diff --git a/src/commonMain/kotlin/centre/sciprog/maps/MapViewPoint.kt b/src/commonMain/kotlin/centre/sciprog/maps/MapViewPoint.kt
index 3094d1a..c99cfc0 100644
--- a/src/commonMain/kotlin/centre/sciprog/maps/MapViewPoint.kt
+++ b/src/commonMain/kotlin/centre/sciprog/maps/MapViewPoint.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package centre.sciprog.maps
 
+import kotlin.math.pow
 import kotlin.math.roundToInt
+import kotlin.math.sign
 
 /**
  * Observable position on the map. Includes observation coordinate and [zoom] factor
@@ -34,4 +36,13 @@ fun MapViewPoint.move(delta: GeodeticMapCoordinates): MapViewPoint {
     return MapViewPoint(newCoordinates, zoom)
 }
 
-fun MapViewPoint.zoom(zoomDelta: Double): MapViewPoint = copy(zoom = (zoom + zoomDelta).coerceIn(2.0, 18.0))
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+fun MapViewPoint.zoom(zoomDelta: Double): MapViewPoint = copy(zoom = (zoom + zoomDelta).coerceIn(2.0, 18.0))
+
+fun MapViewPoint.zoom(zoomDelta: Double, at: GeodeticMapCoordinates): MapViewPoint {
+    val difScale = 2.0.pow(-zoomDelta)
+    val newCenter = GeodeticMapCoordinates.ofRadians(
+        focus.latitude + (at.latitude - focus.latitude) * difScale,
+        focus.longitude + (at.longitude - focus.longitude) * difScale
+    )
+    return MapViewPoint(newCenter, (zoom + zoomDelta).coerceIn(2.0, 18.0))
+}
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diff --git a/src/jvmMain/kotlin/centre/sciprog/maps/compose/MapViewJvm.kt b/src/jvmMain/kotlin/centre/sciprog/maps/compose/MapViewJvm.kt
index 81b8bc1..600ed69 100644
--- a/src/jvmMain/kotlin/centre/sciprog/maps/compose/MapViewJvm.kt
+++ b/src/jvmMain/kotlin/centre/sciprog/maps/compose/MapViewJvm.kt
@@ -70,7 +70,11 @@ actual fun MapView(
         val (xPos, yPos) = it.changes.first().position
         onClick(DpOffset(xPos.toDp(), yPos.toDp()).toGeodetic())
     }.onPointerEvent(PointerEventType.Scroll) {
-        viewPoint = viewPoint.zoom(-it.changes.first().scrollDelta.y.toDouble())
+        val change = it.changes.first()
+        val (xPos, yPos) = change.position
+        //compute invariant point of translation
+        val at = DpOffset(xPos.toDp(), yPos.toDp()).toGeodetic()
+        viewPoint = viewPoint.zoom(-change.scrollDelta.y.toDouble(), at)
     }.pointerInput(Unit) {
         detectDragGestures { _: PointerInputChange, dragAmount: Offset ->
             viewPoint = viewPoint.move(-dragAmount.x, +dragAmount.y)