--- navigation_title: "Geo-grid" mapped_pages: - https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/ingest-geo-grid-processor.html --- # Geo-grid processor [ingest-geo-grid-processor] Converts geo-grid definitions of grid tiles or cells to regular bounding boxes or polygons which describe their shape. This is useful if there is a need to interact with the tile shapes as spatially indexable fields. For example the `geotile` field value `"4/8/3"` could be indexed as a string field, but that would not enable any spatial operations on it. Instead, convert it to the value `"POLYGON ((0.0 40.979898069620134, 22.5 40.979898069620134, 22.5 55.77657301866769, 0.0 55.77657301866769, 0.0 40.979898069620134))"`, which can be indexed as a [`geo_shape`](/reference/elasticsearch/mapping-reference/geo-shape.md) field. $$$geo-grid-processor-options$$$ | Name | Required | Default | Description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `field` | yes | - | The field to interpret as a geo-tile. The field format is determined by the `tile_type`. | | `tile_type` | yes | - | Three tile formats are understood: `geohash`, `geotile` and `geohex`. | | `target_field` | no | `field` | The field to assign the polygon shape to, by default `field` is updated in-place. | | `parent_field` | no | - | If specified and a parent tile exists, save that tile address to this field. | | `children_field` | no | - | If specified and children tiles exist, save those tile addresses to this field as an array of strings. | | `non_children_field` | no | - | If specified and intersecting non-child tiles exist, save their addresses to this field as an array of strings. | | `precision_field` | no | - | If specified, save the tile precision (zoom) as an integer to this field. | | `ignore_missing` | no | - | If `true` and `field` does not exist, the processor quietly exits without modifying the document. | | `target_format` | no | "GeoJSON" | Which format to save the generated polygon in. Either `WKT` or `GeoJSON`. | | `description` | no | - | Description of the processor. Useful for describing the purpose of the processor or its configuration. | | `if` | no | - | Conditionally execute the processor. See [Conditionally run a processor](docs-content://manage-data/ingest/transform-enrich/ingest-pipelines.md#conditionally-run-processor). | | `ignore_failure` | no | `false` | Ignore failures for the processor. See [Handling pipeline failures](docs-content://manage-data/ingest/transform-enrich/ingest-pipelines.md#handling-pipeline-failures). | | `on_failure` | no | - | Handle failures for the processor. See [Handling pipeline failures](docs-content://manage-data/ingest/transform-enrich/ingest-pipelines.md#handling-pipeline-failures). | | `tag` | no | - | Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics. | To demonstrate the usage of this ingest processor, consider an index called `geocells` with a mapping for a field `geocell` of type `geo_shape`. In order to populate that index using `geotile` and `geohex` fields, define two ingest processors: ```console PUT geocells { "mappings": { "properties": { "geocell": { "type": "geo_shape" } } } } PUT _ingest/pipeline/geotile2shape { "description": "translate rectangular z/x/y geotile to bounding box", "processors": [ { "geo_grid": { "field": "geocell", "tile_type": "geotile" } } ] } PUT _ingest/pipeline/geohex2shape { "description": "translate H3 cell to polygon", "processors": [ { "geo_grid": { "field": "geocell", "tile_type": "geohex", "target_format": "wkt" } } ] } ``` These two pipelines can be used to index documents into the `geocells` index. The `geocell` field will be the string version of either a rectangular tile with format `z/x/y` or an H3 cell address, depending on which ingest processor we use when indexing the document. The resulting geometry will be represented and indexed as a [`geo_shape`](/reference/elasticsearch/mapping-reference/geo-shape.md) field in either [GeoJSON](http://geojson.org) or the [Well-Known Text](https://docs.opengeospatial.org/is/12-063r5/12-063r5.html) format. ## Example: Rectangular geotile with envelope in GeoJSON [_example_rectangular_geotile_with_envelope_in_geojson] In this example a `geocell` field with a value defined in `z/x/y` format is indexed as a [GeoJSON Envelope](http://geojson.org) since the ingest-processor above was defined with default `target_format`. ```console PUT geocells/_doc/1?pipeline=geotile2shape { "geocell": "4/8/5" } GET geocells/_doc/1 ``` The response shows how the ingest-processor has replaced the `geocell` field with an indexable `geo_shape`: ```console-result { "_index": "geocells", "_id": "1", "_version": 1, "_seq_no": 0, "_primary_term": 1, "found": true, "_source": { "geocell": { "type": "Envelope", "coordinates": [ [ 0.0, 55.77657301866769 ], [ 22.5, 40.979898069620134 ] ] } } } ``` ![Kibana map with showing the geotile at 4/8/5 and its four child cells](images/geogrid_tile.png "") ## Example: Hexagonal geohex with polygon in WKT format [_example_hexagonal_geohex_with_polygon_in_wkt_format] In this example a `geocell` field with an H3 string address is indexed as a [WKT Polygon](https://docs.opengeospatial.org/is/12-063r5/12-063r5.html), since this ingest processor explicitly defined the `target_format`. ```console PUT geocells/_doc/1?pipeline=geohex2shape { "geocell": "811fbffffffffff" } GET geocells/_doc/1 ``` The response shows how the ingest-processor has replaced the `geocell` field with an indexable `geo_shape`: ```console-result { "_index": "geocells", "_id": "1", "_version": 1, "_seq_no": 0, "_primary_term": 1, "found": true, "_source": { "geocell": "POLYGON ((1.1885095294564962 49.470279179513454, 2.0265689212828875 45.18424864858389, 7.509948452934623 43.786609335802495, 12.6773177459836 46.40695743262768, 12.345747342333198 50.55427505169064, 6.259687012061477 51.964770150370896, 3.6300085578113794 50.610463307239115, 1.1885095294564962 49.470279179513454))" } } ``` ![Kibana map with showing an H3 cell](images/geogrid_h3.png "") ## Example: Enriched tile details [_example_enriched_tile_details] As described in [geo_grid processor options](#geo-grid-processor-options), there are many other fields that can be set, which will enrich the information available. For example, with H3 tiles there are 7 child tiles, but only the first is fully contained by the parent. The remaining six are only partially overlapping the parent, and there exist a further six non-child tiles that overlap the parent. This can be investigated by adding parent and child additional fields to the ingest-processor: ```console PUT _ingest/pipeline/geohex2shape { "description": "translate H3 cell to polygon with enriched fields", "processors": [ { "geo_grid": { "description": "Ingest H3 cells like '811fbffffffffff' and create polygons", "field": "geocell", "tile_type": "geohex", "target_format": "wkt", "target_field": "shape", "parent_field": "parent", "children_field": "children", "non_children_field": "nonChildren", "precision_field": "precision" } } ] } ``` Index the document to see a different result: ```console PUT geocells/_doc/1?pipeline=geohex2shape { "geocell": "811fbffffffffff" } GET geocells/_doc/1 ``` The response from this index request: ```console-result { "_index": "geocells", "_id": "1", "_version": 1, "_seq_no": 0, "_primary_term": 1, "found": true, "_source": { "parent": "801ffffffffffff", "geocell": "811fbffffffffff", "precision": 1, "shape": "POLYGON ((1.1885095294564962 49.470279179513454, 2.0265689212828875 45.18424864858389, 7.509948452934623 43.786609335802495, 12.6773177459836 46.40695743262768, 12.345747342333198 50.55427505169064, 6.259687012061477 51.964770150370896, 3.6300085578113794 50.610463307239115, 1.1885095294564962 49.470279179513454))", "children": [ "821f87fffffffff", "821f8ffffffffff", "821f97fffffffff", "821f9ffffffffff", "821fa7fffffffff", "821faffffffffff", "821fb7fffffffff" ], "nonChildren": [ "821ea7fffffffff", "82186ffffffffff", "82396ffffffffff", "821f17fffffffff", "821e37fffffffff", "82194ffffffffff" ] } } ``` This additional information will then enable, for example, creating a visualization of the H3 cell, its children and its intersecting non-children cells. ![Kibana map with three H3 layers: cell](images/geogrid_h3_children.png "")