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@@ -329,3 +329,16 @@ and will not match any documents for this query. This can be useful when
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querying multiple indexes which might have different mappings. When set to
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`false` (the default value) the query will throw an exception if the field
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is not mapped.
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+[float]
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+==== Notes on Precision
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+Geopoints have limited precision and are always rounded down during index time.
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+During the query time, upper boundaries of the bounding boxes are rounded down,
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+while lower boundaries are rounded up. As a result, the points along on the
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+lower bounds (bottom and left edges of the bounding box) might not make it into
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+the bounding box due to the rounding error. At the same time points alongside
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+the upper bounds (top and right edges) might be selected by the query even if
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+they are located slightly outside the edge. The rounding error should be less
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+than 4.20e-8 degrees on the latitude and less than 8.39e-8 degrees on the
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+longitude, which translates to less than 1cm error even at the equator.
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