Mapping of a geo_point field in ElasticSearch with Tire - ruby-on-rails

Question

I'm trying to index a geo_point field in Elasticsearch with the Tire gem. Here is my Tire mapping for my ActiveRecord model :
class Availability < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :user
attr_accessible :date, :latitude, :longitude
include Tire::Model::Search
include Tire::Model::Callbacks
tire do
mapping do
indexes :id, type: 'integer', index: 'not_analysed'
indexes :user_id, type: 'integer', index: 'not_analysed'
indexes :user_firstname, type: 'string', as: 'user_firstname'
indexes :user_lastname, type: 'string', as: 'user_lastname'
indexes :user_level, type: 'integer', as: 'user_level'
indexes :date, type: 'date'
indexes :location, type: 'geo_type', as: 'location'
end
end
# def location
# "#{latitude},#{longitude}"
# end
def location
[longitude.to_f, latitude.to_f]
end
def user_firstname
user.firstname
end
def user_lastname
user.lastname
end
def user_level
user.level
end
end
When I create the mapping (bundle exec rake environment tire:import CLASS=Availability FORCE=true), Elasticsearch seems to ignore the geo_point type for the location field.
Here is the result of the http://localhost:9200/availabilities/_mapping call :
{
availabilities: {
availability: {
properties: {
date: {...},
id: {...},
location: {
type: "double"
},
user_firstname: {...},
user_id: {...},
user_lastname: {...},
user_level: {...}
}
}
}
}
The location field is indexed as an array of double on the documents (results of http://localhost:9200/availabilities/_search) :
{
id: 8,
...
location: [
2.301643,
48.780651
]
}
When I change the location method to :
def location
"#{latitude},#{longitude}"
end
Which is another solution to index a geo_point field according to the documentation (http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/mapping/geo-point-type.html), the result for the location mapping is :
location: {
type: "string"
},
And of course the location field is indexed as a string :
{
id: 4,
...
location: "48.780651,2.301643"
}
Any idea why the geo_point is ignored in my mapping ?
Thanks !

Answer 1

The location index type was mistyped.
You used geo_type instead of geo_point:
indexes :location, type: 'geo_point', as: 'location'