2 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/frontend/app/contexts/MapContext.tsx b/src/frontend/app/contexts/MapContext.tsx
index 195c6e6..75851f4 100644
--- a/src/frontend/app/contexts/MapContext.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/app/contexts/MapContext.tsx
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ export const MapProvider = ({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) => {
     );
   }, [setUserLocation, setLocationPermission, startWatching]);
 
+  const hasPermissionRef = useRef(mapState.hasLocationPermission);
+
   // On mount: subscribe to permission changes and auto-start watching if already granted
   useEffect(() => {
     if (typeof window === "undefined" || !("geolocation" in navigator)) return;
@@ -149,11 +151,11 @@ export const MapProvider = ({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) => {
             setLocationPermission(false);
           }
           permissionStatus.addEventListener("change", onPermChange);
-        } else if (mapState.hasLocationPermission) {
+        } else if (hasPermissionRef.current) {
           startWatching();
         }
       } catch {
-        if (mapState.hasLocationPermission) {
+        if (hasPermissionRef.current) {
           startWatching();
         }
       }
@@ -168,8 +170,7 @@ export const MapProvider = ({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) => {
       }
       permissionStatus?.removeEventListener("change", onPermChange);
     };
-    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
-  }, []);
+  }, [startWatching, setLocationPermission]);
 
   return (
     <MapContext.Provider
diff --git a/src/frontend/app/hooks/useGeolocation.ts b/src/frontend/app/hooks/useGeolocation.ts
index 572a40c..878420b 100644
--- a/src/frontend/app/hooks/useGeolocation.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/app/hooks/useGeolocation.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ function lngLatToCoords(
   loc: LngLatLike
 ): { latitude: number; longitude: number } {
   if (Array.isArray(loc)) {
-    // Stored as [lat, lng] per codebase convention
+    // This codebase stores location as [latitude, longitude] (not the standard
+    // MapLibre [lng, lat] GeoJSON order). See MapContext.tsx where arrays are
+    // set as [position.coords.latitude, position.coords.longitude], and AppMap.tsx
+    // where getLatitude(center) returns center[0].
     return { latitude: loc[0], longitude: loc[1] };
   }
   if ("lat" in loc) {