Executing geo distance aggregations

Among the other standard types that we have seen in the previous aggregations, Elasticsearch allows you to execute aggregations against a GeoPoint: the geo distance aggregations. This is an evolution of the previously discussed range aggregations that have been built to work on geo locations.

Getting ready

You need an up and running Elasticsearch installation, as we described in the Downloading and installing Elasticsearch recipe in Chapter 1, Getting Started.

To execute the commands, any HTTP client can be used, such as Curl (https://curl.haxx.se/), Postman (https://www.getpostman.com/), or similar. Using the Kibana Console is recommended, as it provides code completion...