diff --git a/MapControl/Avalonia/LocationAnimator.Avalonia.cs b/MapControl/Avalonia/LocationAnimator.Avalonia.cs
index 03b7c96e..7a422131 100644
--- a/MapControl/Avalonia/LocationAnimator.Avalonia.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Avalonia/LocationAnimator.Avalonia.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ namespace MapControl
     {
         public override Location Interpolate(double progress, Location oldValue, Location newValue)
         {
-            throw new System.NotImplementedException();
+            return new Location(
+                (1d - progress) * oldValue.Latitude + progress * newValue.Latitude,
+                (1d - progress) * oldValue.Longitude + progress * newValue.Longitude);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/MapControl/Avalonia/MapBase.Avalonia.cs b/MapControl/Avalonia/MapBase.Avalonia.cs
index 02715b1a..d21ce5d5 100644
--- a/MapControl/Avalonia/MapBase.Avalonia.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Avalonia/MapBase.Avalonia.cs
@@ -59,11 +59,16 @@ namespace MapControl
 
         static MapBase()
         {
+            Animation.RegisterCustomAnimator<Location, LocationAnimator>();
+
             ClipToBoundsProperty.OverrideDefaultValue(typeof(MapBase), true);
 
             CenterProperty.Changed.AddClassHandler<MapBase, Location>(
                 (map, args) => map.CenterPropertyChanged(args.NewValue.Value));
 
+            TargetCenterProperty.Changed.AddClassHandler<MapBase, Location>(
+                async (map, args) => await map.TargetCenterPropertyChanged(args.NewValue.Value));
+
             ZoomLevelProperty.Changed.AddClassHandler<MapBase, double>(
                 (map, args) => map.ZoomLevelPropertyChanged(args.NewValue.Value));
 
@@ -161,6 +166,41 @@ namespace MapControl
             if (!internalPropertyChange)
             {
                 UpdateTransform();
+
+                if (centerAnimation == null)
+                {
+                    SetValueInternal(TargetCenterProperty, center);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        private async Task TargetCenterPropertyChanged(Location targetCenter)
+        {
+            if (!internalPropertyChange && !targetCenter.Equals(Center))
+            {
+                centerCts?.Cancel();
+
+                centerAnimation = new Animation
+                {
+                    FillMode = FillMode.Forward,
+                    Duration = AnimationDuration,
+                    Children =
+                    {
+                        new KeyFrame
+                        {
+                            KeyTime = AnimationDuration,
+                            Setters = { new Setter(CenterProperty, new Location(targetCenter.Latitude, ConstrainedLongitude(targetCenter.Longitude))) }
+                        }
+                    }
+                };
+
+                centerCts = new CancellationTokenSource();
+
+                await centerAnimation.RunAsync(this, centerCts.Token);
+
+                centerCts.Dispose();
+                centerCts = null;
+                centerAnimation = null;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/MapControl/Avalonia/MapControl.Avalonia.csproj b/MapControl/Avalonia/MapControl.Avalonia.csproj
index 8b65de71..17935f99 100644
--- a/MapControl/Avalonia/MapControl.Avalonia.csproj
+++ b/MapControl/Avalonia/MapControl.Avalonia.csproj
@@ -15,27 +15,32 @@
         <PackageId>XAML.MapControl</PackageId>
         <DefineConstants>AVALONIA</DefineConstants>
     </PropertyGroup>
+
     <ItemGroup>
-      <Compile Include="..\Shared\BoundingBox.cs" Link="BoundingBox.cs" />
-      <Compile Include="..\Shared\ImageFileCache.cs" Link="ImageFileCache.cs" />
-      <Compile Include="..\Shared\ImageLoader.cs" Link="ImageLoader.cs" />
-      <Compile Include="..\Shared\Location.cs" Link="Location.cs" />
-      <Compile Include="..\Shared\LocationCollection.cs" Link="LocationCollection.cs" />
-      <Compile Include="..\Shared\MapBaseCommon.cs" Link="MapBaseCommon.cs" />
-      <Compile Include="..\Shared\MapPanel.cs" Link="MapPanel.cs" />
-      <Compile Include="..\Shared\MapProjection.cs" Link="MapProjection.cs" />
-      <Compile Include="..\Shared\MapTileLayer.cs" Link="MapTileLayer.cs" />
-      <Compile Include="..\Shared\MapTileLayerBase.cs" Link="MapTileLayerBase.cs" />
-      <Compile Include="..\Shared\Tile.cs" Link="Tile.cs" />
-      <Compile Include="..\Shared\TileCollection.cs" Link="TileCollection.cs" />
-      <Compile Include="..\Shared\TileImageLoader.cs" Link="TileImageLoader.cs" />
-      <Compile Include="..\Shared\TileMatrix.cs" Link="TileMatrix.cs" />
-      <Compile Include="..\Shared\TileSource.cs" Link="TileSource.cs" />
-      <Compile Include="..\Shared\ViewportChangedEventArgs.cs" Link="ViewportChangedEventArgs.cs" />
-      <Compile Include="..\Shared\ViewRect.cs" Link="ViewRect.cs" />
-      <Compile Include="..\Shared\WebMercatorProjection.cs" Link="WebMercatorProjection.cs" />
-      <Compile Include="..\WPF\Timer.WPF.cs" Link="Timer.WPF.cs" />
-      <Compile Include="..\WPF\TypeConverters.WPF.cs" Link="TypeConverters.WPF.cs" />
+        <Compile Include="..\Shared\BoundingBox.cs" Link="BoundingBox.cs" />
+        <Compile Include="..\Shared\ImageFileCache.cs" Link="ImageFileCache.cs" />
+        <Compile Include="..\Shared\ImageLoader.cs" Link="ImageLoader.cs" />
+        <Compile Include="..\Shared\Location.cs" Link="Location.cs" />
+        <Compile Include="..\Shared\LocationCollection.cs" Link="LocationCollection.cs" />
+        <Compile Include="..\Shared\MapBaseCommon.cs" Link="MapBaseCommon.cs" />
+        <Compile Include="..\Shared\MapPanel.cs" Link="MapPanel.cs" />
+        <Compile Include="..\Shared\MapProjection.cs" Link="MapProjection.cs" />
+        <Compile Include="..\Shared\MapTileLayer.cs" Link="MapTileLayer.cs" />
+        <Compile Include="..\Shared\MapTileLayerBase.cs" Link="MapTileLayerBase.cs" />
+        <Compile Include="..\Shared\Tile.cs" Link="Tile.cs" />
+        <Compile Include="..\Shared\TileCollection.cs" Link="TileCollection.cs" />
+        <Compile Include="..\Shared\TileImageLoader.cs" Link="TileImageLoader.cs" />
+        <Compile Include="..\Shared\TileMatrix.cs" Link="TileMatrix.cs" />
+        <Compile Include="..\Shared\TileSource.cs" Link="TileSource.cs" />
+        <Compile Include="..\Shared\ViewportChangedEventArgs.cs" Link="ViewportChangedEventArgs.cs" />
+        <Compile Include="..\Shared\ViewRect.cs" Link="ViewRect.cs" />
+        <Compile Include="..\Shared\WebMercatorProjection.cs" Link="WebMercatorProjection.cs" />
+        <Compile Include="..\WPF\Timer.WPF.cs" Link="Timer.WPF.cs" />
+        <Compile Include="..\WPF\TypeConverters.WPF.cs" Link="TypeConverters.WPF.cs" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <None Include="..\..\MapControl.snk" Link="MapControl.snk" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>