diff --git a/src/ol/geom/flat/interpolateflatgeom.js b/src/ol/geom/flat/interpolateflatgeom.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6a7a54031d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ol/geom/flat/interpolateflatgeom.js
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+goog.provide('ol.geom.flat.interpolate');
+
+goog.require('goog.array');
+goog.require('goog.asserts');
+goog.require('goog.math');
+goog.require('ol.geom.flat');
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {Array.<number>} flatCoordinates Flat coordinates.
+ * @param {number} offset Offset.
+ * @param {number} end End.
+ * @param {number} stride Stride.
+ * @param {number} fraction Fraction.
+ * @param {Array.<number>=} opt_dest Destination.
+ * @return {Array.<number>} Destination.
+ */
+ol.geom.flat.interpolate.lineString =
+    function(flatCoordinates, offset, end, stride, fraction, opt_dest) {
+  // FIXME interpolate extra dimensions
+  goog.asserts.assert(0 <= fraction && fraction <= 1);
+  var pointX = NaN;
+  var pointY = NaN;
+  var n = (end - offset) / stride;
+  if (n === 0) {
+    goog.asserts.fail();
+  } else if (n == 1) {
+    pointX = flatCoordinates[offset];
+    pointY = flatCoordinates[offset + 1];
+  } else if (n == 2) {
+    pointX = (1 - fraction) * flatCoordinates[offset] +
+        fraction * flatCoordinates[offset + stride];
+    pointY = (1 - fraction) * flatCoordinates[offset + 1] +
+        fraction * flatCoordinates[offset + stride + 1];
+  } else {
+    var x1 = flatCoordinates[offset];
+    var y1 = flatCoordinates[offset + 1];
+    var length = 0;
+    var cumulativeLengths = [0];
+    var i;
+    for (i = offset + stride; i < end; i += stride) {
+      var x2 = flatCoordinates[i];
+      var y2 = flatCoordinates[i + 1];
+      length += Math.sqrt((x2 - x1) * (x2 - x1) + (y2 - y1) * (y2 - y1));
+      cumulativeLengths.push(length);
+      x1 = x2;
+      y1 = y2;
+    }
+    var target = fraction * length;
+    var index = goog.array.binarySearch(cumulativeLengths, target);
+    if (index < 0) {
+      var t = (target - cumulativeLengths[-index - 2]) /
+          (cumulativeLengths[-index - 1] - cumulativeLengths[-index - 2]);
+      var o = offset + (-index - 2) * stride;
+      pointX = goog.math.lerp(
+          flatCoordinates[o], flatCoordinates[o + stride], t);
+      pointY = goog.math.lerp(
+          flatCoordinates[o + 1], flatCoordinates[o + stride + 1], t);
+    } else {
+      pointX = flatCoordinates[offset + index * stride];
+      pointY = flatCoordinates[offset + index * stride + 1];
+    }
+  }
+  if (goog.isDefAndNotNull(opt_dest)) {
+    opt_dest.push(pointX, pointY);
+    return opt_dest;
+  } else {
+    return [pointX, pointY];
+  }
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {Array.<number>} flatCoordinates Flat coordinates.
+ * @param {number} offset Offset.
+ * @param {number} end End.
+ * @param {number} stride Stride.
+ * @param {number} m M.
+ * @param {boolean} extrapolate Extrapolate.
+ * @return {ol.Coordinate} Coordinate.
