diff --git a/milli/src/update/index_documents/extract/extract_geo_points.rs b/milli/src/update/index_documents/extract/extract_geo_points.rs
index 285a4bdba..36be9b5b6 100644
--- a/milli/src/update/index_documents/extract/extract_geo_points.rs
+++ b/milli/src/update/index_documents/extract/extract_geo_points.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use serde_json::Value;
 
 use super::helpers::{create_writer, writer_into_reader, GrenadParameters};
 use crate::error::GeoError;
+use crate::update::del_add::{DelAdd, KvReaderDelAdd, KvWriterDelAdd};
 use crate::update::index_documents::extract_finite_float_from_value;
 use crate::{FieldId, InternalError, Result};
 
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ use crate::{FieldId, InternalError, Result};
 /// Returns the generated grenad reader containing the docid as key associated to the (latitude, longitude)
 #[logging_timer::time]
 pub fn extract_geo_points<R: io::Read + io::Seek>(
+    // TODO grenad::Reader<Obkv<FieldId, Obkv<DelAdd, JsonValue>>>
     obkv_documents: grenad::Reader<R>,
     indexer: GrenadParameters,
     primary_key_id: FieldId,
@@ -30,39 +32,72 @@ pub fn extract_geo_points<R: io::Read + io::Seek>(
     let mut cursor = obkv_documents.into_cursor()?;
     while let Some((docid_bytes, value)) = cursor.move_on_next()? {
         let obkv = obkv::KvReader::new(value);
-        // since we only needs the primary key when we throw an error we create this getter to
-        // lazily get it when needed
+        // since we only need the primary key when we throw an error
+        // we create this getter to lazily get it when needed
         let document_id = || -> Value {
             let document_id = obkv.get(primary_key_id).unwrap();
             serde_json::from_slice(document_id).unwrap()
         };
 
+        // HELP we will receive two DelAdds here, one for the lat and one for the lng
+        //      what happens if there is a missing Del or Add for one of them?
+
         // first we get the two fields
-        let lat = obkv.get(lat_fid);
-        let lng = obkv.get(lng_fid);
+        match (obkv.get(lat_fid), obkv.get(lng_fid)) {
+            (Some(lat), Some(lng)) => {
+                let deladd_lat_obkv = KvReaderDelAdd::new(lat);
+                let deladd_lng_obkv = KvReaderDelAdd::new(lng);
 
-        if let Some((lat, lng)) = lat.zip(lng) {
-            // then we extract the values
-            let lat = extract_finite_float_from_value(
-                serde_json::from_slice(lat).map_err(InternalError::SerdeJson)?,
-            )
-            .map_err(|lat| GeoError::BadLatitude { document_id: document_id(), value: lat })?;
+                // then we extract the values
+                let del_lat_lng = deladd_lat_obkv
+                    .get(DelAdd::Deletion)
+                    .zip(deladd_lng_obkv.get(DelAdd::Deletion))
+                    .map(|(lat, lng)| extract_lat_lng(lat, lng, document_id))
+                    .transpose()?;
+                let add_lat_lng = deladd_lat_obkv
+                    .get(DelAdd::Addition)
+                    .zip(deladd_lng_obkv.get(DelAdd::Addition))
+                    .map(|(lat, lng)| extract_lat_lng(lat, lng, document_id))
+                    .transpose()?;
 
-            let lng = extract_finite_float_from_value(
-                serde_json::from_slice(lng).map_err(InternalError::SerdeJson)?,
-            )
-            .map_err(|lng| GeoError::BadLongitude { document_id: document_id(), value: lng })?;
-
-            #[allow(clippy::drop_non_drop)]
-            let bytes: [u8; 16] = concat_arrays![lat.to_ne_bytes(), lng.to_ne_bytes()];
-            writer.insert(docid_bytes, bytes)?;
-        } else if lat.is_none() && lng.is_some() {
-            return Err(GeoError::MissingLatitude { document_id: document_id() })?;
-        } else if lat.is_some() && lng.is_none() {
-            return Err(GeoError::MissingLongitude { document_id: document_id() })?;
+                let mut obkv = KvWriterDelAdd::memory();
+                if let Some([lat, lng]) = del_lat_lng {
+                    #[allow(clippy::drop_non_drop)]
+                    let bytes: [u8; 16] = concat_arrays![lat.to_ne_bytes(), lng.to_ne_bytes()];
+                    obkv.insert(DelAdd::Deletion, bytes)?;
+                }
+                if let Some([lat, lng]) = add_lat_lng {
+                    #[allow(clippy::drop_non_drop)]
+                    let bytes: [u8; 16] = concat_arrays![lat.to_ne_bytes(), lng.to_ne_bytes()];
+                    obkv.insert(DelAdd::Addition, bytes)?;
+                }
+                let bytes = obkv.into_inner()?;
+                writer.insert(docid_bytes, bytes)?;
+            }
+            (None, Some(_)) => {
+                return Err(GeoError::MissingLatitude { document_id: document_id() }.into())
+            }
+            (Some(_), None) => {
+                return Err(GeoError::MissingLongitude { document_id: document_id() }.into())
+            }
+            (None, None) => (),
         }
-        // else => the _geo object was `null`, there is nothing to do
     }
 
     writer_into_reader(writer)
 }
+
+/// Extract the finite floats lat and lng from two bytes slices.
+fn extract_lat_lng(lat: &[u8], lng: &[u8], document_id: impl Fn() -> Value) -> Result<[f64; 2]> {
+    let lat = extract_finite_float_from_value(
+        serde_json::from_slice(lat).map_err(InternalError::SerdeJson)?,
+    )
+    .map_err(|lat| GeoError::BadLatitude { document_id: document_id(), value: lat })?;
+
+    let lng = extract_finite_float_from_value(
+        serde_json::from_slice(lng).map_err(InternalError::SerdeJson)?,
+    )
+    .map_err(|lng| GeoError::BadLongitude { document_id: document_id(), value: lng })?;
+
+    Ok([lat, lng])
+}