diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 78880c07..0a4b5520 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
         <Product>XAML Map Control</Product>
         <Authors>Clemens Fischer</Authors>
         <Copyright>Copyright © 2025 Clemens Fischer</Copyright>
-        <Version>14.1.0</Version>
+        <Version>14.2.0</Version>
         <AssemblyVersion>$(Version)</AssemblyVersion>
         <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>..\..\MapControl.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
         <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
diff --git a/MapControl/Shared/MapTileLayer.cs b/MapControl/Shared/MapTileLayer.cs
index d9f46acb..eb16b6aa 100644
--- a/MapControl/Shared/MapTileLayer.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Shared/MapTileLayer.cs
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ namespace MapControl
     /// </summary>
     public partial class MapTileLayer : TilePyramidLayer
     {
+        private const int TileSize = 256;
+
+        private static readonly Point MapTopLeft = new(-180d * MapProjection.Wgs84MeterPerDegree,
+                                                        180d * MapProjection.Wgs84MeterPerDegree);
+
         public static readonly DependencyProperty MinZoomLevelProperty =
             DependencyPropertyHelper.Register<MapTileLayer, int>(nameof(MinZoomLevel), 0);
 
@@ -33,11 +38,6 @@ namespace MapControl
         public static readonly DependencyProperty ZoomLevelOffsetProperty =
             DependencyPropertyHelper.Register<MapTileLayer, double>(nameof(ZoomLevelOffset), 0d);
 
-        private const int TileSize = 256;
-
-        private static readonly Point MapTopLeft = new(-180d * MapProjection.Wgs84MeterPerDegree,
-                                                        180d * MapProjection.Wgs84MeterPerDegree);
-
         /// <summary>
         /// A default MapTileLayer using OpenStreetMap data.
         /// </summary>
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ namespace MapControl
             Description = "© [OpenStreetMap Contributors](http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright)"
         };
 
+        public MapTileLayer()
+        {
+            MapPanel.SetRenderTransform(this, new MatrixTransform());
+        }
+
         public override IReadOnlyCollection<string> SupportedCrsIds { get; } = [WebMercatorProjection.DefaultCrsId];
 
         public TileMatrix TileMatrix { get; private set; }
diff --git a/MapControl/Shared/TileImageLoader.cs b/MapControl/Shared/TileImageLoader.cs
index fb105de9..9fcb6942 100644
--- a/MapControl/Shared/TileImageLoader.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Shared/TileImageLoader.cs
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ namespace MapControl
             }
             else if (uri.Scheme != "http" && uri.Scheme != "https" || string.IsNullOrEmpty(cacheName))
             {
-                await tile.LoadImageAsync(() => ImageLoader.LoadImageAsync(uri)).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                await tile.LoadImageAsync(() => tileSource.LoadImageAsync(uri)).ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
             else
             {
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ namespace MapControl
 
                 if (buffer != null)
                 {
-                    await tile.LoadImageAsync(() => ImageLoader.LoadImageAsync(buffer)).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    await tile.LoadImageAsync(() => tileSource.LoadImageAsync(buffer)).ConfigureAwait(false);
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/MapControl/Shared/TilePyramidLayer.cs b/MapControl/Shared/TilePyramidLayer.cs
index 3bda6cf2..08bdfa98 100644
--- a/MapControl/Shared/TilePyramidLayer.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Shared/TilePyramidLayer.cs
@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ namespace MapControl
 
             updateTimer = new UpdateTimer { Interval = UpdateInterval };
             updateTimer.Tick += (s, e) => UpdateTiles();
-
-            MapPanel.SetRenderTransform(this, new MatrixTransform());
 #if WPF
             RenderOptions.SetEdgeMode(this, EdgeMode.Aliased);
 #elif UWP || WINUI
diff --git a/MapControl/Shared/TileSource.cs b/MapControl/Shared/TileSource.cs
index 8d0cb03b..c1976025 100644
--- a/MapControl/Shared/TileSource.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Shared/TileSource.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.Security.Policy;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 #if WPF
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ using ImageSource = Avalonia.Media.IImage;
 namespace MapControl
 {
     /// <summary>
-    /// Provides the download Uri or ImageSource of map tiles.
+    /// Provides the download Uri or ImageSource of map tiles. Used by TileImageLoader.
     /// </summary>
 #if UWP || WINUI
     [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.CreateFromString(MethodName = "Parse")]
@@ -24,15 +25,38 @@ namespace MapControl
     public class TileSource
     {
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the image request Uri for the specified zoom level and tile indices.
-        /// May return null when the image shall be loaded by the LoadImageAsync method.
+        /// Gets an image request Uri for the specified zoom level and tile indices.
+        /// May return null when the image shall be loaded by
+        /// the LoadImageAsync(zoomLevel, column, row) method.
         /// </summary>
-        public virtual Uri GetUri(int zoomLevel, int column, int row) => null;
+        public virtual Uri GetUri(int zoomLevel, int column, int row)
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Loads a tile image without an Uri.
         /// </summary>
-        public virtual Task<ImageSource> LoadImageAsync(int zoomLevel, int column, int row) => null;
+        public virtual Task<ImageSource> LoadImageAsync(int zoomLevel, int column, int row)
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Loads a tile image from an Uri.
+        /// </summary>
+        public virtual Task<ImageSource> LoadImageAsync(Uri uri)
+        {
+            return ImageLoader.LoadImageAsync(uri);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Loads a tile image from an encoded frame buffer.
+        /// </summary>
+        public virtual Task<ImageSource> LoadImageAsync(byte[] buffer)
+        {
+            return ImageLoader.LoadImageAsync(buffer);
+        }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates a TileSource instance from an Uri template string.
diff --git a/MapControl/Shared/WmtsTileMatrixLayer.cs b/MapControl/Shared/WmtsTileMatrixLayer.cs
index f1566d6c..9d2c8380 100644
--- a/MapControl/Shared/WmtsTileMatrixLayer.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Shared/WmtsTileMatrixLayer.cs
@@ -117,12 +117,14 @@ namespace MapControl
             {
                 // Arrange tiles relative to XMin/YMin.
                 //
-                var x = WmtsTileMatrix.TileWidth * (tile.X - TileMatrix.XMin);
-                var y = WmtsTileMatrix.TileHeight * (tile.Y - TileMatrix.YMin);
+                var tileWidth = WmtsTileMatrix.TileWidth;
+                var tileHeight = WmtsTileMatrix.TileHeight;
+                var x = tileWidth * (tile.X - TileMatrix.XMin);
+                var y = tileHeight * (tile.Y - TileMatrix.YMin);
 
-                tile.Image.Width = WmtsTileMatrix.TileWidth;
-                tile.Image.Height = WmtsTileMatrix.TileHeight;
-                tile.Image.Arrange(new Rect(x, y, WmtsTileMatrix.TileWidth, WmtsTileMatrix.TileHeight));
+                tile.Image.Width = tileWidth;
+                tile.Image.Height = tileHeight;
+                tile.Image.Arrange(new Rect(x, y, tileWidth, tileHeight));
             }
 
             return finalSize;