diff --git a/crates/viewer/re_renderer/src/point_cloud_builder.rs b/crates/viewer/re_renderer/src/point_cloud_builder.rs
index 6b1044bd1081..44593499e70a 100644
--- a/crates/viewer/re_renderer/src/point_cloud_builder.rs
+++ b/crates/viewer/re_renderer/src/point_cloud_builder.rs
@@ -68,18 +68,22 @@ impl<'ctx> PointCloudBuilder<'ctx> {
     pub fn batch(&mut self, label: impl Into<DebugLabel>) -> PointCloudBatchBuilder<'_, 'ctx> {
         self.batches.push(PointCloudBatchInfo {
             label: label.into(),
-            world_from_obj: glam::Affine3A::IDENTITY,
-            flags: PointCloudBatchFlags::FLAG_ENABLE_SHADING,
-            point_count: 0,
-            overall_outline_mask_ids: OutlineMaskPreference::NONE,
-            additional_outline_mask_ids_vertex_ranges: Vec::new(),
-            picking_object_id: Default::default(),
-            depth_offset: 0,
+            ..PointCloudBatchInfo::default()
         });
 
         PointCloudBatchBuilder(self)
     }
 
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn batch_with_info(
+        &mut self,
+        info: PointCloudBatchInfo,
+    ) -> PointCloudBatchBuilder<'_, 'ctx> {
+        self.batches.push(info);
+
+        PointCloudBatchBuilder(self)
+    }
+
     /// Finalizes the builder and returns a point cloud draw data with all the points added so far.
     pub fn into_draw_data(self) -> Result<PointCloudDrawData, PointCloudDrawDataError> {
         PointCloudDrawData::new(self)
diff --git a/crates/viewer/re_renderer/src/renderer/point_cloud.rs b/crates/viewer/re_renderer/src/renderer/point_cloud.rs
index 25b2b16468c5..ca289ba92d25 100644
--- a/crates/viewer/re_renderer/src/renderer/point_cloud.rs
+++ b/crates/viewer/re_renderer/src/renderer/point_cloud.rs
@@ -151,6 +151,22 @@ pub struct PointCloudBatchInfo {
     pub depth_offset: DepthOffset,
 }
 
+impl Default for PointCloudBatchInfo {
+    #[inline]
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            label: DebugLabel::default(),
+            world_from_obj: glam::Affine3A::IDENTITY,
+            flags: PointCloudBatchFlags::FLAG_ENABLE_SHADING,
+            point_count: 0,
+            overall_outline_mask_ids: OutlineMaskPreference::NONE,
+            additional_outline_mask_ids_vertex_ranges: Vec::new(),
+            picking_object_id: Default::default(),
+            depth_offset: 0,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum PointCloudDrawDataError {
     #[error("Failed to transfer data to the GPU: {0}")]
diff --git a/crates/viewer/re_space_view_map/src/visualizers/geo_points.rs b/crates/viewer/re_space_view_map/src/visualizers/geo_points.rs
index 25274d136cd3..608d0f89ed2b 100644
--- a/crates/viewer/re_space_view_map/src/visualizers/geo_points.rs
+++ b/crates/viewer/re_space_view_map/src/visualizers/geo_points.rs
@@ -151,7 +151,11 @@ impl GeoPointsVisualizer {
             let outline = highlight.entity_outline_mask(entity_path.hash());
 
             let mut point_batch = points
-                .batch(entity_path.to_string())
+                .batch_with_info(re_renderer::renderer::PointCloudBatchInfo {
+                    label: entity_path.to_string().into(),
+                    flags: re_renderer::renderer::PointCloudBatchFlags::empty(),
+                    ..re_renderer::renderer::PointCloudBatchInfo::default()
+                })
                 .picking_object_id(re_renderer::PickingLayerObjectId(entity_path.hash64()))
                 .outline_mask_ids(outline.overall);