diff --git a/src/plugins/googlemaps.ts b/src/plugins/googlemaps.ts
index 63e62d79d..ac8a990eb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/googlemaps.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/googlemaps.ts
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ export class GoogleMapsKmlOverlay {
 export class GoogleMapsLatLng {
     private _objectInstance: any;
 
-    constructor(public lat: string, public lng: string) {
+    constructor(public lat: number, public lng: number) {
         this._objectInstance = new plugin.google.maps.LatLng(lat, lng);
     }