Distance from [lon,lat] to geo_shape

[eskibars]

Currently, we can do distance math for filter (geo_distance) and sort (_geo_distance) from a given [lon,lat] to a geo_point. We cannot do this currently for a [lon,lat] to the surface of a geo_shape object (distance "N"). There's a bit of a workaround for the geo_distance filter: you can create a circle of a specified radius M and check for an "intersects" relation. However, there are some cases where this does not work (e.g. if M > (N + [span of geo_shape]) it's now "within").

A few examples:

• A vehicle is supposed to follow an indexed LineString / MultiLineString path and we want to find when it has deviated from the path by more than 100 meters [filter]
• Find the nearest landmark (geo-shape) to my present location [sort]

[Ghost93]

Hi,
any news on this?

We also need geo_distance to support geo_shape fields.

[clintongormley]

@nknize any thoughts on this?

[nknize]

This will likely follow the Lucene 5.5 release which includes the API and performance improvements needed to make this perform at scale.

[akamanocha]

+1 for this. I guess es is now on 5.5 any plan to do this.

Or suggested architecture/ workaround please?

[imalygin]

Do you have any updates for this by any chance?

[clintongormley]

Not yet. A new geo field type is being worked on which combines geo-point and geo-shape functionality, but it is early days still

[jfitz1]

+1

[kaxil]

+1

[riconegri]

+1

[juanpujol]

👍

[akamanocha]

Anything on this?

[publicaddm]

+1