diff --git a/client/src/components/Map/MapView.tsx b/client/src/components/Map/MapView.tsx
index 607df1f1..57d59202 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Map/MapView.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Map/MapView.tsx
@@ -569,7 +569,12 @@ export const MapView = memo(function MapView({
   // Desktop browsers only get IP-based geolocation (city-level accuracy),
   // so the button would be misleading. Mobile, where real GPS lives, keeps it.
   const isMobile = typeof window !== 'undefined' && window.innerWidth < 768
-  const locationButtonBottom = 'calc(var(--bottom-nav-h, 84px) + 12px)'
+  // When the day-detail panel is open it slides up over the map (bottom: navh+20,
+  // height var(--day-panel-h)) and covers the button's band, so lift the button
+  // above it; otherwise keep the plain bottom-nav offset. #1348
+  const locationButtonBottom = hasDayDetail
+    ? 'calc(var(--bottom-nav-h, 84px) + 20px + var(--day-panel-h, 0px) + 12px)'
+    : 'calc(var(--bottom-nav-h, 84px) + 12px)'
 
   return (
     <>
diff --git a/client/src/components/Map/MapViewGL.tsx b/client/src/components/Map/MapViewGL.tsx
index 65e790a3..9d6f3526 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Map/MapViewGL.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Map/MapViewGL.tsx
@@ -727,7 +727,12 @@ export function MapViewGL({
   // Desktop browsers only get IP-based geolocation (city-level accuracy),
   // so the button would be misleading. Mobile, where real GPS lives, keeps it.
   const isMobile = typeof window !== 'undefined' && window.innerWidth < 768
-  const buttonBottom = 'calc(var(--bottom-nav-h, 84px) + 12px)'
+  // When the day-detail panel is open it slides up over the map (bottom: navh+20,
+  // height var(--day-panel-h)) and covers the button's band, so lift the button
+  // above it; otherwise keep the plain bottom-nav offset. #1348
+  const buttonBottom = hasDayDetail
+    ? 'calc(var(--bottom-nav-h, 84px) + 20px + var(--day-panel-h, 0px) + 12px)'
+    : 'calc(var(--bottom-nav-h, 84px) + 12px)'
 
   return (
     <div className="w-full h-full relative">
diff --git a/client/src/components/Planner/DayDetailPanel.test.tsx b/client/src/components/Planner/DayDetailPanel.test.tsx
index a70fd9d5..cf9642a1 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Planner/DayDetailPanel.test.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Planner/DayDetailPanel.test.tsx
@@ -51,6 +51,16 @@ describe('DayDetailPanel', () => {
     expect(document.body).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
+  it('FE-PLANNER-DAYDETAIL-063: publishes its height to --day-panel-h and resets it on unmount (#1348)', () => {
+    document.documentElement.style.removeProperty('--day-panel-h');
+    const { unmount } = render(<DayDetailPanel {...defaultProps} />);
+    // The panel publishes its measured height so the map's mobile GPS button can
+    // sit above it instead of being hidden behind it.
+    expect(document.documentElement.style.getPropertyValue('--day-panel-h')).not.toBe('');
+    unmount();
+    expect(document.documentElement.style.getPropertyValue('--day-panel-h')).toBe('0px');
+  });
+
   it('FE-PLANNER-DAYDETAIL-002: returns null when day prop is null', () => {
     render(<DayDetailPanel {...defaultProps} day={null as any} />);
     expect(document.querySelector('[style*="position: fixed"]')).toBeNull();
diff --git a/client/src/components/Planner/DayDetailPanel.tsx b/client/src/components/Planner/DayDetailPanel.tsx
index c7dad60d..71d5c93c 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Planner/DayDetailPanel.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Planner/DayDetailPanel.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react'
+import React, { useState, useEffect, useRef } from 'react'
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'
 import { X, Sun, Cloud, CloudRain, CloudSnow, CloudDrizzle, CloudLightning, Wind, Droplets, Sunrise, Sunset, Hotel, Calendar, MapPin, LogIn, LogOut, Hash, Pencil, Plane, Utensils, Train, Car, Ship, Ticket, FileText, Users, ChevronsDown, ChevronsUp } from 'lucide-react'
 
@@ -86,6 +86,27 @@ export default function DayDetailPanel({ day, days, places, categories = [], tri
     updateAccommodationField, handleRemoveAccommodation,
   } = useDayDetail(day, days, tripId, lat, lng, language, onAccommodationChange)
 
+  // Publish the panel's live height as a root CSS var so the map's mobile GPS
+  // button can sit just above the panel instead of being hidden behind it (#1348).
+  // The card grows/shrinks (collapse, content, ≤60vh), so track it live.
+  const cardRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null)
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const el = cardRef.current
+    if (!el) return
+    const root = document.documentElement
+    const publish = () => root.style.setProperty('--day-panel-h', `${el.offsetHeight}px`)
+    publish()
+    let ro: ResizeObserver | undefined
+    if (typeof ResizeObserver !== 'undefined') {
+      ro = new ResizeObserver(publish)
+      ro.observe(el)
+    }
+    return () => {
+      ro?.disconnect()
+      root.style.setProperty('--day-panel-h', '0px')
+    }
+  }, [])
+
   if (!day) return null
 
   const formattedDate = day.date ? new Date(day.date + 'T00:00:00Z').toLocaleDateString(
@@ -98,7 +119,7 @@ export default function DayDetailPanel({ day, days, places, categories = [], tri
 
   return (
     <div className="fixed z-50" style={{ bottom: 'calc(var(--bottom-nav-h) + 20px)', left: `calc(${leftWidth}px + (100vw - ${leftWidth}px - ${rightWidth}px) / 2)`, transform: 'translateX(-50%)', width: `min(800px, calc(100vw - ${leftWidth}px - ${rightWidth}px - 32px))`, ...(mobile ? { zIndex: 10000 } : null), ...font }}>
-      <div className="bg-surface-elevated" style={{
+      <div ref={cardRef} className="bg-surface-elevated" style={{
         backdropFilter: 'blur(40px) saturate(180%)',
         WebkitBackdropFilter: 'blur(40px) saturate(180%)',
         borderRadius: 20,