diff --git a/MapControl/Shared/MapBase.cs b/MapControl/Shared/MapBase.cs
index 97cac30d..2444eaa1 100644
--- a/MapControl/Shared/MapBase.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Shared/MapBase.cs
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ namespace MapControl
 
             if (point.HasValue)
             {
-                point = ViewTransform.MapToViewMatrix.Transform(point.Value);
+                point = ViewTransform.MapToView(point.Value);
             }
 
             return point;
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ namespace MapControl
         /// </summary>
         public Location ViewToLocation(Point point)
         {
-            return MapProjection.MapToLocation(ViewTransform.ViewToMapMatrix.Transform(point));
+            return MapProjection.MapToLocation(ViewTransform.ViewToMap(point));
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ namespace MapControl
         /// </summary>
         public BoundingBox ViewToBoundingBox(Rect rect)
         {
-            return MapProjection.MapToBoundingBox(ViewTransform.ViewToMapMatrix.TransformBounds(rect));
+            return MapProjection.MapToBoundingBox(ViewTransform.ViewToMapBounds(rect));
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/MapControl/Shared/MapImageLayer.cs b/MapControl/Shared/MapImageLayer.cs
index f44d0b91..fc165c46 100644
--- a/MapControl/Shared/MapImageLayer.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Shared/MapImageLayer.cs
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ namespace MapControl
                     var height = ParentMap.ActualHeight * RelativeImageSize;
                     var x = (ParentMap.ActualWidth - width) / 2d;
                     var y = (ParentMap.ActualHeight - height) / 2d;
-                    var mapRect = ParentMap.ViewTransform.ViewToMapMatrix.TransformBounds(new Rect(x, y, width, height));
+                    var mapRect = ParentMap.ViewTransform.ViewToMapBounds(new Rect(x, y, width, height));
                     boundingBox = ParentMap.MapProjection.MapToBoundingBox(mapRect);
 
                     if (boundingBox != null)
diff --git a/MapControl/Shared/MapPanel.cs b/MapControl/Shared/MapPanel.cs
index ccd013db..7975fc3c 100644
--- a/MapControl/Shared/MapPanel.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Shared/MapPanel.cs
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ namespace MapControl
         private Rect GetViewRect(Rect mapRect)
         {
             var center = new Point(mapRect.X + mapRect.Width / 2d, mapRect.Y + mapRect.Height / 2d);
-            var position = parentMap.ViewTransform.MapToViewMatrix.Transform(center);
+            var position = parentMap.ViewTransform.MapToView(center);
 
             if (parentMap.MapProjection.Type <= MapProjectionType.NormalCylindrical &&
                 !parentMap.InsideViewBounds(position))
diff --git a/MapControl/Shared/MapPath.cs b/MapControl/Shared/MapPath.cs
index 8c0901af..7e10ef8b 100644
--- a/MapControl/Shared/MapPath.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Shared/MapPath.cs
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ namespace MapControl
 
             if (point.HasValue)
             {
-                point = ParentMap.ViewTransform.MapToViewMatrix.Transform(point.Value);
+                point = ParentMap.ViewTransform.MapToView(point.Value);
             }
 
             return point;
diff --git a/MapControl/Shared/ViewTransform.cs b/MapControl/Shared/ViewTransform.cs
index 8bafdffb..83ad25fe 100644
--- a/MapControl/Shared/ViewTransform.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Shared/ViewTransform.cs
@@ -38,6 +38,22 @@ namespace MapControl
         /// </summary>
         public Matrix ViewToMapMatrix { get; private set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Transforms a Point in projected map coordinates to a Point in view coordinates.
+        /// </summary>
+        public Point MapToView(Point point) => MapToViewMatrix.Transform(point);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Transforms a Point in view coordinates to a Point in projected map coordinates.
+        /// </summary>
+        public Point ViewToMap(Point point) => ViewToMapMatrix.Transform(point);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets an axis-aligned bounding box in projected map coordinates that contains
+        /// a rectangle in view coordinates.
+        /// </summary>
+        public Rect ViewToMapBounds(Rect rect) => TransformBounds(ViewToMapMatrix, rect);
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a ViewTransform from a map center point in projected coordinates,
         /// a view conter point, a scaling factor from projected coordinates to view coordinates
@@ -101,13 +117,10 @@ namespace MapControl
 
             // Transform view bounds to tile pixel bounds.
             //
-            return transform.TransformBounds(new Rect(0d, 0d, viewWidth, viewHeight));
+            return TransformBounds(transform, new Rect(0d, 0d, viewWidth, viewHeight));
         }
-    }
 
-    public static class MatrixExtension
-    {
-        public static Rect TransformBounds(this Matrix transform, Rect rect)
+        private static Rect TransformBounds(Matrix transform, Rect rect)
         {
 #if AVALONIA
             return rect.TransformToAABB(transform);
diff --git a/MapControl/Shared/WmsImageLayer.cs b/MapControl/Shared/WmsImageLayer.cs
index f8ca9475..5408d7ef 100644
--- a/MapControl/Shared/WmsImageLayer.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Shared/WmsImageLayer.cs
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ namespace MapControl
         {
             var width = ParentMap.ActualWidth;
             var height = ParentMap.ActualHeight;
-            var bbox = ParentMap.ViewTransform.ViewToMapMatrix.TransformBounds(new Rect(0d, 0d, width, height));
+            var bbox = ParentMap.ViewTransform.ViewToMapBounds(new Rect(0d, 0d, width, height));
 
             if (ParentMap.ViewTransform.Rotation != 0d)
             {