-location-from-coodinates/2762>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [June 16, 2015, 6:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-geo-location-from-coodinates/2762 "2015-06-16T06:03:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-geo-location-from-coodinates/2762/4 "2015-06-16T22:09:04Z")

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In ES you need to [map that field](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/mapping-geo-point-type.html) to be a geopoint as well.

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