diff --git a/src/components/__tests__/map.test.tsx b/src/components/__tests__/map.test.tsx
index b621f7ed..ee82e435 100644
--- a/src/components/__tests__/map.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/__tests__/map.test.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React, {FunctionComponent, PropsWithChildren} from 'react';
-import {cleanup, render, screen, waitFor} from '@testing-library/react';
+import {act, cleanup, render, screen, waitFor} from '@testing-library/react';
 import {initialize, mockInstances} from '@googlemaps/jest-mocks';
 import '@testing-library/jest-dom';
 
@@ -309,13 +309,168 @@ describe('camera configuration', () => {
   test.todo('initial camera state is passed via mapOptions, not moveCamera');
   test.todo('updated camera state is passed to moveCamera');
   test.todo("re-renders with unchanged camera state don't trigger moveCamera");
-  test.todo(
-    "re-renders with props received via events don't trigger moveCamera"
-  );
+
+  test("invalid camera events don't overwrite the last known camera state", async () => {
+    const listeners: Record<string, Array<() => void>> = {};
+    google.maps.event.addListener = jest.fn((_, eventName, handler) => {
+      listeners[eventName] ??= [];
+      listeners[eventName].push(handler as () => void);
+      return {remove: jest.fn()};
+    });
+    jest.spyOn(console, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => {});
+
+    const view = render(
+      <GoogleMap zoom={8} center={{lat: 53.55, lng: 10.05}} />,
+      {wrapper}
+    );
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByTestId('map')).toBeInTheDocument());
+
+    const mapInstance = jest.mocked(mockInstances.get(google.maps.Map).at(-1)!);
+    jest.mocked(mapInstance.getCenter).mockReturnValue({
+      toJSON: () => ({lat: 53.55, lng: 10.05})
+    } as google.maps.LatLng);
+    jest.mocked(mapInstance.getBounds).mockReturnValue({
+      toJSON: () => ({north: 54, east: 11, south: 53, west: 10})
+    } as google.maps.LatLngBounds);
+    jest.mocked(mapInstance.getZoom).mockReturnValue(8);
+
+    act(() => {
+      listeners.bounds_changed.forEach(listener => listener());
+    });
+
+    jest.mocked(mapInstance.moveCamera).mockClear();
+    jest.mocked(mapInstance.getZoom).mockReturnValue(NaN);
+
+    act(() => {
+      listeners.bounds_changed.forEach(listener => listener());
+    });
+
+    view.rerender(<GoogleMap zoom={8} center={{lat: 53.55, lng: 10.05}} />);
+
+    expect(mapInstance.moveCamera).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  test('tracked camera state accepts valid camera values while bounds are unavailable', async () => {
+    const listeners: Record<string, Array<() => void>> = {};
+    google.maps.event.addListener = jest.fn((_, eventName, handler) => {
+      listeners[eventName] ??= [];
+      listeners[eventName].push(handler as () => void);
+      return {remove: jest.fn()};
+    });
+
+    const view = render(
+      <GoogleMap zoom={8} center={{lat: 53.55, lng: 10.05}} />,
+      {wrapper}
+    );
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByTestId('map')).toBeInTheDocument());
+
+    const mapInstance = jest.mocked(mockInstances.get(google.maps.Map).at(-1)!);
+    jest.mocked(mapInstance.getCenter).mockReturnValue({
+      toJSON: () => ({lat: 53.55, lng: 10.05})
+    } as google.maps.LatLng);
+    jest.mocked(mapInstance.getBounds).mockReturnValue(undefined);
+    jest.mocked(mapInstance.getZoom).mockReturnValue(8);
+
+    act(() => {
+      listeners.bounds_changed.forEach(listener => listener());
+    });
+
+    jest.mocked(mapInstance.moveCamera).mockClear();
+
+    view.rerender(<GoogleMap zoom={8} center={{lat: 53.55, lng: 10.05}} />);
+
+    expect(mapInstance.moveCamera).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
 });
 
