# "Unable to Tessellate shape....Possible malformed shape detected." Error while indexing in ES 7.17.7 **URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-tessellate-shape-possible-malformed-shape-detected-error-while-indexing-in-es-7-17-7/319922 **Category:** Elasticsearch **Created:** [November 28, 2022, 9:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-tessellate-shape-possible-malformed-shape-detected-error-while-indexing-in-es-7-17-7/319922 "2022-11-28T09:08:18Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb) #### Post date: [November 28, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-tessellate-shape-possible-malformed-shape-detected-error-while-indexing-in-es-7-17-7/319922/2 "2022-11-28T15:41:49Z")
Hi @amal_antony Welcome to the Community! Perhaps take a look at this thread. There is a limit of significant digits supported. > [@Polygon storage failed](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/polygon-storage-failed/316162): > > POLYGON((38591455.29279993 3341853.182999084,38591450.89579993 3341845.826799084,38591447.82339992 3341841.763499084,38591444.25549993 3341839.186599084,38591438.30899993 3341835.420499084,38591431.17329992 3341830.663199084,38591425.92059992 3341827.491799084,38591420.66799992 3341825.311299084,38591415.11799993 3341823.130899084,38591407.68499993 3341821.346799084,38591392.42249992 3341820.553599084,38591385.18769993 3341820.652699084,38591378.64659993 3341821.148199084,38591372.99739993 33418… > `geo_shape` field uses double precision and supports up to 15 significant digits. `shape` field uses single precision and supports up to 7 significant digits `[-34.57375261146071, 116.03577029370054]` Both of those have more than 15 significant digits, --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-tessellate-shape-possible-malformed-shape-detected-error-while-indexing-in-es-7-17-7/319922)._