Geofire.setLocation g and l

[Reuben Cabrera]

so i tried this based on the documentation of firebase

geoFire.setLocation("Current Location", new GeoLocation(latLng.latitude, latLng.longitude));

what I dont understand is that the structure shoes under "Current Location"

g which I dont know what it stands for and l which is see is for 0 - latitute and 1 - longitude

what is that g and what is it's value. I cant seem to see it on the documentation.

[Jacob Wenger]

Hey Reuben,

In this case, "g" is short for "geohash," which you can read about here. Geohashes are the things that actually make all the queries possible. In general, you shouldn't have to concern yourself with how the data is structured within GeoFire and that format is actually subject to change in a future release (and it actually has once before). We designed the format to be as compact and efficient as possible which is why we went with single character keys instead of full names. Hope that helps clear things up.

Cheers,
Jacob

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