diff --git a/src/public/app/entities/fnote.ts b/src/public/app/entities/fnote.ts
index 1071ce1a4..053ac6be5 100644
--- a/src/public/app/entities/fnote.ts
+++ b/src/public/app/entities/fnote.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const NOTE_TYPE_ICONS = {
  * end user. Those types should be used only for checking against, they are
  * not for direct use.
  */
-type NoteType = "file" | "image" | "search" | "noteMap" | "launcher" | "doc" | "contentWidget" | "text" | "relationMap" | "render" | "canvas" | "mermaid" | "book" | "webView" | "code" | "mindMap";
+type NoteType = "file" | "image" | "search" | "noteMap" | "launcher" | "doc" | "contentWidget" | "text" | "relationMap" | "render" | "canvas" | "mermaid" | "book" | "webView" | "code" | "mindMap" | "geoMap";
 
 interface NotePathRecord {
     isArchived: boolean;
diff --git a/src/public/app/layouts/desktop_layout.js b/src/public/app/layouts/desktop_layout.js
index a50dace76..c5d14ffe9 100644
--- a/src/public/app/layouts/desktop_layout.js
+++ b/src/public/app/layouts/desktop_layout.js
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ import ScrollPaddingWidget from "../widgets/scroll_padding.js";
 import ClassicEditorToolbar from "../widgets/ribbon_widgets/classic_editor_toolbar.js";
 import options from "../services/options.js";
 import utils from "../services/utils.js";
+import GeoMapButtons from "../widgets/floating_buttons/geo_map_button.js";
 
 export default class DesktopLayout {
     constructor(customWidgets) {
@@ -200,6 +201,7 @@ export default class DesktopLayout {
                                                                 .child(new ShowHighlightsListWidgetButton())
                                                                 .child(new CodeButtonsWidget())
                                                                 .child(new RelationMapButtons())
+                                                                .child(new GeoMapButtons())
                                                                 .child(new CopyImageReferenceButton())
                                                                 .child(new SvgExportButton())
                                                                 .child(new BacklinksWidget())
diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/floating_buttons/geo_map_button.ts b/src/public/app/widgets/floating_buttons/geo_map_button.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1fcc9dd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/floating_buttons/geo_map_button.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import NoteContextAwareWidget from "../note_context_aware_widget.js"
+
+const TPL = `\
+<div class="geo-map-buttons">
+    <style>
+        .geo-map-buttons {
+            display: flex;
+            gap: 10px;
+        }
+
+        .leaflet-pane {
+            z-index: 50;
+        }
+
+        .geo-map-buttons {
+            contain: none;
+            background: var(--main-background-color);
+            box-shadow: 0px 10px 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, var(--dropdown-shadow-opacity));
+            border-radius: 4px;
+        }
+    </style>
+
+    <button type="button"
+        class="geo-map-create-child-note floating-button btn bx bx-folder-plus"
+        title="Create new child note and add it to the map" />
+</div>`;
+
+export default class GeoMapButtons extends NoteContextAwareWidget {
+
+    isEnabled() {
+        return super.isEnabled() && this.note?.type === "geoMap";
+    }
+
+    doRender() {
+        super.doRender();
+
+        this.$widget = $(TPL);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/geo_map.ts b/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/geo_map.ts
index 38a81ab10..35a3da790 100644
--- a/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/geo_map.ts
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/geo_map.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,14 @@ import type FNote from "../../entities/fnote.js";
 import GeoMapWidget from "../geo_map.js";
 import TypeWidget from "./type_widget.js"
 
-const TPL = `<div class="note-detail-geo-map note-detail-printable"></div>`;
+const TPL = `\
+<div class="note-detail-geo-map note-detail-printable">
+    <style>
+        .leaflet-pane {
+            z-index: 1;
+        }
+    </style>
+</div>`;
 
 interface MapData {
     view?: {