# Visualizing maps on Kibana in logstash originated data, when I already HAVE the geo information
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualizing-maps-on-kibana-in-logstash-originated-data-when-i-already-have-the-geo-information/220677
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [February 24, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualizing-maps-on-kibana-in-logstash-originated-data-when-i-already-have-the-geo-information/220677 "2020-02-24T14:36:20Z")
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### Author:  [@GenXJason](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/GenXJason)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualizing-maps-on-kibana-in-logstash-originated-data-when-i-already-have-the-geo-information/220677/1 "2020-02-24T14:36:20Z")
Hey there, I have a Django implementation that logs into Logstash. I already send the geographical information to `logstash`. I do _not_ need it to convert IP addresses to geo-information. Here's a sample of what I send (this output is from Logstash running locally on my machine)
```auto
{
"program" => "manage.py",
"@version" => "1",
"port" => 65242,
"level" => "INFO",
"@timestamp" => 2020-02-23T23:34:25.068Z,
"logsource" => "MyLocalMachine.local",
"type" => "python-logstash",
"host" => "MyLocalMachine.local",
"my_app" => {
"geo_lat" => "Decimal('40.957900')",
"geo_postal_code" => "07410",
"created_at" => "2020-02-20T20:41:25.000Z",
"interpreter_version" => "3.6.5",
"line" => 50,
"version" => "2.0.202",
"geo_state_province_code" => "NJ",
"geo_country_code" => "US",
"process_name" => "MainProcess",
"geo_country_name" => "United States",
"logger_name" => "my_app-user-activity-log",
"logstash_async_version" => "1.6.4",
"geo_place_name" => "Hawthorne",
"geo_timezone" => "America/New_York",
"func_name" => "handle",
"domain" => "like",
"geo_long" => "Decimal('-74.158100')",
"thread_name" => "MainThread",
"action" => "unliked-a-video-post",
"element_id" => "2359c8c7-6af9-4237-a733-96bd450fbb77",
"geo_state_province_name" => "New Jersey",
"interpreter" => "/Users/me/dev/myproj/test/venv/bin/python",
"environment" => "development"
},
"pid" => 20585,
"message" => ""
}
```
I can't figure out a way to convert my long/lat into whatever datatypes `Elasticsearch` needs to be able to use the visualization of the map in `Kibana` . The only information I can find online is converting IP to GEO, which isn't what I need. Isn't there a way to visualize maps in `Kibana` where I already have the geo-information (lat/long/country-code,state etc)?
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### Author:  [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualizing-maps-on-kibana-in-logstash-originated-data-when-i-already-have-the-geo-information/220677/2 "2020-02-24T16:36:23Z")
You will need an [index template](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/geo-point.html) that tells elasticsearch that some field is a geo\_point and then add documents with the latitude and longitude in an appropriate format.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualizing-maps-on-kibana-in-logstash-originated-data-when-i-already-have-the-geo-information/220677/3 "2020-03-23T16:36:29Z")
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