diff --git a/SampleApps/AvaloniaApp/MainWindow.axaml b/SampleApps/AvaloniaApp/MainWindow.axaml
index da4c42e3..f94939f0 100644
--- a/SampleApps/AvaloniaApp/MainWindow.axaml
+++ b/SampleApps/AvaloniaApp/MainWindow.axaml
@@ -7,9 +7,12 @@
         x:Class="AvaloniaApp.MainWindow"
         Title="MainWindow">
     <Grid>
-        <map:Map x:Name="map" Center="53.5,8.2" ZoomLevel="11" DoubleTapped="OnMapDoubleTapped">
+        <map:Map x:Name="map"
+                 ZoomLevel="11" MinZoomLevel="3"
+                 Center="53.5,8.2"
+                 DoubleTapped="OnMapDoubleTapped">
 
-            <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Background="#AFFFFFFF"
+            <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Background="#7FFFFFFF"
                         DataContext="{Binding MapLayer, ElementName=map}">
                 <ProgressBar Width="100" Height="8" Margin="4,2" VerticalAlignment="Center"
                              Maximum="1" Value="{Binding LoadingProgress}">
@@ -31,7 +34,7 @@
                 </LayoutTransformControl>
             </StackPanel>
 
-            <StackPanel HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Margin="6">
+            <StackPanel HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Margin="6" Background="#7FFFFFFF">
                 <tools:MapLayersMenuButton x:Name="mapLayersMenuButton"
                     Margin="2" ToolTip.Tip="Map Layers and Overlays" Map="{Binding ElementName=map}">
                     <tools:MapLayerItem Text="OpenStreetMap">
@@ -84,6 +87,9 @@
                             Description="© [terrestris GmbH &amp; Co. KG](http://ows.terrestris.de/) © [OpenStreetMap contributors](http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright)"/>
                     </tools:MapLayerItem>
                     <tools:MapLayersMenuButton.MapOverlays>
+                        <tools:MapLayerItem Text="Scale">
+                            <map:MapScale HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Bottom"/>
+                        </tools:MapLayerItem>
                         <tools:MapLayerItem Text="Seamarks">
                             <map:MapTileLayer
                                 TileSource="http://tiles.openseamap.org/seamark/{z}/{x}/{y}.png"
@@ -107,6 +113,12 @@
                     <tools:MapProjectionItem Text="ETRS89 / UTM zone 32N" Projection="EPSG:25832"/>
                     <tools:MapProjectionItem Text="WGS84 / Auto UTM" Projection="AUTO2:42001"/>
                 </tools:MapProjectionsMenuButton>
+
+                <Slider Orientation="Vertical" Margin="-4,8" Height="100"
+                        Minimum="{Binding MinZoomLevel, ElementName=map}"
+                        Maximum="{Binding MaxZoomLevel, ElementName=map}"
+                        Value="{Binding TargetZoomLevel, ElementName=map}"
+                        SmallChange="0.1"/>
             </StackPanel>
         </map:Map>
     </Grid>