diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/google/android/react/navsdk/NavModule.java b/android/src/main/java/com/google/android/react/navsdk/NavModule.java
index b0814c3..f3c6dfa 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/google/android/react/navsdk/NavModule.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/google/android/react/navsdk/NavModule.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /**
- * Copyright 2023 Google LLC
+ * Copyright 2024 Google LLC
  *
  * <p>Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
  * except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
@@ -610,15 +610,12 @@ private void sendCommandToReactNative(String functionName, String args) {
     }
   }
 
-  public void simulateLocation(Map map) {
+  @ReactMethod
+  public void simulateLocation(ReadableMap location) {
     if (mNavigator != null) {
-      Double lat = null;
-      Double lng = null;
-      if (map.containsKey("location")) {
-        Map latlng = (Map) map.get("location");
-        if (latlng.get("lat") != null) lat = Double.parseDouble(latlng.get("lat").toString());
-        if (latlng.get("lng") != null) lng = Double.parseDouble(latlng.get("lng").toString());
-      }
+      HashMap<String, Object> locationMap = location.toHashMap();
+      Double lat = CollectionUtil.getDouble("lat", locationMap, 0);
+      Double lng = CollectionUtil.getDouble("lng", locationMap, 0);
       mNavigator.getSimulator().setUserLocation(new LatLng(lat, lng));
     }
   }
diff --git a/ios/react-native-navigation-sdk/NavModule.m b/ios/react-native-navigation-sdk/NavModule.m
index 81f5722..f68a865 100644
--- a/ios/react-native-navigation-sdk/NavModule.m
+++ b/ios/react-native-navigation-sdk/NavModule.m
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /**
- * Copyright 2023 Google LLC
+ * Copyright 2024 Google LLC
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ - (void)configureNavigator:(GMSNavigator *)navigator withRoutingOptions:(NSDicti
             [self->_session.locationSimulator
              simulateLocationAtCoordinate:
                  [ObjectTranslationUtil
-                  getLocationCoordinateFrom:coordinates[@"location"]]];
+                  getLocationCoordinateFrom:coordinates]];
         }
     });
 }