Facebook places checkin using open graph protocol ID as place ID

Question

I used the FB page linter to verify that all the meta information I\'m using is correct. According to the graph url, my page id is 157797447612809, yet when I try to publish a

Answer 1

Since there is absolutely no documentation by Facebook on this matter, I solved this by looking at what foursquare has done and a lot of trial and error.

When defining your open graph object within facebook, you must add a property of type GeoPoint. I called mine location. Define in the object page meta like this:

Now when you debug/lint this object it register as a place, just like the foursquare HQ. You can check in and create map views for actions that include this object.