diff --git a/MapControl/Shared/BoundingBox.cs b/MapControl/Shared/BoundingBox.cs
index d208e9fc..eb90c0bd 100644
--- a/MapControl/Shared/BoundingBox.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Shared/BoundingBox.cs
@@ -21,12 +21,13 @@ namespace MapControl
         {
         }
 
-        public BoundingBox(double latitude1, double longitude1, double latitude2, double longitude2)
+        public BoundingBox(double latitude1, double longitude1, double latitude2, double longitude2, double rotation = 0d)
         {
             South = Math.Min(Math.Max(Math.Min(latitude1, latitude2), -90d), 90d);
             North = Math.Min(Math.Max(Math.Max(latitude1, latitude2), -90d), 90d);
             West = Math.Min(longitude1, longitude2);
             East = Math.Max(longitude1, longitude2);
+            Rotation = rotation;
         }
 
         public BoundingBox(Location location1, Location location2)
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ namespace MapControl
         public double North { get; }
         public double West { get; }
         public double East { get; }
+        public double Rotation { get; }
 
         public virtual double Width => East - West;
         public virtual double Height => North - South;
@@ -56,16 +58,21 @@ namespace MapControl
                 values = boundingBox.Split(new char[] { ',' });
             }
 
-            if (values?.Length != 4)
+            if (values == null || values.Length != 4 && values.Length != 5)
             {
-                throw new FormatException("BoundingBox string must contain a comma-separated sequence of four floating point numbers.");
+                throw new FormatException("BoundingBox string must contain a comma-separated sequence of four or five floating point numbers.");
             }
 
+            var rotation = values.Length == 5
+                ? double.Parse(values[4], NumberStyles.Float, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
+                : 0d;
+
             return new BoundingBox(
                 double.Parse(values[0], NumberStyles.Float, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture),
                 double.Parse(values[1], NumberStyles.Float, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture),
                 double.Parse(values[2], NumberStyles.Float, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture),
-                double.Parse(values[3], NumberStyles.Float, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
+                double.Parse(values[3], NumberStyles.Float, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture),
+                rotation);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/MapControl/Shared/GroundOverlay.cs b/MapControl/Shared/GroundOverlay.cs
index 7647cc1b..c26d2e4c 100644
--- a/MapControl/Shared/GroundOverlay.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Shared/GroundOverlay.cs
@@ -29,27 +29,16 @@ namespace MapControl
 {
     public class GroundOverlay : MapPanel
     {
-        class LatLonBox : BoundingBox
-        {
-            public LatLonBox(double south, double west, double north, double east, double rotation)
-                : base(south, west, north, east)
-            {
-                Rotation = rotation;
-            }
-
-            public double Rotation { get; }
-        }
-
         class ImageOverlay
         {
-            public ImageOverlay(LatLonBox latLonBox, string imagePath, int zIndex)
+            public ImageOverlay(BoundingBox boundingBox, string imagePath, int zIndex)
             {
-                LatLonBox = latLonBox;
+                BoundingBox = boundingBox;
                 ImagePath = imagePath;
                 ZIndex = zIndex;
             }
 
-            public LatLonBox LatLonBox { get; }
+            public BoundingBox BoundingBox { get; }
             public string ImagePath { get; }
             public int ZIndex { get; }
             public ImageSource ImageSource { get; set; }
@@ -102,26 +91,15 @@ namespace MapControl
         {
             foreach (var imageOverlay in imageOverlays.Where(i => i.ImageSource != null))
             {
-                FrameworkElement overlay = new Image
+                var image = new Image
                 {
                     Source = imageOverlay.ImageSource,
                     Stretch = Stretch.Fill
                 };
 
-                if (imageOverlay.LatLonBox.Rotation != 0d)
-                {
-                    SetRenderTransform(overlay, new RotateTransform { Angle = -imageOverlay.LatLonBox.Rotation }, 0.5, 0.5);
-
-                    // Additional Panel for map rotation, see MapPanel.ArrangeElement(FrameworkElement, ViewRect).
-                    //
-                    var panel = new Grid();
-                    panel.Children.Add(overlay);
-                    overlay = panel;
-                }
-
-                SetBoundingBox(overlay, imageOverlay.LatLonBox);
-                overlay.SetValue(Canvas.ZIndexProperty, imageOverlay.ZIndex);
-                Children.Add(overlay);
+                image.SetValue(Canvas.ZIndexProperty, imageOverlay.ZIndex);
+                SetBoundingBox(image, imageOverlay.BoundingBox);
+                Children.Add(image);
             }
         }
 
