I know I'm too late, but...I was also interested in this problem and found the following in the qt source code: The difference between a GeoMapObject and a MapItem is twofold. First, GeoMapObject are always backed by a plugin-specific implementation and do not come with a default implementation. If a plugin does not support a specific GeoMapObject type, adding such a GeoMapObject will have no effect. Second, GeoMapObject are not QQuickItems, thus being a much more lightweight way to add content to a map. GeoMapObject support is plugin-dependent, and is documented per plugin.

Thanks for your efforts. As you said it works in a project I have a second look at my code. I'm not writing a Quick-App but a QWidget-App and use the map inside a QQuickWidget. I have read about another approach to embed qml content in a QWidget-App using QQuickView inside a QObject-Container. This approach works as expected. I don't know why it doesn't work with a QQuickWidget but my problem is solved. Best Regards

Has any one experienced the same problem ? Any idea of a possible workaround ? Thanks for your help.