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Creating a Query: Rectangle-Based

March 16, 2025

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In the following query-body, the top_left of a rectangle is expressed by means of an array of two floating-point numbers, specifying a longitude of -2.235143 and a latitude of 53.482358. The bottom_right is expressed by means of key-value pairs, specifying a longitude of 28.955043 and a latitude of 40.991862. The results are specified to be sorted on name alone.

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{
  "from": 0,
  "size": 10,
  "query": {
    "top_left": [-2.235143, 53.482358],
    "bottom_right": {
      "lon": 28.955043,
      "lat": 40.991862
     },
    "field": "geo"
  },
  "sort": [
    "name"
  ]
}

A subset of formatted output might appear as follows:

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          .
          .
          .
"hits": [
  {
    "index": "geoIndex_61d8c796ef7f4360_acbbef99",
    "id": "landmark_17411",
    "score": 1.4045076008239446e-06,
    "sort": [
      " \u0001?E#9>N\f\"e"
    ]
  },
  {
    "index": "geoIndex_61d8c796ef7f4360_acbbef99",
    "id": "landmark_17409",
    "score": 1.4045076008239446e-06,
    "sort": [
      " \u0001?O~i*(kD,"
    ]
  },
  {
    "index": "geoIndex_61d8c796ef7f4360_acbbef99",
    "id": "landmark_17403",
    "score": 1.4045076008239446e-06,
    "sort": [
      " \u0001?Sg*|/t\u001f\u0002"
    ]
  },
  {
    "index": "geoIndex_61d8c796ef7f4360_acbbef99",
    "id": "hotel_17413",
    "score": 1.4045076008239446e-06,
    "sort": [
      " \u0001?U]S\\.e\u0002_"
    ]
  },
          .
          .
          .