+ */
+ol.geom.flat.lineStringCoordinateAtM =
+    function(flatCoordinates, offset, end, stride, m, extrapolate) {
+  if (end == offset) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  var coordinate;
+  if (m < flatCoordinates[offset + stride - 1]) {
+    if (extrapolate) {
+      coordinate = flatCoordinates.slice(offset, offset + stride);
+      coordinate[stride - 1] = m;
+      return coordinate;
+    } else {
+      return null;
+    }
+  } else if (flatCoordinates[end - 1] < m) {
+    if (extrapolate) {
+      coordinate = flatCoordinates.slice(end - stride, end);
+      coordinate[stride - 1] = m;
+      return coordinate;
+    } else {
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
+  // FIXME use O(1) search
+  if (m == flatCoordinates[offset + stride - 1]) {
+    return flatCoordinates.slice(offset, offset + stride);
+  }
+  var lo = offset / stride;
+  var hi = end / stride;
+  while (lo < hi) {
+    var mid = (lo + hi) >> 1;
+    if (m < flatCoordinates[(mid + 1) * stride - 1]) {
+      hi = mid;
+    } else {
+      lo = mid + 1;
+    }
+  }
+  var m0 = flatCoordinates[lo * stride - 1];
+  if (m == m0) {
+    return flatCoordinates.slice((lo - 1) * stride, (lo - 1) * stride + stride);
+  }
+  var m1 = flatCoordinates[(lo + 1) * stride - 1];
+  goog.asserts.assert(m0 < m);
+  goog.asserts.assert(m <= m1);
+  var t = (m - m0) / (m1 - m0);
+  coordinate = [];
+  var i;
+  for (i = 0; i < stride - 1; ++i) {
+    coordinate.push(goog.math.lerp(flatCoordinates[(lo - 1) * stride + i],
+        flatCoordinates[lo * stride + i], t));
+  }
+  coordinate.push(m);
+  goog.asserts.assert(coordinate.length == stride);
+  return coordinate;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {Array.<number>} flatCoordinates Flat coordinates.
+ * @param {number} offset Offset.
+ * @param {Array.<number>} ends Ends.
+ * @param {number} stride Stride.
+ * @param {number} m M.
+ * @param {boolean} extrapolate Extrapolate.
+ * @param {boolean} interpolate Interpolate.
+ * @return {ol.Coordinate} Coordinate.
+ */
+ol.geom.flat.lineStringsCoordinateAtM = function(
+    flatCoordinates, offset, ends, stride, m, extrapolate, interpolate) {
+  if (interpolate) {
+    return ol.geom.flat.lineStringCoordinateAtM(
+        flatCoordinates, offset, ends[ends.length - 1], stride, m, extrapolate);
+  }
+  var coordinate;
+  if (m < flatCoordinates[stride - 1]) {
+    if (extrapolate) {
+      coordinate = flatCoordinates.slice(0, stride);
+      coordinate[stride - 1] = m;
+      return coordinate;
+    } else {
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
+  if (flatCoordinates[flatCoordinates.length - 1] < m) {
+    if (extrapolate) {
+      coordinate = flatCoordinates.slice(flatCoordinates.length - stride);
+      coordinate[stride - 1] = m;
+      return coordinate;
+    } else {
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
+  var i, ii;
+  for (i = 0, ii = ends.length; i < ii; ++i) {
+    var end = ends[i];
+    if (offset == end) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (m < flatCoordinates[offset + stride - 1]) {
+      return null;
+    } else if (m <= flatCoordinates[end - 1]) {
+      return ol.geom.flat.lineStringCoordinateAtM(
+          flatCoordinates, offset, end, stride, m, false);
+    }
+    offset = end;
+  }
+  goog.asserts.fail();
+  return null;
+};
diff --git a/src/ol/geom/flatgeom.js b/src/ol/geom/flatgeom.js
index 9ba82972fd..3acca91c64 100644
--- a/src/ol/geom/flatgeom.js
+++ b/src/ol/geom/flatgeom.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ goog.provide('ol.geom.flat');
 
 goog.require('goog.array');
 goog.require('goog.asserts');
-goog.require('goog.math');
 goog.require('goog.vec.Mat4');
 goog.require('ol.extent');
 
@@ -199,190 +198,6 @@ ol.geom.flat.inflateCoordinatesss =
 };
 
 
-/**
- * @param {Array.<number>} flatCoordinates Flat coordinates.
- * @param {number} offset Offset.
- * @param {number} end End.
- * @param {number} stride Stride.
- * @param {number} fraction Fraction.
- * @param {Array.<number>=} opt_dest Destination.
- * @return {Array.<number>} Destination.
