Geobounds aggregations
The geo_bounds metric is a multi-value metric aggregation that calculates the geographic bounding box containing all values of a given geo_point or geo_shape field. The bounding box is returned as the upper-left and lower-right vertices of the rectangle in terms of latitude and longitude.
The following example returns the geo_bounds metrics for the geoip.location field:
GET opensearch_dashboards_sample_data_ecommerce/_search
{
"size": 0,
"aggs": {
"geo": {
"geo_bounds": {
"field": "geoip.location"
}
}
}
}
Example response
"aggregations" : {
"geo" : {
"bounds" : {
"top_left" : {
"lat" : 52.49999997206032,
"lon" : -118.20000001229346
},
"bottom_right" : {
"lat" : 4.599999985657632,
"lon" : 55.299999956041574
}
}
}
}
}
Aggregating geoshapes
To run an aggregation on a geoshape field, first create an index and map the location field as a geo_shape:
PUT national_parks
{
"mappings": {
"properties": {
"location": {
"type": "geo_shape"
}
}
}
}
Next, index some documents into the national_parks index:
PUT national_parks/_doc/1
{
"name": "Yellowstone National Park",
"location":
{"type": "envelope","coordinates": [ [-111.15, 45.12], [-109.83, 44.12] ]}
}
PUT national_parks/_doc/2
{
"name": "Yosemite National Park",
"location":
{"type": "envelope","coordinates": [ [-120.23, 38.16], [-119.05, 37.45] ]}
}
PUT national_parks/_doc/3
{
"name": "Death Valley National Park",
"location":
{"type": "envelope","coordinates": [ [-117.34, 37.01], [-116.38, 36.25] ]}
}
You can run a geo_bounds aggregation on the location field as follows:
GET national_parks/_search
{
"aggregations": {
"grouped": {
"geo_bounds": {
"field": "location",
"wrap_longitude": true
}
}
}
}
The optional wrap_longitude parameter specifies whether the bounding box returned by the aggregation can overlap the international date line (180° meridian). If wrap_longitude is set to true, the bounding box can overlap the international date line and return a bounds object in which the lower-left longitude is greater than the upper-right longitude. The default value for wrap_longitude is true.
The response contains the geo-bounding box that encloses all shapes in the location field:
Response
{
"took" : 3,
"timed_out" : false,
"_shards" : {
"total" : 1,
"successful" : 1,
"skipped" : 0,
"failed" : 0
},
"hits" : {
"total" : {
"value" : 3,
"relation" : "eq"
},
"max_score" : 1.0,
"hits" : [
{
"_index" : "national_parks",
"_id" : "1",
"_score" : 1.0,
"_source" : {
"name" : "Yellowstone National Park",
"location" : {
"type" : "envelope",
"coordinates" : [
[
-111.15,
45.12
],
[
-109.83,
44.12
]
]
}
}
},
{
"_index" : "national_parks",
"_id" : "2",
"_score" : 1.0,
"_source" : {
"name" : "Yosemite National Park",
"location" : {
"type" : "envelope",
"coordinates" : [
[
-120.23,
38.16
],
[
-119.05,
37.45
]
]
}
}
},
{
"_index" : "national_parks",
"_id" : "3",
"_score" : 1.0,
"_source" : {
"name" : "Death Valley National Park",
"location" : {
"type" : "envelope",
"coordinates" : [
[
-117.34,
37.01
],
[
-116.38,
36.25
]
]
}
}
}
]
},
"aggregations" : {
"Grouped" : {
"bounds" : {
"top_left" : {
"lat" : 45.11999997776002,
"lon" : -120.23000006563962
},
"bottom_right" : {
"lat" : 36.249999976716936,
"lon" : -109.83000006526709
}
}
}
}
}
Currently, OpenSearch supports geoshape aggregation through the API but not in OpenSearch Dashboards visualizations. If you’d like to see geoshape aggregation implemented for visualizations, upvote the related GitHub issue.