From a41502b58a560a075886b0145a4c9d1c8bca8761 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sue-Gallagher <36747279+Sue-Gallagher@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2018 16:01:13 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] [DOCS] Added info on WGS-84. Closes issue #3590 --- docs/reference/mapping/types/geo-shape.asciidoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/reference/mapping/types/geo-shape.asciidoc b/docs/reference/mapping/types/geo-shape.asciidoc index 23caaf6a8ec5c..20668011db015 100644 --- a/docs/reference/mapping/types/geo-shape.asciidoc +++ b/docs/reference/mapping/types/geo-shape.asciidoc @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ to Elasticsearch types: |======================================================================= |GeoJSON Type |WKT Type |Elasticsearch Type |Description -|`Point` |`POINT` |`point` |A single geographic coordinate. +|`Point` |`POINT` |`point` |A single geographic coordinate. Note: Elasticsearch uses WGS-84 coordinates only. |`LineString` |`LINESTRING` |`linestring` |An arbitrary line given two or more points. |`Polygon` |`POLYGON` |`polygon` |A _closed_ polygon whose first and last point must match, thus requiring `n + 1` vertices to create an `n`-sided