# How to get a very long list from firebase and sort it

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**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [February 6, 2021, 12:40pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-get-a-very-long-list-from-firebase-and-sort-it/1084780 "2021-02-06T12:40:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![drted](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/drted/32/92694_2.png) [@drted](https://community.thunkable.com/u/drted)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-get-a-very-long-list-from-firebase-and-sort-it/1084780/14 "2021-02-06T13:55:44Z")

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Here is a simple way to search the local tree for a value.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/0/e/0e39df831b6e18b0d9fe382f0649eb837de99f7d.png)

Finding the “closest” customer based on latitude and longitude is difficult in Thunkable. Here is a link to one of many discussion of the problem. [Loading Map Markers Near User](https://community.thunkable.com/t/loading-map-markers-near-user/598411).

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