- */
-ol.geom.flat.lineStringInterpolate =
-    function(flatCoordinates, offset, end, stride, fraction, opt_dest) {
-  // FIXME interpolate extra dimensions
-  goog.asserts.assert(0 <= fraction && fraction <= 1);
-  var pointX = NaN;
-  var pointY = NaN;
-  var n = (end - offset) / stride;
-  if (n === 0) {
-    goog.asserts.fail();
-  } else if (n == 1) {
-    pointX = flatCoordinates[offset];
-    pointY = flatCoordinates[offset + 1];
-  } else if (n == 2) {
-    pointX = (1 - fraction) * flatCoordinates[offset] +
-        fraction * flatCoordinates[offset + stride];
-    pointY = (1 - fraction) * flatCoordinates[offset + 1] +
-        fraction * flatCoordinates[offset + stride + 1];
-  } else {
-    var x1 = flatCoordinates[offset];
-    var y1 = flatCoordinates[offset + 1];
-    var length = 0;
-    var cumulativeLengths = [0];
-    var i;
-    for (i = offset + stride; i < end; i += stride) {
-      var x2 = flatCoordinates[i];
-      var y2 = flatCoordinates[i + 1];
-      length += Math.sqrt((x2 - x1) * (x2 - x1) + (y2 - y1) * (y2 - y1));
-      cumulativeLengths.push(length);
-      x1 = x2;
-      y1 = y2;
-    }
-    var target = fraction * length;
-    var index = goog.array.binarySearch(cumulativeLengths, target);
-    if (index < 0) {
-      var t = (target - cumulativeLengths[-index - 2]) /
-          (cumulativeLengths[-index - 1] - cumulativeLengths[-index - 2]);
-      var o = offset + (-index - 2) * stride;
-      pointX = goog.math.lerp(
-          flatCoordinates[o], flatCoordinates[o + stride], t);
-      pointY = goog.math.lerp(
-          flatCoordinates[o + 1], flatCoordinates[o + stride + 1], t);
-    } else {
-      pointX = flatCoordinates[offset + index * stride];
-      pointY = flatCoordinates[offset + index * stride + 1];
-    }
-  }
-  if (goog.isDefAndNotNull(opt_dest)) {
-    opt_dest.push(pointX, pointY);
-    return opt_dest;
-  } else {
-    return [pointX, pointY];
-  }
-};
-
-
-/**
- * @param {Array.<number>} flatCoordinates Flat coordinates.
- * @param {number} offset Offset.
- * @param {number} end End.
- * @param {number} stride Stride.
- * @param {number} m M.
- * @param {boolean} extrapolate Extrapolate.
- * @return {ol.Coordinate} Coordinate.
- */
-ol.geom.flat.lineStringCoordinateAtM =
-    function(flatCoordinates, offset, end, stride, m, extrapolate) {
-  if (end == offset) {
-    return null;
-  }
-  var coordinate;
-  if (m < flatCoordinates[offset + stride - 1]) {
-    if (extrapolate) {
-      coordinate = flatCoordinates.slice(offset, offset + stride);
-      coordinate[stride - 1] = m;
-      return coordinate;
-    } else {
-      return null;
-    }
-  } else if (flatCoordinates[end - 1] < m) {
-    if (extrapolate) {
-      coordinate = flatCoordinates.slice(end - stride, end);
-      coordinate[stride - 1] = m;
-      return coordinate;
-    } else {
-      return null;
-    }
-  }
-  // FIXME use O(1) search
-  if (m == flatCoordinates[offset + stride - 1]) {
-    return flatCoordinates.slice(offset, offset + stride);
-  }
-  var lo = offset / stride;
-  var hi = end / stride;
-  while (lo < hi) {
-    var mid = (lo + hi) >> 1;
-    if (m < flatCoordinates[(mid + 1) * stride - 1]) {
-      hi = mid;
-    } else {
-      lo = mid + 1;
-    }
-  }
-  var m0 = flatCoordinates[lo * stride - 1];
-  if (m == m0) {
-    return flatCoordinates.slice((lo - 1) * stride, (lo - 1) * stride + stride);
-  }
-  var m1 = flatCoordinates[(lo + 1) * stride - 1];
-  goog.asserts.assert(m0 < m);
-  goog.asserts.assert(m <= m1);
-  var t = (m - m0) / (m1 - m0);
-  coordinate = [];
-  var i;
-  for (i = 0; i < stride - 1; ++i) {
-    coordinate.push(goog.math.lerp(flatCoordinates[(lo - 1) * stride + i],
-        flatCoordinates[lo * stride + i], t));
-  }
-  coordinate.push(m);
-  goog.asserts.assert(coordinate.length == stride);
-  return coordinate;
-};
-
-
-/**
- * @param {Array.<number>} flatCoordinates Flat coordinates.
- * @param {number} offset Offset.
- * @param {Array.<number>} ends Ends.
- * @param {number} stride Stride.
- * @param {number} m M.
- * @param {boolean} extrapolate Extrapolate.
