diff --git a/modules/svg/geolocate.js b/modules/svg/geolocate.js
index 22ec4092f..f5ca10f97 100644
--- a/modules/svg/geolocate.js
+++ b/modules/svg/geolocate.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { geoMetersToLat } from '../geo';
 import _throttle from 'lodash-es/throttle';
 
 export function svgGeolocate(projection, context, dispatch) {
-    var throttledRedraw = _throttle(function () { dispatch.call('change'); }, 1000);
     var layer = d3_select(null);
     var _position;
 
@@ -22,12 +21,10 @@ export function svgGeolocate(projection, context, dispatch) {
 
 
     function hideLayer() {
-        throttledRedraw.cancel();
         layer
             .transition()
             .duration(250)
-            .style('opacity', 0)
-            .on('end', function () { });
+            .style('opacity', 0);
     }
 
     function layerOn() {
@@ -53,7 +50,8 @@ export function svgGeolocate(projection, context, dispatch) {
             projectedTangent = projection(tangentLoc),
             projectedLoc = projection([loc[0], loc[1]]);
 
-       return Math.round(projectedLoc[1] - projectedTangent[1]).toString(); // more south point will have higher pixel value...
+        // southern most point will have higher pixel value...
+       return Math.round(projectedLoc[1] - projectedTangent[1]).toString();
     }
 
     function update() {
@@ -131,7 +129,6 @@ export function svgGeolocate(projection, context, dispatch) {
         } else {
             hideLayer();
         }
-        // dispatch.call('change');
         return this;
     };
 
diff --git a/modules/svg/layers.js b/modules/svg/layers.js
index b5663d778..4d0b9f7d2 100644
--- a/modules/svg/layers.js
+++ b/modules/svg/layers.js
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ export function svgLayers(projection, context) {
         { id: 'mapillary-signs',  layer: svgMapillarySigns(projection, context, dispatch) },
         { id: 'openstreetcam-images', layer: svgOpenstreetcamImages(projection, context, dispatch) },
         { id: 'debug', layer: svgDebug(projection, context, dispatch) },
-        { id: 'touch', layer: svgTouch(projection, context, dispatch) },
-        { id: 'geolocate', layer: svgGeolocate(projection, context, dispatch) }
+        { id: 'geolocate', layer: svgGeolocate(projection, context, dispatch) },
+        { id: 'touch', layer: svgTouch(projection, context, dispatch) }
     ];
 
 
diff --git a/test/spec/svg/layers.js b/test/spec/svg/layers.js
index 46c2bfdbb..f2277229c 100644
--- a/test/spec/svg/layers.js
+++ b/test/spec/svg/layers.js
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ describe('iD.svgLayers', function () {
         expect(d3.select(nodes[5]).classed('mapillary-signs')).to.be.true;
         expect(d3.select(nodes[6]).classed('openstreetcam-images')).to.be.true;
         expect(d3.select(nodes[7]).classed('debug')).to.be.true;
-        expect(d3.select(nodes[8]).classed('touch')).to.be.true;
-        expect(d3.select(nodes[9]).classed('geolocate')).to.be.true;
+        expect(d3.select(nodes[8]).classed('geolocate')).to.be.true;
+        expect(d3.select(nodes[9]).classed('touch')).to.be.true;
     });
 
 });