diff -r ef32bf573d9c -r bd4bc1db4f40 server/src/app/Http/Controllers/Api/DocumentController.php
--- a/server/src/app/Http/Controllers/Api/DocumentController.php	Thu Sep 08 19:15:46 2016 +0200
+++ b/server/src/app/Http/Controllers/Api/DocumentController.php	Thu Sep 22 12:38:24 2016 +0200
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@
         //for now, update contributors and subjects only
         $doc->setContributors($document['contributors']);
         $doc->setSubjects($document['subjects']);
+        $doc->addGeoInfo()->setRefLocs($document['reflocs']);
+        $doc->getGeoInfo()->commit();
 
         $doc->setModified();