diff --git a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/telemetry/MapboxEvent.java b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/telemetry/MapboxEvent.java
index 6b60c66cf..36d63b172 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/telemetry/MapboxEvent.java
+++ b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/telemetry/MapboxEvent.java
@@ -3,10 +3,13 @@ package com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.telemetry;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 
 public class MapboxEvent implements Serializable {
-    public static final int version = 1;
+    public static final int VERSION = 1;
     public static final String MGLMapboxEventsUserAgent = "Sirius/1.0/ANDROID MapboxEventsiOS/1.1";
     public static final String MGLMapboxEventsAPIBase = "https://api.tiles.mapbox.com";
 
+    // Event Types
+    public static final String MAPBOXEVENT_LOCATION = "location";
+
     public static final String MGLEventKeyLatitude = "lat";
     public static final String MGLEventKeyLongitude = "lng";
     public static final String MGLEventKeySpeed = "speed";
diff --git a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/telemetry/MapboxEventManager.java b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/telemetry/MapboxEventManager.java
index 3739b1fc1..9fbb5984c 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/telemetry/MapboxEventManager.java
+++ b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/telemetry/MapboxEventManager.java
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ public class MapboxEventManager {
         event.put(MapboxEvent.MGLEventKeyHorizontalAccuracy, location.getAccuracy());
         event.put(MapboxEvent.MGLEventKeyVerticalAccuracy, -99);
         event.put("created", dateFormat.format(new Date()));
+        event.put("event", MapboxEvent.MAPBOXEVENT_LOCATION);
 
         events.add(event);
 
@@ -121,8 +122,8 @@ public class MapboxEventManager {
                     jsonObject.put(MapboxEvent.MGLEventKeyVerticalAccuracy, evt.get(MapboxEvent.MGLEventKeyVerticalAccuracy));
 
                     // Basic Event Meta Data
-                    jsonObject.put("event", "location");
-                    jsonObject.put("version", 1);
+                    jsonObject.put("event", evt.get("event"));
+                    jsonObject.put("version", MapboxEvent.VERSION);
                     jsonObject.put("instance", "FFFFFFFF-GGGG-HHHH-IIII-JJJJJJJJJJJJ");
                     jsonObject.put("created", evt.get("created"));
                     jsonObject.put("anonid", "AAAAAAAA-BBBB-CCCC-DDDD-EEEEEEEEEEEE");