diff --git a/MBTiles/Shared/MBTileLayer.cs b/MBTiles/Shared/MBTileLayer.cs
index 394d5f93..4353ff71 100644
--- a/MBTiles/Shared/MBTileLayer.cs
+++ b/MBTiles/Shared/MBTileLayer.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace MapControl.MBTiles
     /// <summary>
     /// MapTileLayer that uses an MBTiles SQLite Database. See https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/MBTiles.
     /// </summary>
-    public partial class MBTileLayer : MapTileLayer
+    public class MBTileLayer : MapTileLayer
     {
         private static ILogger logger;
         private static ILogger Logger => logger ??= ImageLoader.LoggerFactory?.CreateLogger<MBTileLayer>();
diff --git a/MBTiles/Shared/MBTileSource.cs b/MBTiles/Shared/MBTileSource.cs
index 92af2522..38c210a0 100644
--- a/MBTiles/Shared/MBTileSource.cs
+++ b/MBTiles/Shared/MBTileSource.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ using ImageSource = Avalonia.Media.IImage;
 
 namespace MapControl.MBTiles
 {
-    public sealed partial class MBTileSource : TileSource, IDisposable
+    public sealed class MBTileSource : TileSource, IDisposable
     {
         private static ILogger logger;
         private static ILogger Logger => logger ??= ImageLoader.LoggerFactory?.CreateLogger<MBTileSource>();
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ namespace MapControl.MBTiles
 
         public IDictionary<string, string> Metadata { get; } = new Dictionary<string, string>();
 
+        public override bool Cacheable => false;
+
         public async Task OpenAsync(string file)
         {
             Close();
@@ -85,5 +87,10 @@ namespace MapControl.MBTiles
 
             return image;
         }
+
+        public override Uri GetUri(int zoomLevel, int column, int row)
+        {
+            throw new NotSupportedException();
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/MapControl/Avalonia/Tile.Avalonia.cs b/MapControl/Avalonia/ImageTile.Avalonia.cs
similarity index 82%
rename from MapControl/Avalonia/Tile.Avalonia.cs
rename to MapControl/Avalonia/ImageTile.Avalonia.cs
index a7c5f700..7e436993 100644
--- a/MapControl/Avalonia/Tile.Avalonia.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Avalonia/ImageTile.Avalonia.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using Avalonia;
 using Avalonia.Animation;
+using Avalonia.Controls;
 using Avalonia.Media;
 using Avalonia.Styling;
 using Avalonia.Threading;
@@ -8,9 +9,12 @@ using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace MapControl
 {
-    public partial class Tile
+    public class ImageTile(int zoomLevel, int x, int y, int columnCount)
+        : Tile(zoomLevel, x, y, columnCount)
     {
-        public async Task LoadImageAsync(Func<Task<IImage>> loadImageFunc)
+        public Image Image { get; } = new Image { Stretch = Stretch.Fill };
+
+        public override async Task LoadImageAsync(Func<Task<IImage>> loadImageFunc)
         {
             var image = await loadImageFunc().ConfigureAwait(false);
 
diff --git a/MapControl/Shared/BoundingBoxTileSource.cs b/MapControl/Shared/BoundingBoxTileSource.cs
index 51ee3ed6..588c862f 100644
--- a/MapControl/Shared/BoundingBoxTileSource.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Shared/BoundingBoxTileSource.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ using System.Text;
 
 namespace MapControl
 {
-    public class BoundingBoxTileSource : TileSource
+    public class BoundingBoxTileSource : UriTileSource
     {
         public override Uri GetUri(int zoomLevel, int column, int row)
         {
diff --git a/MapControl/Shared/TileCollection.cs b/MapControl/Shared/ImageTileList.cs
similarity index 72%
rename from MapControl/Shared/TileCollection.cs
rename to MapControl/Shared/ImageTileList.cs
index 58257e99..bf058f18 100644
--- a/MapControl/Shared/TileCollection.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Shared/ImageTileList.cs
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ using System.Linq;
 
 namespace MapControl
 {
-    public partial class TileCollection : List<Tile>
+    public partial class ImageTileList : List<ImageTile>
     {
         /// <summary>
-        /// Adds existing Tiles from the source collection or newly created Tiles to fill the specified tile matrix.
+        /// Adds existing ImageTile from the source collection or newly created ImageTile to fill the specified tile matrix.
         /// </summary>
-        public void FillMatrix(TileCollection source, int zoomLevel, int xMin, int yMin, int xMax, int yMax, int columnCount)
+        public void FillMatrix(ImageTileList source, int zoomLevel, int xMin, int yMin, int xMax, int yMax, int columnCount)
         {
             for (var y = yMin; y <= yMax; y++)
             {
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace MapControl
 
                     if (tile == null)
                     {
-                        tile = new Tile(zoomLevel, x, y, columnCount);
+                        tile = new ImageTile(zoomLevel, x, y, columnCount);
 
