# Using geo distance in custom\_score
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-geo-distance-in-custom-score/3750
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [January 6, 2011, 6:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-geo-distance-in-custom-score/3750 "2011-01-06T06:01:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Mattias\_Pfeiffer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mattias_Pfeiffer)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2011, 6:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-geo-distance-in-custom-score/3750/1 "2011-01-06T06:01:03Z")
Hi,
Thanks for a great product!
Is there a way to use a geo distance in a custom\_score? Should I wrap
my custom\_score around a \_geo\_distance-sort filter? I do not want to
filter by a distance, just calculate a custom score based on the
distance from a fixed point.
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2011, 7:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-geo-distance-in-custom-score/3750/2 "2011-01-06T07:58:21Z")
Its not simple to access it from a script, but it should be. Something like
(assuming params include lat and lon to compute the distance from):
doc['geo\_point\_field'].distance(lat, lon)
Can you open a feature for it? should be simple to implement.
On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 8:01 AM, Mattias Pfeiffer \<[mattias.pfeiffer@gmail.com](mailto:mattias.pfeiffer@gmail.com)
> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for a great product!
>
> Is there a way to use a geo distance in a custom\_score? Should I wrap
> my custom\_score around a \_geo\_distance-sort filter? I do not want to
> filter by a distance, just calculate a custom score based on the
> distance from a fixed point.
>
> Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Mattias\_Pfeiffer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mattias_Pfeiffer)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-geo-distance-in-custom-score/3750/3 "2011-01-06T14:21:16Z")
Great - I've filed a feature request:
>
>
> Feature request for distance calculator method in custom\_score queries, eg.:
>
> \`\`…\`
> doc\['geo\_point\_field'\].distance(lat, lon)
> \`\`\`
>
> The following methods are allowed:
> \- \`doc\['geo\_point\_field'\].distance(lat, lon)\`: Returns the distance in miles form lat/lon.
> \- \`doc\['geo\_point\_field'\].distanceInKm(lat, lon)\`: Returns the distance in km lat/lon.
> \- \`doc\['geo\_point\_field'\].geohashDistance(geohash)\`: Returns the distance in miles from geohash.
> \- \`doc\['geo\_point\_field'\].geohashDistanceInKm(geohash)\`: Returns the distance in km from geohash.
On Jan 6, 2:58 pm, Shay Banon [shay.ba...@elasticsearch.com](mailto:shay.ba...@elasticsearch.com) wrote:
> Its not simple to access it from a script, but it should be. Something like
> (assuming params include lat and lon to compute the distance from):
>
> doc['geo\_point\_field'].distance(lat, lon)
>
> Can you open a feature for it? should be simple to implement.
>
> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 8:01 AM, Mattias Pfeiffer \<[mattias.pfeif...@gmail.com](mailto:mattias.pfeif...@gmail.com)
>
> > wrote:
> > Hi,
>
> > Thanks for a great product!
>
> > Is there a way to use a geo distance in a custom\_score? Should I wrap
> > my custom\_score around a \_geo\_distance-sort filter? I do not want to
> > filter by a distance, just calculate a custom score based on the
> > distance from a fixed point.
>
> > Thanks!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 4:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-geo-distance-in-custom-score/3750/4 "2017-07-06T04:14:11Z")