diff --git a/src/map-renderer.ts b/src/map-renderer.ts
index 0293ab3..25ff582 100644
--- a/src/map-renderer.ts
+++ b/src/map-renderer.ts
@@ -9,33 +9,15 @@ import { MapView as MapViewType } from '@deck.gl/core';
 import { MapTagSettings } from './settings/map-tag-settings';
 import type MapPlugin from './main';
 import type { ThumbnailCacheManager } from './thumbnail-cache';
-import { LatLng } from './types/latlng';
+import { LatLng } from './types/LatLng';
+import { MapPoint } from './types/MapPoint';
 
 function easeCubic(t: number): number {
     return t < 0.5 ? 4 * t * t * t : 1 - Math.pow(-2 * t + 2, 3) / 2;
 }
 
-type PropertyValue = string | number | boolean | string[] | null;
-
 export let currentViewState: MapViewState | null = null;
 
-interface MapProperty {
-    name: string;
-    value: PropertyValue;
-}
-
-export interface MapPoint {
-    location: LatLng.Verified;
-    title: string;
-    color?: string;
-    size?: number;
-    cover?: string;
-    file?: TFile;
-    tags?: string[];
-    properties?: MapProperty[];
-    polygon?: LatLng.Verified[];
-}
-
 interface TileIndex {
     index: {
         x: number;
diff --git a/src/pointutils.ts b/src/pointutils.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f152b5..0000000
--- a/src/pointutils.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-import { MapPoint } from "./map-renderer";
-import { LatLng } from "./types/latlng";
-
-export function haveLocationsChanged(points1: MapPoint[], points2: MapPoint[]): boolean {
-    return !arePointsEqual(points1, points2);
-}
-
-export function arePointsEqual(points1: MapPoint[], points2: MapPoint[]): boolean {
-    if (points1.length !== points2.length) return false;
-
-    for (let i = 0; i < points1.length; i++) {
-        const p1 = points1[i];
-        const p2 = points2[i];
-
-        if (!LatLng.equals(p1.location, p2.location) ||
-            p1.title !== p2.title ||
-            p1.color !== p2.color ||
-            p1.size !== p2.size ||
-            p1.cover !== p2.cover ||
-            p1.file?.path !== p2.file?.path) {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        const tags1 = p1.tags || [];
-        const tags2 = p2.tags || [];
-        if (tags1.length !== tags2.length || !tags1.every((tag, idx) => tag === tags2[idx])) {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        const props1 = p1.properties || [];
-        const props2 = p2.properties || [];
-        if (props1.length !== props2.length) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        for (let j = 0; j < props1.length; j++) {
-            if (props1[j].name !== props2[j].name || props1[j].value !== props2[j].value) {
-                return false;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    return true;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/types/MapPoint.ts b/src/types/MapPoint.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3336ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/types/MapPoint.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import { TFile } from "obsidian";
+import { LatLng } from "./LatLng";
+
+type PropertyValue = string | number | boolean | string[] | null;
+
+interface MapProperty {
+    name: string;
+    value: PropertyValue;
+}
+
+export interface MapPoint {
+    location: LatLng.Verified;
+    title: string;
+    color?: string;
+    size?: number;
+    cover?: string;
+    file?: TFile;
+    tags?: string[];
+    properties?: MapProperty[];
+    polygon?: LatLng.Verified[];
+}
+
+export namespace MapPoint {
+    export function areSamePlace(point1: MapPoint, point2: MapPoint): boolean {
+        return point1.location.lat === point2.location.lat && point1.location.lng === point2.location.lng;
+    }
+
+    export function areEqual(point1: MapPoint[], point2: MapPoint[]): boolean;
+    export function areEqual(point1: MapPoint, point2: MapPoint): boolean;
+
+    export function areEqual(
+        point1: MapPoint | MapPoint[], 
+        point2: MapPoint | MapPoint[]
+    ): boolean {
+        // Handle array case
+        if (Array.isArray(point1) && Array.isArray(point2)) {
+            if (point1.length !== point2.length) return false;
+            for (let i = 0; i < point1.length; i++) {
+                if (!areEqual(point1[i], point2[i])) return false;
+            }
+            return true;
+        }
+        
+        // Handle single MapPoint case
+        if (!Array.isArray(point1) && !Array.isArray(point2)) {
+            if (!LatLng.equals(point1.location, point2.location) ||
+                point1.title !== point2.title ||
+                point1.color !== point2.color ||
+                point1.size !== point2.size ||
+                point1.cover !== point2.cover ||
+                point1.file?.path !== point2.file?.path) {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            const tags1 = point1.tags || [];
+            const tags2 = point2.tags || [];
+            if (tags1.length !== tags2.length || !tags1.every((tag, idx) => tag === tags2[idx])) {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            const props1 = point1.properties || [];
+            const props2 = point2.properties || [];
+            if (props1.length !== props2.length) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            for (let j = 0; j < props1.length; j++) {
+                if (props1[j].name !== props2[j].name || props1[j].value !== props2[j].value) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
+        
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    export function haveLocationsChanged(points1: MapPoint[], points2: MapPoint[]): boolean {
+        return !areEqual(points1, points2);
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/src/views/map-bases-view.ts b/src/views/map-bases-view.ts
index 64f5bca..04e8b5b 100644
--- a/src/views/map-bases-view.ts
+++ b/src/views/map-bases-view.ts
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ import {
 } from 'obsidian';
 import { Deck, FlyToInterpolator, MapViewState } from '@deck.gl/core';
 import { MapView as MapViewType } from '@deck.gl/core';
-import { createMapRenderer, MapPoint, updateMapPoints } from '../map-renderer';
+import { createMapRenderer, updateMapPoints } from '../map-renderer';
 import MapPlugin from '../main';
-import { haveLocationsChanged } from '../pointutils';
 import { currentViewState } from '../map-renderer';
-import { LatLng } from '../types/latlng';
+import { LatLng } from '../types/LatLng';
 import { extractFromFrontmatter } from '../utils';
+import { MapPoint } from '../types/MapPoint';
 
 export const MapBasesViewType = 'map';
 export const SEARCH_DEBOUNCE_TIME = 300;
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ export class MapBasesView extends BasesView {
 
         const center = this.getCenter();
         const hasConfiguredCenter = center.lat !== 0 || center.lng !== 0;
-        const locationsChanged = haveLocationsChanged(points, this.lastPoints);
+        const locationsChanged = MapPoint.haveLocationsChanged(points, this.lastPoints);
         const configChanged = this.hasConfigMeaningfullyChanged();
 
         this.lastConfigState = { ...this.config.data };
diff --git a/src/views/map-timeline-bases-view.ts b/src/views/map-timeline-bases-view.ts
index 19bb0fa..4a936c0 100644
--- a/src/views/map-timeline-bases-view.ts
+++ b/src/views/map-timeline-bases-view.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
     ViewOption,
     setIcon,
 } from 'obsidian';
-import { MapPoint } from '../map-renderer';
+import { MapPoint } from '../types/MapPoint';
 import MapPlugin from '../main';
 import { MapBasesView } from './map-bases-view';