diff --git a/app/src/gui/components/notebook/overview_map.tsx b/app/src/gui/components/notebook/overview_map.tsx
index f74a9a48f..58d9bfee2 100644
--- a/app/src/gui/components/notebook/overview_map.tsx
+++ b/app/src/gui/components/notebook/overview_map.tsx
@@ -34,12 +34,13 @@ import Map from 'ol/Map';
 import {transform} from 'ol/proj';
 import {OSM} from 'ol/source';
 import VectorSource from 'ol/source/Vector';
-import {Fill, Stroke, Style} from 'ol/style';
+import {Fill, RegularShape, Stroke, Style} from 'ol/style';
 import CircleStyle from 'ol/style/Circle';
 import {useCallback, useMemo, useRef, useState} from 'react';
 import {Link} from 'react-router-dom';
 import * as ROUTES from '../../../constants/routes';
 import {createCenterControl} from '../map/center-control';
+import {Geolocation} from '@capacitor/geolocation';
 
 interface OverviewMapProps {
   uiSpec: ProjectUIModel;
@@ -139,19 +140,21 @@ export const OverviewMap = (props: OverviewMapProps) => {
   const mapRef = useRef<Map | undefined>();
   mapRef.current = map;
 
-  const map_center = [30, -10];
+  const {data: map_center, isLoading: loadingLocation} = useQuery({
+    queryKey: ['current_location'],
+    queryFn: async (): Promise<[number, number]> => {
+      const position = await Geolocation.getCurrentPosition();
+      return [position.coords.longitude, position.coords.latitude];
+    },
+  });
 
   /**
    * Create the OpenLayers map element
    */
   const createMap = useCallback(async (element: HTMLElement): Promise<Map> => {
-    const center = transform(map_center, 'EPSG:4326', defaultMapProjection);
-
     const tileLayer = new TileLayer({source: new OSM()});
     const view = new View({
       projection: defaultMapProjection,
-      center: center,
-      zoom: 12,
     });
 
     const theMap = new Map({
@@ -161,10 +164,6 @@ export const OverviewMap = (props: OverviewMapProps) => {
       controls: [new Zoom()],
     });
 
-    theMap.addControl(createCenterControl(theMap.getView(), center));
-
-    theMap.getView().setCenter(center);
-
     theMap.on('click', evt => {
       const feature = theMap.forEachFeatureAtPixel(evt.pixel, feature => {
         return feature.getProperties();
@@ -178,6 +177,49 @@ export const OverviewMap = (props: OverviewMapProps) => {
     return theMap;
   }, []);
 
+  /**
+   * Add a marker to the map at the current location
+   *
+   * @param map the map element
+   */
+  const addCurrentLocationMarker = (map: Map) => {
+    const source = new VectorSource();
+    const geoJson = new GeoJSON();
+
+    const stroke = new Stroke({color: 'black', width: 2});
+    const layer = new VectorLayer({
+      source: source,
+      style: new Style({
+        image: new RegularShape({
+          stroke: stroke,
+          points: 4,
+          radius: 10,
+          radius2: 0,
+          angle: 0,
+        }),
+      }),
+    });
+
+    // only do this if we have a real map_center
+    if (map_center) {
+      const centerFeature = {
+        type: 'Feature',
+        geometry: {
+          type: 'Point',
+          coordinates: map_center,
+        },
+      };
+
+      source.addFeature(
+        geoJson.readFeature(centerFeature, {
+          dataProjection: 'EPSG:4326',
+          featureProjection: map.getView().getProjection(),
+        })
+      );
+      map.addLayer(layer);
+    }
+  };
+
   /**
    * Add the features to the map and set the map view to
    * encompass the features.
@@ -221,13 +263,27 @@ export const OverviewMap = (props: OverviewMapProps) => {
     map.addLayer(layer);
   };
 
+  // when we have a location and a map, add the 'here' marker to the map
+  if (!loadingLocation && map) {
+    addCurrentLocationMarker(map);
+    if (map_center) {
+      const center = transform(map_center, 'EPSG:4326', defaultMapProjection);
+      // add the 'here' button to go to the current location
+      map.addControl(createCenterControl(map.getView(), center));
+    }
+  }
+
+  // when we have features, add them to the map
+  if (!loadingFeatures && map) {
+    addFeaturesToMap(map);
+  }
+
   // callback to add the map to the DOM
   const refCallback = (element: HTMLElement | null) => {
     if (element) {
       if (!map) {
         // create map
         createMap(element).then((theMap: Map) => {
-          addFeaturesToMap(theMap);
           setMap(theMap);
         });
       } else {