@@ -198,8 +176,8 @@ namespace MapControl
             {
                 foreach (var groundOverlayElement in folderElement.Elements(ns + "GroundOverlay"))
                 {
-                    var latLonBoxElement = groundOverlayElement.Element(ns + "LatLonBox");
-                    var latLonBox = latLonBoxElement != null ? ReadLatLonBox(latLonBoxElement) : null;
+                    var boundingBoxElement = groundOverlayElement.Element(ns + "LatLonBox");
+                    var boundingBox = boundingBoxElement != null ? ReadBoundingBox(boundingBoxElement) : null;
 
                     var imagePathElement = groundOverlayElement.Element(ns + "Icon");
                     var imagePath = imagePathElement?.Element(ns + "href")?.Value;
@@ -207,15 +185,15 @@ namespace MapControl
                     var drawOrder = groundOverlayElement.Element(ns + "drawOrder")?.Value;
                     var zIndex = drawOrder != null ? int.Parse(drawOrder) : 0;
 
-                    if (latLonBox != null && imagePath != null)
+                    if (boundingBox != null && imagePath != null)
                     {
-                        yield return new ImageOverlay(latLonBox, imagePath, zIndex);
+                        yield return new ImageOverlay(boundingBox, imagePath, zIndex);
                     }
                 }
             }
         }
 
-        private static LatLonBox ReadLatLonBox(XElement latLonBoxElement)
+        private static BoundingBox ReadBoundingBox(XElement latLonBoxElement)
         {
             var ns = latLonBoxElement.Name.Namespace;
             var north = double.NaN;
@@ -261,7 +239,7 @@ namespace MapControl
                 throw new FormatException("Invalid LatLonBox");
             }
 
-            return new LatLonBox(south, west, north, east, rotation);
+            return new BoundingBox(south, west, north, east, rotation);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/MapControl/Shared/MapPanel.cs b/MapControl/Shared/MapPanel.cs
index 78b02481..1bf04eda 100644
--- a/MapControl/Shared/MapPanel.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Shared/MapPanel.cs
@@ -277,12 +277,7 @@ namespace MapControl
 
                 if (boundingBox != null)
                 {
-                    var rect = GetViewRect(boundingBox);
-
-                    if (rect.HasValue)
-                    {
-                        ArrangeElement(element, rect.Value, parentMap.ViewTransform.Rotation);
-                    }
+                    ArrangeElement(element, boundingBox);
                 }
                 else
                 {
@@ -291,20 +286,27 @@ namespace MapControl
             }
         }
 
-        private static void ArrangeElement(FrameworkElement element, Rect rect, double rotation)
+        private void ArrangeElement(FrameworkElement element, BoundingBox boundingBox)
         {
-            element.Width = rect.Width;
-            element.Height = rect.Height;
+            var rect = GetViewRect(boundingBox);
 
-            element.Arrange(rect);
+            if (rect.HasValue)
+            {
+                element.Width = rect.Value.Width;
+                element.Height = rect.Value.Height;
 
-            if (element.RenderTransform is RotateTransform rotateTransform)
-            {
-                rotateTransform.Angle = rotation;
-            }
-            else if (rotation != 0d)
-            {
-                SetRenderTransform(element, new RotateTransform { Angle = rotation }, 0.5, 0.5);
+                element.Arrange(rect.Value);
+
+                var rotation = parentMap.ViewTransform.Rotation - boundingBox.Rotation;
+
+                if (element.RenderTransform is RotateTransform rotateTransform)
+                {
+                    rotateTransform.Angle = rotation;
+                }
+                else if (rotation != 0d)
+                {
+                    SetRenderTransform(element, new RotateTransform { Angle = rotation }, 0.5, 0.5);
+                }
             }
         }