diff --git a/lib/noticelist.php b/lib/noticelist.php
index 5877827ff9..167ba994bc 100644
--- a/lib/noticelist.php
+++ b/lib/noticelist.php
@@ -392,15 +392,14 @@ class NoticeListItem extends Widget
 
         $name = $location->getName();
 
-        if (empty($name)) {
-            // XXX: Could be a translation issue. Fall back to... something?
-            return;
-        }
-
         $lat = $this->notice->lat;
         $lon = $this->notice->lon;
         $latlon = (!empty($lat) && !empty($lon)) ? $lat.';'.$lon : '';
 
+        if (empty($name)) {
+            $name = $lat . ' ' . $lon; //TODO tranform to N/S deg/min/sec format
+        }
+
         $url  = $location->getUrl();
 
         $this->out->elementStart('span', array('class' => 'location'));
diff --git a/plugins/Mapstraction/usermap.js b/plugins/Mapstraction/usermap.js
index 19ec54c392..e667dd5790 100644
--- a/plugins/Mapstraction/usermap.js
+++ b/plugins/Mapstraction/usermap.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 $(document).ready(function() {
-     notices = [];
+     var notices = [];
      $(".notice").each(function(){
-        notice = getNoticeFromElement($(this));
+        var notice = getNoticeFromElement($(this));
         if(notice['geo'])
             notices.push(notice);
      });
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
         showMapstraction($("#map_canvas"), notices);
      }
 
-     $('a.geo').click(function(){
-        noticeElement = $(this).closest(".notice");
+     $('.geo').click(function(){
+        var noticeElement = $(this).closest(".notice");
         notice = getNoticeFromElement(noticeElement);
 
         $.fn.jOverlay.options = {
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
             autoHide : true,
             css : {'max-width':'542px', 'top':'5%', 'left':'32.5%'}
         };
-        html="<div id='map_canvas_popup' class='gray smallmap' style='width: 542px; height: 500px' />";
+        var html="<div id='map_canvas_popup' class='gray smallmap' style='width: 542px; height: 500px' />";
         html+="<button class='close'>&#215;</button>";
         html+=$("<div/>").append($(this).clone()).html();
         $().jOverlay({ "html": html });
@@ -47,11 +47,12 @@ function getMicroformatValue(element)
 
 function getNoticeFromElement(noticeElement)
 {
-    notice = {};
-    if(noticeElement.find(".latitude").length){
+    var notice = {};
+    if(noticeElement.find(".geo").length){
+        var latlon = noticeElement.find(".geo").attr('title').split(";");
         notice['geo']={'coordinates': [
-            parseFloat(getMicroformatValue(noticeElement.find(".latitude"))),
-            parseFloat(getMicroformatValue(noticeElement.find(".longitude")))] };
+            parseFloat(latlon[0]),
+            parseFloat(latlon[1])] };
     }
     notice['user']={
         'profile_image_url': noticeElement.find("img.avatar").attr('src'),