diff --git a/vtm/src/org/oscim/map/Animator.java b/vtm/src/org/oscim/map/Animator.java
index 40b5ec04..ff9d3433 100644
--- a/vtm/src/org/oscim/map/Animator.java
+++ b/vtm/src/org/oscim/map/Animator.java
@@ -211,11 +211,8 @@ public class Animator {
 
 		long millisLeft = mAnimEnd - MapRenderer.frametime;
 
-		//boolean changed = false;
-
 		ViewController v = mMap.viewport();
 
-		//synchronized (v) {
 		/* cancel animation when position was changed since last
 		 * update, i.e. when it was modified outside the animator. */
 		if (v.getMapPosition(mCurPos)) {
@@ -293,5 +290,10 @@ public class Animator {
 		mState = ANIM_NONE;
 		mPivot.x = 0;
 		mPivot.y = 0;
+		mMap.events.fire(Map.ANIM_END, mMap.mMapPosition);
+	}
+
+	public boolean isActive() {
+		return mState != ANIM_NONE;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/vtm/src/org/oscim/map/Map.java b/vtm/src/org/oscim/map/Map.java
index 8d2a15b0..9737ae8d 100644
--- a/vtm/src/org/oscim/map/Map.java
+++ b/vtm/src/org/oscim/map/Map.java
@@ -66,30 +66,33 @@ public abstract class Map implements TaskQueue {
 	/**
 	 * UpdateListener event. Map position has changed.
 	 */
-	public static Event POSITION_EVENT = new Event();
+	public static final Event POSITION_EVENT = new Event();
 
 	/**
 	 * UpdateLister event. Delivered on main-thread when updateMap() was called
 	 * and no CLEAR_EVENT or POSITION_EVENT was triggered.
 	 */
-	public static Event UPDATE_EVENT = new Event();
+	public static final Event UPDATE_EVENT = new Event();
 
 	/**
 	 * UpdateListerner event. Map state has changed in a way that all layers
 	 * should clear their state e.g. the theme or the TilesSource has changed.
 	 * TODO should have an event-source to only clear affected layers.
 	 */
-	public static Event CLEAR_EVENT = new Event();
+	public static final Event CLEAR_EVENT = new Event();
+
+	public static final Event ANIM_END = new Event();
 
 	public final EventDispatcher<InputListener, MotionEvent> input;
 	public final EventDispatcher<UpdateListener, MapPosition> events;
 
 	private final Layers mLayers;
 	private final ViewController mViewport;
-	protected final Animator mAnimator;
-	private final MapPosition mMapPosition;
 	private final AsyncExecutor mAsyncExecutor;
 
+	protected final Animator mAnimator;
+	protected final MapPosition mMapPosition;
+
 	protected final MapEventLayer mEventLayer;
 	protected GestureDetector mGestureDetector;