[[query-dsl-geo-polygon-query]]
=== Geo Polygon Query

A query allowing to include hits that only fall within a polygon of
points. Here is an example:

[source,js]
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{
    "filtered" : {
        "query" : {
            "match_all" : {}
        },
        "filter" : {
            "geo_polygon" : {
                "person.location" : {
                    "points" : [
                        {"lat" : 40, "lon" : -70},
                        {"lat" : 30, "lon" : -80},
                        {"lat" : 20, "lon" : -90}
                    ]
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
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[float]
==== Allowed Formats

[float]
===== Lat Long as Array

Format in `[lon, lat]`, note, the order of lon/lat here in order to
conform with http://geojson.org/[GeoJSON].

[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
{
    "filtered" : {
        "query" : {
            "match_all" : {}
        },
        "filter" : {
            "geo_polygon" : {
                "person.location" : {
                    "points" : [
                        [-70, 40],
                        [-80, 30],
                        [-90, 20]
                    ]
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
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[float]
===== Lat Lon as String

Format in `lat,lon`.

[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
{
    "filtered" : {
        "query" : {
            "match_all" : {}
        },
        "filter" : {
            "geo_polygon" : {
                "person.location" : {
                    "points" : [
                        "40, -70",
                        "30, -80",
                        "20, -90"
                    ]
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
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[float]
===== Geohash

[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
{
    "filtered" : {
        "query" : {
            "match_all" : {}
        },
        "filter" : {
            "geo_polygon" : {
                "person.location" : {
                    "points" : [
                        "drn5x1g8cu2y",
                        "30, -80",
                        "20, -90"
                    ]
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
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[float]
==== geo_point Type

The filter *requires* the
<<mapping-geo-point-type,geo_point>> type to be
set on the relevant field.