diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/components/cell/GeoData.vue b/packages/nc-gui/components/cell/GeoData.vue
index a99ef55e96..9e89f884b1 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/components/cell/GeoData.vue
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/components/cell/GeoData.vue
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <script lang="ts" setup>
 import type { GeoLocationType } from 'nocodb-sdk'
 import { useVModel } from '#imports'
+import { latLongToJoinedString } from '~~/utils/geoDataUtils'
 
 interface Props {
   modelValue?: string | null
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ const formState = reactive({
 })
 
 const handleFinish = () => {
-  vModel.value = `${formState.latitude};${formState.longitude}`
+  vModel.value = latLongToJoinedString(parseFloat(formState.latitude), parseFloat(formState.longitude))
   isExpanded = false
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/components/smartsheet/Cell.vue b/packages/nc-gui/components/smartsheet/Cell.vue
index b4163b1c33..6abffaf180 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/components/smartsheet/Cell.vue
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/components/smartsheet/Cell.vue
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import type { ColumnType } from 'nocodb-sdk'
 import { isSystemColumn } from 'nocodb-sdk'
-import type { InitialGeoPositionData } from './expanded-form/index.vue'
 import {
   ActiveCellInj,
   ColumnInj,
@@ -56,10 +55,6 @@ interface Props {
   rowIndex?: number
   active?: boolean
   virtual?: boolean
-  // TODO: check whether
-  // a) this is in general the right approach to pass in default values
-  // b) if yes: probably we want to make it generic (column type independent)
-  defaultGeoPosition?: InitialGeoPositionData
 }
 
 const props = defineProps<Props>()
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/components/smartsheet/Map.vue b/packages/nc-gui/components/smartsheet/Map.vue
index c46f186883..d0c955d639 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/components/smartsheet/Map.vue
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/components/smartsheet/Map.vue
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { ViewTypes } from 'nocodb-sdk'
 import { IsGalleryInj, IsGridInj, IsMapInj, OpenNewRecordFormHookInj, onMounted, provide, ref } from '#imports'
 
 import type { Row as RowType } from '~/lib'
+import { latLongToJoinedString } from '~~/utils/geoDataUtils'
 
 provide(IsGalleryInj, ref(false))
 provide(IsGridInj, ref(false))
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ onMounted(async () => {
     const lng = e.latlng.lng
     const newRow = await addEmptyRow()
     if (geoDataFieldColumn.value?.title) {
-      newRow.row[geoDataFieldColumn.value.title] = `${lat.toFixed(7)};${lng.toFixed(7)}`
+      newRow.row[geoDataFieldColumn.value.title] = latLongToJoinedString(lat, lng)
     }
     expandForm(newRow, [lat, lng])
   })
@@ -196,12 +197,6 @@ watch(view, async (nextView) => {
   }
 })
 
-const expandedFormDlgInitialGeoPositionData = computed(() => ({
-  lat: expandedFormClickedLatLongForNewRow.value?.[0],
-  long: expandedFormClickedLatLongForNewRow.value?.[1],
-  geoColId: geoDataFieldColumn.value?.id,
-}))
-
 const count = computed(() => paginationData.value.totalRows)
 </script>
 
@@ -231,7 +226,6 @@ const count = computed(() => paginationData.value.totalRows)
       :state="expandedFormRowState"
       :meta="meta"
       :view="view"
-      :initial-geo-position-data="expandedFormDlgInitialGeoPositionData"
     />
   </Suspense>
 
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/components/smartsheet/expanded-form/index.vue b/packages/nc-gui/components/smartsheet/expanded-form/index.vue
index 1558398675..84b4297535 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/components/smartsheet/expanded-form/index.vue
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/components/smartsheet/expanded-form/index.vue
@@ -27,12 +27,6 @@ const props = defineProps<Props>()
 
 const emits = defineEmits(['update:modelValue', 'cancel'])
 
-export interface InitialGeoPositionData {
-  lat?: number
-  long?: number
-  geoColId?: string
-}
-
 interface Props {
   modelValue?: boolean
   row: Row
@@ -42,7 +36,6 @@ interface Props {
   useMetaFields?: boolean
   rowId?: string
   view?: ViewType
-  initialGeoPositionData?: InitialGeoPositionData
 }
 
 const row = ref(props.row)
@@ -51,9 +44,6 @@ const state = toRef(props, 'state')
 
 const meta = toRef(props, 'meta')
 
-// const initialGeoPositionData = toRef(props, 'initialGeoPositionData')
-const initialGeoPositionData = ref(props.initialGeoPositionData)
-
 const router = useRouter()
 
 const fields = computedInject(FieldsInj, (_fields) => {
@@ -184,7 +174,6 @@ export default {
                   :column="col"
                   :edit-enabled="true"
                   :active="true"
-                  :default-geo-position="initialGeoPositionData"
                   @update:model-value="changedColumns.add(col.title)"
                 />
               </div>
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/utils/geoDataUtils.ts b/packages/nc-gui/utils/geoDataUtils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a914804995
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/utils/geoDataUtils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+const latLongToJoinedString = (lat: number, long: number) => `${lat.toFixed(7)};${long.toFixed(7)}`
+
+export { latLongToJoinedString }