                         var equivalentTile = source.FirstOrDefault(
                             t => t.Image.Source != null && t.ZoomLevel == tile.ZoomLevel && t.Column == tile.Column && t.Row == tile.Row);
diff --git a/MapControl/Shared/MapTileLayer.cs b/MapControl/Shared/MapTileLayer.cs
index f2986741..4ec4391f 100644
--- a/MapControl/Shared/MapTileLayer.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Shared/MapTileLayer.cs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ namespace MapControl
         /// </summary>
         public static MapTileLayer OpenStreetMapTileLayer => new()
         {
-            TileSource = new TileSource { UriTemplate = "https://tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png" },
+            TileSource = TileSource.Parse("https://tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png"),
             SourceName = "OpenStreetMap",
             Description = "© [OpenStreetMap Contributors](http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright)"
         };
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ namespace MapControl
 
         public TileMatrix TileMatrix { get; private set; }
 
-        public TileCollection Tiles { get; private set; } = [];
+        public ImageTileList Tiles { get; private set; } = [];
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Minimum zoom level supported by the MapTileLayer. Default value is 0.
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ namespace MapControl
 
         private void UpdateTiles(bool reset)
         {
-            var tiles = new TileCollection();
+            var tiles = new ImageTileList();
 
             if (TileSource != null && TileMatrix != null)
             {
diff --git a/MapControl/Shared/Tile.cs b/MapControl/Shared/Tile.cs
index 411b4ee0..b4b96ef6 100644
--- a/MapControl/Shared/Tile.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Shared/Tile.cs
@@ -1,20 +1,18 @@
-#if WPF
-using System.Windows.Controls;
+using System;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+#if WPF
 using System.Windows.Media;
 #elif UWP
-using Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls;
 using Windows.UI.Xaml.Media;
 #elif WINUI
-using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls;
 using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Media;
 #elif AVALONIA
-using Avalonia.Controls;
-using Avalonia.Media;
+using ImageSource = Avalonia.Media.IImage;
 #endif
 
 namespace MapControl
 {
-    public partial class Tile(int zoomLevel, int x, int y, int columnCount) : ITile
+    public abstract class Tile(int zoomLevel, int x, int y, int columnCount)
     {
         public int ZoomLevel { get; } = zoomLevel;
         public int X { get; } = x;
@@ -22,6 +20,10 @@ namespace MapControl
         public int Column { get; } = ((x % columnCount) + columnCount) % columnCount;
         public int Row => Y;
         public bool IsPending { get; set; } = true;
-        public Image Image { get; } = new Image { Stretch = Stretch.Fill };
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Runs a tile image download Task and marshals the result to the UI thread.
+        /// </summary>
+        public abstract Task LoadImageAsync(Func<Task<ImageSource>> loadImageFunc);
     }
 }
diff --git a/MapControl/Shared/TileImageLoader.cs b/MapControl/Shared/TileImageLoader.cs
index c2559da4..d83162e3 100644
--- a/MapControl/Shared/TileImageLoader.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Shared/TileImageLoader.cs
@@ -7,61 +7,16 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-#if WPF
-using System.Windows.Media;
-#elif UWP
-using Windows.UI.Xaml.Media;
-#elif WINUI
-using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Media;
-#elif AVALONIA
-using ImageSource = Avalonia.Media.IImage;
-#endif
 
 namespace MapControl
 {
-    public interface ITile
-    {
-        int ZoomLevel { get; }
-        int Column { get; }
-        int Row { get; }
-        bool IsPending { get; set; }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Runs a tile image download Task and marshals the result to the UI thread.
-        /// </summary>
-        Task LoadImageAsync(Func<Task<ImageSource>> loadImageFunc);
-    }
-
-    public interface ITileSource
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Indicates whether tile images from this source should be cached.
-        /// </summary>
-        bool Cacheable { get; }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the image Uri for the specified zoom level and tile indices.
-        /// </summary>
-        Uri GetUri(int zoomLevel, int column, int row);
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Loads a tile image whithout caching.
-        /// </summary>
-        Task<ImageSource> LoadImageAsync(int zoomLevel, int column, int row);
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Loads a cacheable tile image from an encoded frame buffer.
-        /// </summary>
-        Task<ImageSource> LoadImageAsync(byte[] buffer);
-    }
-
     public interface ITileImageLoader
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// Loads all pending tiles from the tiles collection.
         /// Tile image caching is enabled when tileSource.UriFormat starts with "http" and cacheName is a non-empty string.
         /// </summary>
-        void BeginLoadTiles(IEnumerable<ITile> tiles, ITileSource tileSource, string cacheName, IProgress<double> progress);
+        void BeginLoadTiles(IEnumerable<Tile> tiles, TileSource tileSource, string cacheName, IProgress<double> progress);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Cancels a potentially ongoing tile loading task.
@@ -115,11 +70,11 @@ namespace MapControl
         /// </summary>
         public static int MaxLoadTasks { get; set; } = 4;
 
