diff --git a/commons/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/MwVolley.java b/commons/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/MwVolley.java
index b68c0f218..c91bb33e5 100644
--- a/commons/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/MwVolley.java
+++ b/commons/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/MwVolley.java
@@ -1,17 +1,147 @@
 package fr.free.nrw.commons.upload;
 
 import android.content.Context;
+import android.net.Uri;
+import android.util.Log;
+
+import com.android.volley.Cache;
+import com.android.volley.NetworkResponse;
+import com.android.volley.Request;
 import com.android.volley.RequestQueue;
+import com.android.volley.Response;
+import com.android.volley.toolbox.HttpHeaderParser;
+import com.android.volley.toolbox.JsonRequest;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
 
 
 public class MwVolley {
 
-    public MwVolley(Context context) {
+    private Context context;
+    private String coords;
+    private static final String MWURL = "https://commons.wikimedia.org/";
+    private String apiUrl;
+    private int radius;
+    private Gson GSON;
 
+    protected Set<String> categorySet;
+
+    public MwVolley(Context context, String coords) {
+
+        this.context = context;
+        this.coords = coords;
+        categorySet = new HashSet<String>();
+        GSON = new GsonBuilder().create();
         //Instantiate RequestQueue with Application context
-        RequestQueue queue = VolleyRequestQueue.getInstance(this.getApplicationContext()).getRequestQueue();
+        RequestQueue queue = VolleyRequestQueue.getInstance(context.getApplicationContext()).getRequestQueue();
+    }
 
+    protected void setRadius(int radius) {
+        this.radius = radius;
+    }
+
+    protected int getRadius() {
+        return radius;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Builds URL with image coords for MediaWiki API calls
+     * Example URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=categories|coordinates|pageprops&format=json&clshow=!hidden&coprop=type|name|dim|country|region|globe&codistancefrompoint=38.11386944444445|13.356263888888888&
+     * generator=geosearch&redirects=&ggscoord=38.11386944444445|13.356263888888888&ggsradius=100&ggslimit=10&ggsnamespace=6&ggsprop=type|name|dim|country|region|globe&ggsprimary=all&formatversion=2
+     */
+    private String buildUrl(int ggsradius) {
+
+        Uri.Builder builder = Uri.parse(MWURL).buildUpon();
+
+        builder.appendPath("w")
+                .appendPath("api.php")
+                .appendQueryParameter("action", "query")
+                .appendQueryParameter("prop", "categories|coordinates|pageprops")
+                .appendQueryParameter("format", "json")
+                .appendQueryParameter("clshow", "!hidden")
+                .appendQueryParameter("coprop", "type|name|dim|country|region|globe")
+                .appendQueryParameter("codistancefrompoint", coords)
+                .appendQueryParameter("generator", "geosearch")
+                .appendQueryParameter("ggscoord", coords)
+                .appendQueryParameter("ggsradius", Integer.toString(ggsradius))
+                .appendQueryParameter("ggslimit", "10")
+                .appendQueryParameter("ggsnamespace", "6")
+                .appendQueryParameter("ggsprop", "type|name|dim|country|region|globe")
+                .appendQueryParameter("ggsprimary", "all")
+                .appendQueryParameter("formatversion", "2");
+
+        return builder.toString();
+    }
+
+    public void request() {
+
+        radius = getRadius();
+        apiUrl = buildUrl(radius);
+
+        ShareActivity.ResponseListener responseListener = new ShareActivity.ResponseListener();
+        ShareActivity.ErrorListener errorListener = new ShareActivity.ErrorListener();
+
+        JsonRequest request = new QueryRequest(apiUrl, responseListener, errorListener);
+        VolleyRequestQueue.getInstance(context).addToRequestQueue(request);
+    }
+
+    private class QueryRequest extends JsonRequest<QueryResponse> {
+
+        public QueryRequest(String url, Response.Listener<QueryResponse> listener, Response.ErrorListener errorListener) {
+            super(Request.Method.GET, url, null, listener, errorListener);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected Response<QueryResponse> parseNetworkResponse(NetworkResponse response) {
+            String json = parseString(response);
+            QueryResponse queryResponse = GSON.fromJson(json, QueryResponse.class);
+            return Response.success(queryResponse, cacheEntry(response));
+        }
+
+        private Cache.Entry cacheEntry(NetworkResponse response) {
+            return HttpHeaderParser.parseCacheHeaders(response);
+        }
+
+        private String parseString(NetworkResponse response) {
+            try {
+                return new String(response.data, HttpHeaderParser.parseCharset(response.headers));
+            } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+                return new String(response.data);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static class QueryResponse {
+        private Query query = new Query();
+
+        private String printSet() {
+            if (categorySet == null || categorySet.isEmpty()) {
+                GpsCatExists.setGpsCatExists(false);
+                Log.d("Cat", "gpsCatExists=" + GpsCatExists.getGpsCatExists());
+                return "No collection of categories";
+            } else {
+                GpsCatExists.setGpsCatExists(true);
+                Log.d("Cat", "gpsCatExists=" + GpsCatExists.getGpsCatExists());
+                return "CATEGORIES FOUND" + categorySet.toString();
+            }
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String toString() {
+            if (query != null) {
+                return "query=" + query.toString() + "\n" + printSet();
+            } else {
+                return "No pages found";
+            }
+        }
     }
 
 
+
+
 }
diff --git a/commons/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/ShareActivity.java b/commons/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/ShareActivity.java
index 614442487..d57047215 100644
--- a/commons/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/ShareActivity.java
+++ b/commons/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/ShareActivity.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import android.os.*;
 
 import com.android.volley.RequestQueue;
 import com.android.volley.Response;
+import com.android.volley.VolleyError;
 import com.nostra13.universalimageloader.core.ImageLoader;
 import android.net.*;
 import android.support.v4.app.NavUtils;
@@ -210,13 +211,23 @@ public  class       ShareActivity
         requestAuthToken();
     }
 
-    private class ResponseListener<T> implements Response.Listener<T>{
+    protected static class ResponseListener<T> implements Response.Listener<T>{
         @Override
         public void onResponse(T response){
 
         }
     }
 
+    protected static class ErrorListener implements Response.ErrorListener {
+
+        private static final String TAG = ErrorListener.class.getName();
+
+        @Override
+        public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
+            Log.e(TAG, error.toString());
+        }
+    }
+
 
     @Override
     protected void onDestroy() {