Building Geospatial Search with Elasticsearch: Lessons and Patterns

​Join the Elastic Seattle User Group on Wednesday, December 9 for talks from Arjun Malhotra (Armada) and Pete Naylor (Elastic). Arjun will share lessons from building geospatial search with Elasticsearch, with Pete's talk details coming soon!

​Come meet others in the Seattle tech and Elastic community over pizza and refreshments.

​📅 Date and time
Wednesday, December 9, 2026, from 5:30 to 7:30 PM PST

​📍 Location
SURF Incubator - Sunset Room
999 3rd Ave, Suite 700, Seattle, WA 98104

​🚗 Parking and arrival
Paid onsite parking is available off Madison Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues. When you arrive, head to SURF Incubator on the 7th floor.

​The building locks at 6:00 PM. If you’re parking offsite or arriving on foot, please plan to arrive before 6:00 PM. Attendees who park in the onsite garage can still access the 7th floor after 6:00 PM.

​📝 Tentative agenda

• ​5:30 PM — Doors open, pizza, and networking

• ​6:00 PM — Building Geospatial Search with Elasticsearch: Lessons and Patterns · Arjun Malhotra (Armada)

• ​6:30 PM — Talk details coming soon! · Pete Naylor (Elastic)

• ​7:00 PM — Networking

• ​7:30 PM — Event ends

​💭 About the talks
Building Geospatial Search with Elasticsearch: Lessons and Patterns
Arjun Malhotra (Armada)
Arjun will share practical lessons from building geospatial search with Elasticsearch, including patterns for modeling location data and writing queries that help users find results based on where they are or where they want to search.