-        private readonly Queue<ITile> tileQueue = new();
+        private readonly Queue<Tile> tileQueue = new();
         private int tileCount;
         private int taskCount;
 
-        public void BeginLoadTiles(IEnumerable<ITile> tiles, ITileSource tileSource, string cacheName, IProgress<double> progress)
+        public void BeginLoadTiles(IEnumerable<Tile> tiles, TileSource tileSource, string cacheName, IProgress<double> progress)
         {
             if (Cache == null || !tileSource.Cacheable)
             {
@@ -158,9 +113,9 @@ namespace MapControl
             }
         }
 
-        private async Task LoadTilesFromQueue(ITileSource tileSource, string cacheName, IProgress<double> progress)
+        private async Task LoadTilesFromQueue(TileSource tileSource, string cacheName, IProgress<double> progress)
         {
-            bool TryDequeueTile(out ITile tile)
+            bool TryDequeueTile(out Tile tile)
             {
                 lock (tileQueue)
                 {
@@ -178,7 +133,7 @@ namespace MapControl
                 return false;
             }
 
-            while (TryDequeueTile(out ITile tile))
+            while (TryDequeueTile(out Tile tile))
             {
                 tile.IsPending = false;
 
@@ -218,7 +173,7 @@ namespace MapControl
             }
         }
 
-        private static async Task<byte[]> LoadCachedBuffer(ITile tile, Uri uri, string cacheName)
+        private static async Task<byte[]> LoadCachedBuffer(Tile tile, Uri uri, string cacheName)
         {
             var extension = Path.GetExtension(uri.LocalPath).ToLower();
 
diff --git a/MapControl/Shared/TilePyramidLayer.cs b/MapControl/Shared/TilePyramidLayer.cs
index f8216a80..3db0876e 100644
--- a/MapControl/Shared/TilePyramidLayer.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Shared/TilePyramidLayer.cs
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ namespace MapControl
 
         protected bool IsBaseMapLayer => parentMap != null && parentMap.Children.Count > 0 && parentMap.Children[0] == this;
 
-        protected void BeginLoadTiles(IEnumerable<ITile> tiles, string cacheName)
+        protected void BeginLoadTiles(IEnumerable<Tile> tiles, string cacheName)
         {
             if (TileSource != null && tiles != null && tiles.Any(tile => tile.IsPending))
             {
diff --git a/MapControl/Shared/TileSource.cs b/MapControl/Shared/TileSource.cs
index 4c73c62f..667fdd32 100644
--- a/MapControl/Shared/TileSource.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Shared/TileSource.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,41 @@ namespace MapControl
 #else
     [System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter(typeof(TileSourceConverter))]
 #endif
-    public class TileSource : ITileSource
+    public abstract class TileSource
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Indicates whether tile images from this source should be cached.
+        /// </summary>
+        public abstract bool Cacheable { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the image Uri for the specified zoom level and tile indices.
+        /// </summary>
+        public abstract Uri GetUri(int zoomLevel, int column, int row);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Loads a tile image whithout caching.
+        /// </summary>
+        public abstract Task<ImageSource> LoadImageAsync(int zoomLevel, int column, int row);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Loads a cacheable 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.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static TileSource Parse(string uriTemplate)
+        {
+            return new UriTileSource { UriTemplate = uriTemplate };
+        }
+    }
+
+    public class UriTileSource : TileSource
     {
         private string uriTemplate;
 
@@ -44,9 +78,9 @@ namespace MapControl
 
         public string[] Subdomains { get; set; }
 
-        public bool Cacheable => UriTemplate != null && UriTemplate.StartsWith("http");
+        public override bool Cacheable => UriTemplate != null && UriTemplate.StartsWith("http");
 
-        public virtual Uri GetUri(int zoomLevel, int column, int row)
+        public override Uri GetUri(int zoomLevel, int column, int row)
         {
             Uri uri = null;
 
@@ -69,33 +103,20 @@ namespace MapControl
             return uri;
         }
 
-        public virtual Task<ImageSource> LoadImageAsync(int zoomLevel, int column, int row)
+        public override Task<ImageSource> LoadImageAsync(int zoomLevel, int column, int row)
         {
             var uri = GetUri(zoomLevel, column, row);
 
             return uri != null ? ImageLoader.LoadImageAsync(uri) : Task.FromResult((ImageSource)null);
         }
 
