diff --git a/MapControl/Shared/AzimuthalProjection.cs b/MapControl/Shared/AzimuthalProjection.cs
index c24bd069..6f4c9412 100644
--- a/MapControl/Shared/AzimuthalProjection.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Shared/AzimuthalProjection.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ namespace MapControl
     public abstract class AzimuthalProjection : MapProjection
     {
         protected AzimuthalProjection()
+            : base(true)
         {
             Type = MapProjectionType.Azimuthal;
         }
diff --git a/MapControl/Shared/MapBase.cs b/MapControl/Shared/MapBase.cs
index 58e4ef42..3fcec022 100644
--- a/MapControl/Shared/MapBase.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Shared/MapBase.cs
@@ -87,8 +87,9 @@ namespace MapControl
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets an optional center (reference point) for azimuthal projections.
-        /// If ProjectionCenter is null, the Center property value will be used instead.
+        /// Gets or sets a projection center e.g. for azimuthal projections.
+        /// If ProjectionCenter is null, the value of the Center property is used as projection center.
+        /// This behavior is overridden when the Center property of a MapProjection is set explicitly.
         /// </summary>
         public Location ProjectionCenter
         {
@@ -456,7 +457,7 @@ namespace MapControl
             var viewScale = ZoomLevelToScale(ZoomLevel);
             var projection = MapProjection;
 
-            projection.Center = ProjectionCenter ?? Center;
+            projection.SetCenter(ProjectionCenter ?? Center);
 
             var mapCenter = projection.LocationToMap(transformCenter ?? Center);
 
@@ -496,7 +497,7 @@ namespace MapControl
 
                             ResetTransformCenter();
 
-                            projection.Center = ProjectionCenter ?? Center;
+                            projection.SetCenter(ProjectionCenter ?? Center);
 
                             mapCenter = projection.LocationToMap(center);
 
diff --git a/MapControl/Shared/MapProjection.cs b/MapControl/Shared/MapProjection.cs
index 3e9f53eb..189901d8 100644
--- a/MapControl/Shared/MapProjection.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Shared/MapProjection.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ namespace MapControl
 #else
     [System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter(typeof(MapProjectionConverter))]
 #endif
-    public abstract class MapProjection
+    public abstract class MapProjection(bool hasCenter = false)
     {
         public const double Wgs84EquatorialRadius = 6378137d;
         public const double Wgs84Flattening = 1d / 298.257223563;
@@ -60,19 +60,41 @@ namespace MapControl
         /// </summary>
         public string CrsId { get; protected set; } = "";
 
+        private Location center;
+        private bool updateCenter = hasCenter;
+
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets an optional projection center.
+        /// Gets or sets an optional projection center. If the property is set to a non-null value,
+        /// it overrides the projection center set by MapBase.Center or MapBase.ProjectionCenter.
         /// </summary>
         public Location Center
         {
-            get => field ??= new Location();
-            protected internal set
+            get => center ??= new Location();
+            set
             {
+                updateCenter = true;
+
+                if (value != null)
+                {
+                    SetCenter(value);
+                    updateCenter = false;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Called by MapBase.UpdateTransform().
+        /// </summary>
+        internal void SetCenter(Location value)
+        {
+            if (updateCenter)
+            {
+                var latitude = value.Latitude;
                 var longitude = Location.NormalizeLongitude(value.Longitude);
 
-                if (field == null || !field.Equals(value.Latitude, longitude))
+                if (center == null || !center.Equals(latitude, longitude))
                 {
-                    field = new Location(value.Latitude, longitude);
+                    center = new Location(latitude, longitude);
                     CenterChanged();
                 }
             }
diff --git a/MapProjections/Shared/ProjNetMapProjection.cs b/MapProjections/Shared/ProjNetMapProjection.cs
index 39ecab94..1518df1f 100644
--- a/MapProjections/Shared/ProjNetMapProjection.cs
+++ b/MapProjections/Shared/ProjNetMapProjection.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ namespace MapControl.Projections
     /// </summary>
     public class ProjNetMapProjection : MapProjection
     {
-        protected ProjNetMapProjection()
+        protected ProjNetMapProjection(bool hasCenter = false)
+            : base(hasCenter)
         {
         }
 
diff --git a/MapProjections/Shared/Wgs84OrthographicProjection.cs b/MapProjections/Shared/Wgs84OrthographicProjection.cs
index 1a22b650..6d608c81 100644
--- a/MapProjections/Shared/Wgs84OrthographicProjection.cs
+++ b/MapProjections/Shared/Wgs84OrthographicProjection.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ namespace MapControl.Projections
     public class Wgs84OrthographicProjection : ProjNetMapProjection
     {
         public Wgs84OrthographicProjection()
+            : base(true)
         {
             CenterChanged();
         }
diff --git a/MapProjections/Shared/Wgs84StereographicProjection.cs b/MapProjections/Shared/Wgs84StereographicProjection.cs
index 54408fcf..821fa195 100644
--- a/MapProjections/Shared/Wgs84StereographicProjection.cs
+++ b/MapProjections/Shared/Wgs84StereographicProjection.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ namespace MapControl.Projections
     public class Wgs84StereographicProjection : ProjNetMapProjection
     {
         public Wgs84StereographicProjection()
+            : base(true)
         {
             CenterChanged();
         }