diff --git a/sw/ground_segment/cockpit/live.ml b/sw/ground_segment/cockpit/live.ml
index f99d5ba4ec..915977401b 100644
--- a/sw/ground_segment/cockpit/live.ml
+++ b/sw/ground_segment/cockpit/live.ml
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ module GCS_icon = struct
     and lon = Pprz.float_assoc "long" vs in
     let wgs84 = LL.make_geo_deg lat lon in
 
-    geomap#move_item item wgs84
+    geomap#move_item ~z:geomap#current_zoom item wgs84
 end (* module GCS_icon *)
 
 
diff --git a/sw/lib/ocaml/mapCanvas.ml b/sw/lib/ocaml/mapCanvas.ml
index b550e984de..5e380f07e2 100644
--- a/sw/lib/ocaml/mapCanvas.ml
+++ b/sw/lib/ocaml/mapCanvas.ml
@@ -355,9 +355,9 @@ object (self)
         end
       | None -> failwith "#of_world : no georef"
 
-  method move_item = fun (item:GnomeCanvas.re_p GnoCanvas.item) wgs84 ->
+  method move_item = fun ?(z = 1.) (item:GnomeCanvas.re_p GnoCanvas.item) wgs84 ->
     let (xw,yw) = self#world_of wgs84 in
-    item#affine_absolute (affine_pos_and_angle xw yw 0.);
+    item#affine_absolute (affine_pos_and_angle ~z xw yw 0.);
 
   method moveto = fun wgs84 ->
     let (xw, yw) = self#world_of wgs84 in
diff --git a/sw/lib/ocaml/mapCanvas.mli b/sw/lib/ocaml/mapCanvas.mli
index dc95020615..bf7621a5fe 100644
--- a/sw/lib/ocaml/mapCanvas.mli
+++ b/sw/lib/ocaml/mapCanvas.mli
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ class widget :
     method menubar : GMenu.menu_shell
     method mouse_motion : GdkEvent.Motion.t -> bool
     method move_item :
+      ?z:float ->
       GnomeCanvas.re_p GnoCanvas.item -> Latlong.geographic -> unit
     method moveto : Latlong.geographic -> unit
     method of_world : Latlong.fmeter * Latlong.fmeter -> Latlong.geographic