-        public virtual Task<ImageSource> LoadImageAsync(byte[] buffer)
-        {
-            return ImageLoader.LoadImageAsync(buffer);
-        }
-
         public override string ToString()
         {
             return UriTemplate;
         }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Creates a TileSource instance from an Uri template string.
-        /// </summary>
-        public static TileSource Parse(string uriTemplate)
-        {
-            return new TileSource { UriTemplate = uriTemplate };
-        }
     }
 
-    public class TmsTileSource : TileSource
+    public class TmsTileSource : UriTileSource
     {
         public override Uri GetUri(int zoomLevel, int column, int row)
         {
diff --git a/MapControl/Shared/WmtsTileMatrixLayer.cs b/MapControl/Shared/WmtsTileMatrixLayer.cs
index bb5d569f..f1566d6c 100644
--- a/MapControl/Shared/WmtsTileMatrixLayer.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Shared/WmtsTileMatrixLayer.cs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace MapControl
 
         public TileMatrix TileMatrix { get; private set; }
 
-        public TileCollection Tiles { get; private set; } = [];
+        public ImageTileList Tiles { get; private set; } = [];
 
         public void UpdateRenderTransform(ViewTransform viewTransform)
         {
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ namespace MapControl
 
             TileMatrix = new TileMatrix(TileMatrix.ZoomLevel, xMin, yMin, xMax, yMax);
 
-            var tiles = new TileCollection();
+            var tiles = new ImageTileList();
             tiles.FillMatrix(Tiles, TileMatrix.ZoomLevel, xMin, yMin, xMax, yMax, WmtsTileMatrix.MatrixWidth);
 
             Tiles = tiles;
diff --git a/MapControl/Shared/WmtsTileSource.cs b/MapControl/Shared/WmtsTileSource.cs
index 0bebd836..7810e507 100644
--- a/MapControl/Shared/WmtsTileSource.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Shared/WmtsTileSource.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ using System.Text;
 
 namespace MapControl
 {
-    public class WmtsTileSource : TileSource
+    public class WmtsTileSource : UriTileSource
     {
         public WmtsTileMatrixSet TileMatrixSet { get; set; }
 
diff --git a/MapControl/WPF/Tile.WPF.cs b/MapControl/WPF/ImageTile.WPF.cs
similarity index 87%
rename from MapControl/WPF/Tile.WPF.cs
rename to MapControl/WPF/ImageTile.WPF.cs
index 5bb491fa..251d01ac 100644
--- a/MapControl/WPF/Tile.WPF.cs
+++ b/MapControl/WPF/ImageTile.WPF.cs
@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@ using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
 
 namespace MapControl
 {
-    public partial class Tile
+    public class ImageTile(int zoomLevel, int x, int y, int columnCount)
+        : Tile(zoomLevel, x, y, columnCount)
     {
-        public async Task LoadImageAsync(Func<Task<ImageSource>> loadImageFunc)
+        public Image Image { get; } = new Image { Stretch = Stretch.Fill };
+
+        public override async Task LoadImageAsync(Func<Task<ImageSource>> loadImageFunc)
         {
             var image = await loadImageFunc().ConfigureAwait(false);
 
diff --git a/MapControl/WinUI/Tile.WinUI.cs b/MapControl/WinUI/ImageTile.WinUI.cs
similarity index 89%
rename from MapControl/WinUI/Tile.WinUI.cs
rename to MapControl/WinUI/ImageTile.WinUI.cs
index ffc56d66..fa218e1b 100644
--- a/MapControl/WinUI/Tile.WinUI.cs
+++ b/MapControl/WinUI/ImageTile.WinUI.cs
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ using System.Threading.Tasks;
 #if UWP
 using Windows.UI.Core;
 using Windows.UI.Xaml;
+using Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls;
 using Windows.UI.Xaml.Media;
 using Windows.UI.Xaml.Media.Animation;
 using Windows.UI.Xaml.Media.Imaging;
 #else
 using Microsoft.UI.Dispatching;
 using Microsoft.UI.Xaml;
+using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls;
 using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Media;
 using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Media.Animation;
 using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Media.Imaging;
@@ -16,9 +18,12 @@ using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Media.Imaging;
 
 namespace MapControl
 {
-    public partial class Tile
+    public class ImageTile(int zoomLevel, int x, int y, int columnCount)
+        : Tile(zoomLevel, x, y, columnCount)
     {
-        public async Task LoadImageAsync(Func<Task<ImageSource>> loadImageFunc)
+        public Image Image { get; } = new Image { Stretch = Stretch.Fill };
+
+        public override async Task LoadImageAsync(Func<Task<ImageSource>> loadImageFunc)
         {
             var tcs = new TaskCompletionSource<object>();