diff --git a/frontend/src/components/maps/LocationMapCanvas.jsx b/frontend/src/components/maps/LocationMapCanvas.jsx
index 2d06ae7..1b2bacd 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/maps/LocationMapCanvas.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/maps/LocationMapCanvas.jsx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { useRef, useState } from "react";
 import {
   clientPointToMap,
   getObjectKey,
@@ -22,6 +23,11 @@ export default function LocationMapCanvas({
   updateObjects,
 }) {
   const canEditObjects = mode === "edit" && editorTool === "edit";
+  const canDragPan = mode === "view" || editorTool === "pan";
+  const scrollRef = useRef(null);
+  const panDragRef = useRef(null);
+  const suppressPanClickRef = useRef(false);
+  const [isPanning, setIsPanning] = useState(false);
 
   const startDrag = (event, object, type) => {
     if (!canEditObjects || object.locked || !svgRef.current) return;
@@ -71,17 +77,67 @@ export default function LocationMapCanvas({
 
   const handleObjectClick = (event, object) => {
     event.stopPropagation();
+    if (suppressPanClickRef.current) {
+      suppressPanClickRef.current = false;
+      return;
+    }
     if (mode === "view" || canEditObjects) {
       setSelectedObjectKey(getObjectKey(object));
     }
   };
 
   const clearSelection = () => {
+    if (suppressPanClickRef.current) {
+      suppressPanClickRef.current = false;
+      return;
+    }
     if (!dragState) {
       setSelectedObjectKey(null);
     }
   };
 
+  const startPan = (event) => {
+    if (!canDragPan || !scrollRef.current || event.button !== 0) return;
+    const objectElement = event.target.closest?.(".location-map-object");
+    event.currentTarget.setPointerCapture?.(event.pointerId);
+    panDragRef.current = {
+      startX: event.clientX,
+      startY: event.clientY,
+      scrollLeft: scrollRef.current.scrollLeft,
+      scrollTop: scrollRef.current.scrollTop,
+      objectKey: objectElement?.getAttribute("data-object-key") || null,
+      moved: false,
+    };
+    setIsPanning(true);
+  };
+
+  const movePan = (event) => {
+    if (!panDragRef.current || !scrollRef.current) return;
+    const deltaX = event.clientX - panDragRef.current.startX;
+    const deltaY = event.clientY - panDragRef.current.startY;
+    if (Math.abs(deltaX) > 4 || Math.abs(deltaY) > 4) {
+      panDragRef.current.moved = true;
+      event.preventDefault();
+    }
+    scrollRef.current.scrollLeft = panDragRef.current.scrollLeft - deltaX;
+    scrollRef.current.scrollTop = panDragRef.current.scrollTop - deltaY;
+  };
+
+  const endPan = (event) => {
+    if (!panDragRef.current) return;
+    const wasMoved = panDragRef.current.moved;
+    const objectKey = panDragRef.current.objectKey;
+    if (!wasMoved && mode === "view" && objectKey) {
+      setSelectedObjectKey(objectKey);
+      suppressPanClickRef.current = true;
+    } else {
+      suppressPanClickRef.current = wasMoved;
+    }
+    panDragRef.current = null;
+    setIsPanning(false);
+    event.currentTarget.releasePointerCapture?.(event.pointerId);
+  };
+
   const fittedLabel = (object, fallback) => {
     const rawLabel = object.label || object.zone_name || fallback;
     const maxCharacters = Math.max(8, Math.floor((Number(object.width) - 28) / 14));
@@ -115,6 +171,7 @@ export default function LocationMapCanvas({
     return (
       <g
         key={key}
+        data-object-key={key}
         className={[
           "location-map-object",
           isSelected ? "is-selected" : "",
@@ -165,9 +222,18 @@ export default function LocationMapCanvas({
         "location-map-canvas-shell",
         mode === "edit" ? "is-edit-mode" : "is-view-mode",
         editorTool === "edit" ? "is-object-tool" : "is-pan-tool",
+        isPanning ? "is-panning" : "",
       ].filter(Boolean).join(" ")}
     >
-      <div className="location-map-scroll">
+      <div
+        ref={scrollRef}
+        className="location-map-scroll"
+        onPointerDown={startPan}
+        onPointerMove={movePan}
+        onPointerUp={endPan}
+        onPointerCancel={endPan}
+        onPointerLeave={endPan}
+      >
         <svg
           ref={svgRef}
           className={[
diff --git a/frontend/src/styles/pages/LocationMapManager.css b/frontend/src/styles/pages/LocationMapManager.css
index 3fa14ef..89d49fe 100644
--- a/frontend/src/styles/pages/LocationMapManager.css
+++ b/frontend/src/styles/pages/LocationMapManager.css
@@ -203,6 +203,15 @@
   touch-action: pan-x pan-y;
 }
 
+.location-map-canvas-shell.is-pan-tool .location-map-scroll {
+  cursor: grab;
+}
+
+.location-map-canvas-shell.is-panning .location-map-scroll {
+  cursor: grabbing;
+  user-select: none;
+}
+
 .location-map-svg {
   min-width: 320px;
   min-height: 260px;
diff --git a/frontend/tests/location-map-manager.spec.ts b/frontend/tests/location-map-manager.spec.ts
index 74c6825..3b42c92 100644
--- a/frontend/tests/location-map-manager.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/tests/location-map-manager.spec.ts
@@ -238,6 +238,19 @@ test("admin creates a map from zones, saves a draft, and publishes it", async ({
   await expect(page.getByRole("button", { name: "Edit Objects" })).toBeVisible();
   await expect(page.locator(".location-map-pin")).toHaveCount(0);
 
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Pan Mode" }).click();
+  const bakeryPanObject = page.locator(".location-map-object", { hasText: "Bakery" }).locator("rect").first();
+  const panBox = await bakeryPanObject.boundingBox();
+  expect(panBox).not.toBeNull();
+  if (!panBox) throw new Error("Bakery map object was not measurable");
+  await page.mouse.move(panBox.x + panBox.width / 2, panBox.y + panBox.height / 2);
+  await page.mouse.down();
+  await page.mouse.move(panBox.x + panBox.width / 2 - 80, panBox.y + panBox.height / 2 - 20, {
+    steps: 8,
+  });
+  await page.mouse.up();
+
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Edit Objects" }).click();
   const bakeryObject = page.locator(".location-map-object", { hasText: "Bakery" }).locator("rect").first();
   await bakeryObject.click();
   await page.getByRole("textbox", { name: "Label" }).fill("Bread Wall");
@@ -246,7 +259,7 @@ test("admin creates a map from zones, saves a draft, and publishes it", async ({
   expect(savedPayload).not.toBeNull();
   expect(savedPayload?.objects).toEqual(
     expect.arrayContaining([
-      expect.objectContaining({ label: "Bread Wall", zone_id: 501 }),
+      expect.objectContaining({ label: "Bread Wall", zone_id: 501, x: 28, y: 28 }),
     ])
   );