diff --git a/commons/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/caching/CacheController.java b/commons/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/caching/CacheController.java
index 1f2244bf8..6a125e8c4 100644
--- a/commons/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/caching/CacheController.java
+++ b/commons/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/caching/CacheController.java
@@ -9,15 +9,23 @@ import android.util.Log;
 public class CacheController {
 
     private Context context;
-    private String coords;
+    private double decLongitude;
+    private double decLatitude;
+    private QuadTree quadTree;
+    private String category = "test";
 
-    public CacheController(Context context, String coords) {
+    public CacheController(Context context, double decLongitude, double decLatitude) {
         this.context = context;
-        this.coords = coords;
+        this.decLongitude = decLongitude;
+        this.decLatitude = decLatitude;
+
     }
 
-    public String getCoords() {
-        Log.d("Cache", "Coords passed to cache: " + coords);
-        return coords;
+
+    public void callQuadTree() {
+        quadTree = new QuadTree(-180, -90, +180, +90);
+        Log.d("Cache", "New QuadTree created");
+        Log.d("Cache", "X (longitude) value: " + decLongitude + ", Y (latitude) value: " + decLatitude);
+        quadTree.set(decLongitude, decLatitude, category);
     }
 }
diff --git a/commons/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/GPSExtractor.java b/commons/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/GPSExtractor.java
index e699fe067..28685353d 100644
--- a/commons/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/GPSExtractor.java
+++ b/commons/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/GPSExtractor.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 public class GPSExtractor {
 
     private String filePath;
+    private double decLatitude, decLongitude;
 
     public GPSExtractor(String filePath){
         this.filePath = filePath;
@@ -56,10 +57,18 @@ public class GPSExtractor {
         }
     }
 
+    public double getDecLatitude() {
+        return decLatitude;
+    }
+
+    public double getDecLongitude() {
+        return decLongitude;
+    }
+
     //Converts format of coords into decimal coords as required by MediaWiki API
     private String getDecimalCoords(String latitude, String latitude_ref, String longitude, String longitude_ref) {
 
-        double decLatitude, decLongitude;
+
 
         if(latitude_ref.equals("N")){
             decLatitude = convertToDegree(latitude);
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 3ba4a8b1a..8e6b6ae75 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
@@ -185,16 +185,16 @@ public  class       ShareActivity
             GPSExtractor imageObj = new GPSExtractor(filePath);
             //decimalCoords for MediaWiki API, xyCoords for Quadtree
             String decimalCoords = imageObj.getCoords(false);
-            String xyCoords = imageObj.getCoords(true);
+
+            double decLongitude = imageObj.getDecLongitude();
+            double decLatitude = imageObj.getDecLatitude();
 
             if (decimalCoords != null) {
                 Log.d("Coords", "Decimal coords of image: " + decimalCoords);
-                Log.d("Coords", "XY coords of image: " + xyCoords);
 
                 //TODO: Insert cache query here, only send API request if no cached categories
-                CacheController cacheObj = new CacheController(this, xyCoords);
-                cacheObj.getCoords();
-
+                CacheController cacheObj = new CacheController(this, decLongitude, decLatitude);
+                cacheObj.callQuadTree();
 
                 //asynchronous calls to MediaWiki Commons API to match image coords with nearby Commons categories
                 MwVolleyApi apiCall = new MwVolleyApi(this);