 describe('map events and event-props', () => {
-  test.todo('events dispatched by the map are received via event-props');
+  test('events dispatched by the map are received via event-props', async () => {
+    const listeners: Record<string, Array<() => void>> = {};
+    google.maps.event.addListener = jest.fn((_, eventName, handler) => {
+      listeners[eventName] ??= [];
+      listeners[eventName].push(handler as () => void);
+      return {remove: jest.fn()};
+    });
+
+    const handleCameraChanged = jest.fn();
+
+    render(
+      <GoogleMap
+        zoom={8}
+        center={{lat: 53.55, lng: 10.05}}
+        onCameraChanged={handleCameraChanged}
+      />,
+      {wrapper}
+    );
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByTestId('map')).toBeInTheDocument());
+
+    const mapInstance = jest.mocked(mockInstances.get(google.maps.Map).at(-1)!);
+    jest.mocked(mapInstance.getCenter).mockReturnValue({
+      toJSON: () => ({lat: 53.55, lng: 10.05})
+    } as google.maps.LatLng);
+    jest.mocked(mapInstance.getBounds).mockReturnValue({
+      toJSON: () => ({north: 54, east: 11, south: 53, west: 10})
+    } as google.maps.LatLngBounds);
+    jest.mocked(mapInstance.getZoom).mockReturnValue(8);
+
+    act(() => {
+      listeners.bounds_changed.forEach(listener => listener());
+    });
+
+    expect(handleCameraChanged).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        type: 'bounds_changed',
+        detail: {
+          center: {lat: 53.55, lng: 10.05},
+          zoom: 8,
+          heading: 0,
+          tilt: 0,
+          bounds: {north: 54, east: 11, south: 53, west: 10}
+        }
+      })
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('does not emit camera events with invalid map camera values', async () => {
+    const listeners: Record<string, Array<() => void>> = {};
+    google.maps.event.addListener = jest.fn((_, eventName, handler) => {
+      listeners[eventName] ??= [];
+      listeners[eventName].push(handler as () => void);
+      return {remove: jest.fn()};
+    });
+    jest.spyOn(console, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => {});
+
+    const handleCameraChanged = jest.fn();
+
+    render(
+      <GoogleMap
+        zoom={8}
+        center={{lat: 53.55, lng: 10.05}}
+        onCameraChanged={handleCameraChanged}
+      />,
+      {wrapper}
+    );
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByTestId('map')).toBeInTheDocument());
+
+    const mapInstance = jest.mocked(mockInstances.get(google.maps.Map).at(-1)!);
+    jest.mocked(mapInstance.getCenter).mockReturnValue({
+      toJSON: () => ({lat: 53.55, lng: 10.05})
+    } as google.maps.LatLng);
+    jest.mocked(mapInstance.getBounds).mockReturnValue({
+      toJSON: () => ({north: 54, east: 11, south: 53, west: 10})
+    } as google.maps.LatLngBounds);
+    jest.mocked(mapInstance.getZoom).mockReturnValue(NaN);
+
+    act(() => {
+      listeners.bounds_changed.forEach(listener => listener());
+    });
+
+    expect(handleCameraChanged).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
 });
 
 describe('internalUsageAttributionIds', () => {
diff --git a/src/components/map/use-map-events.ts b/src/components/map/use-map-events.ts
index 16550f7e..c43eb59a 100644
--- a/src/components/map/use-map-events.ts
+++ b/src/components/map/use-map-events.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ export function useMapEvents(
         map,
         eventType,
         (ev?: google.maps.MapMouseEvent | google.maps.IconMouseEvent) => {
-          handler(createMapEvent(eventType, map, ev));
+          const mapEvent = createMapEvent(eventType, map, ev);
+          if (mapEvent) handler(mapEvent);
         }
       );
 
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ function createMapEvent(
   type: string,
   map: google.maps.Map,
   srcEvent?: google.maps.MapMouseEvent | google.maps.IconMouseEvent
-): MapEvent {
+): MapEvent | null {
   const ev: MapEvent = {
     type,
     map,
@@ -106,19 +107,16 @@ function createMapEvent(
           'returned undefined. This is not expected to happen. Please ' +
           'report an issue at https://github.com/visgl/react-google-maps/issues/new'
       );
+
+      return null;
     }
 
     camEvent.detail = {
-      center: center?.toJSON() || {lat: 0, lng: 0},
-      zoom: (zoom as number) || 0,
+      center: center.toJSON(),
+      zoom: zoom as number,
       heading: heading as number,
       tilt: tilt as number,
-      bounds: bounds?.toJSON() || {
-        north: 90,
-        east: 180,
-        south: -90,
-        west: -180
-      }
+      bounds: bounds.toJSON()
     };
 
     return camEvent;
diff --git a/src/components/map/use-tracked-camera-state-ref.ts b/src/components/map/use-tracked-camera-state-ref.ts
index e97c83bb..78e786a2 100644
--- a/src/components/map/use-tracked-camera-state-ref.ts
+++ b/src/components/map/use-tracked-camera-state-ref.ts
@@ -15,20 +15,20 @@ function handleBoundsChange(map: google.maps.Map, ref: CameraStateRef) {
   const zoom = map.getZoom();
   const heading = map.getHeading() || 0;
   const tilt = map.getTilt() || 0;
-  const bounds = map.getBounds();
 
-  if (!center || !bounds || !Number.isFinite(zoom)) {
+  if (!center || !Number.isFinite(zoom)) {
     console.warn(
       '[useTrackedCameraState] at least one of the values from the map ' +
         'returned undefined. This is not expected to happen. Please ' +
         'report an issue at https://github.com/visgl/react-google-maps/issues/new'
     );
+
+    return;
   }
 
-  // fixme: do we need the `undefined` cases for the camera-params? When are they used in the maps API?
   Object.assign(ref.current, {
-    center: center?.toJSON() || {lat: 0, lng: 0},
-    zoom: (zoom as number) || 0,
+    center: center.toJSON(),
+    zoom: zoom as number,
     heading: heading as number,
     tilt: tilt as number
   });