- * @param {boolean} interpolate Interpolate.
- * @return {ol.Coordinate} Coordinate.
- */
-ol.geom.flat.lineStringsCoordinateAtM = function(
-    flatCoordinates, offset, ends, stride, m, extrapolate, interpolate) {
-  if (interpolate) {
-    return ol.geom.flat.lineStringCoordinateAtM(
-        flatCoordinates, offset, ends[ends.length - 1], stride, m, extrapolate);
-  }
-  var coordinate;
-  if (m < flatCoordinates[stride - 1]) {
-    if (extrapolate) {
-      coordinate = flatCoordinates.slice(0, stride);
-      coordinate[stride - 1] = m;
-      return coordinate;
-    } else {
-      return null;
-    }
-  }
-  if (flatCoordinates[flatCoordinates.length - 1] < m) {
-    if (extrapolate) {
-      coordinate = flatCoordinates.slice(flatCoordinates.length - stride);
-      coordinate[stride - 1] = m;
-      return coordinate;
-    } else {
-      return null;
-    }
-  }
-  var i, ii;
-  for (i = 0, ii = ends.length; i < ii; ++i) {
-    var end = ends[i];
-    if (offset == end) {
-      continue;
-    }
-    if (m < flatCoordinates[offset + stride - 1]) {
-      return null;
-    } else if (m <= flatCoordinates[end - 1]) {
-      return ol.geom.flat.lineStringCoordinateAtM(
-          flatCoordinates, offset, end, stride, m, false);
-    }
-    offset = end;
-  }
-  goog.asserts.fail();
-  return null;
-};
-
-
 /**
  * @param {Array.<number>} flatCoordinates Flat coordinates.
  * @param {number} offset Offset.
diff --git a/src/ol/geom/linestring.js b/src/ol/geom/linestring.js
index 15ebb69cc8..71197f755c 100644
--- a/src/ol/geom/linestring.js
+++ b/src/ol/geom/linestring.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ goog.require('ol.geom.GeometryType');
 goog.require('ol.geom.SimpleGeometry');
 goog.require('ol.geom.flat');
 goog.require('ol.geom.flat.closest');
+goog.require('ol.geom.flat.interpolate');
 goog.require('ol.geom.flat.simplify');
 
 
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ ol.geom.LineString.prototype.getLength = function() {
  */
 ol.geom.LineString.prototype.getFlatMidpoint = function() {
   if (this.flatMidpointRevision_ != this.getRevision()) {
-    this.flatMidpoint_ = ol.geom.flat.lineStringInterpolate(
+    this.flatMidpoint_ = ol.geom.flat.interpolate.lineString(
         this.flatCoordinates, 0, this.flatCoordinates.length, this.stride,
         0.5, this.flatMidpoint_);
     this.flatMidpointRevision_ = this.getRevision();
diff --git a/src/ol/geom/multilinestring.js b/src/ol/geom/multilinestring.js
index 8581fde85b..781ccfb3fe 100644
--- a/src/ol/geom/multilinestring.js
+++ b/src/ol/geom/multilinestring.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ goog.require('ol.geom.LineString');
 goog.require('ol.geom.SimpleGeometry');
 goog.require('ol.geom.flat');
 goog.require('ol.geom.flat.closest');
+goog.require('ol.geom.flat.interpolate');
 goog.require('ol.geom.flat.simplify');
 
 
@@ -198,7 +199,7 @@ ol.geom.MultiLineString.prototype.getFlatMidpoints = function() {
   var i, ii;
   for (i = 0, ii = ends.length; i < ii; ++i) {
     var end = ends[i];
-    var midpoint = ol.geom.flat.lineStringInterpolate(
+    var midpoint = ol.geom.flat.interpolate.lineString(
         flatCoordinates, offset, end, stride, 0.5);
     goog.array.extend(midpoints, midpoint);
     offset = end;
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/geom/flat/interpolateflatgeom.test.js b/test/spec/ol/geom/flat/interpolateflatgeom.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d05b52214
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/spec/ol/geom/flat/interpolateflatgeom.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+goog.provide('ol.test.geom.flat.interpolate');
+
+describe('ol.geom.flat.interpolate', function() {
+
+  describe('ol.geom.flat.interpolate.lineString', function() {
+
+    it('returns the expected value for single points', function() {
+      var flatCoordinates = [0, 1];
+      var point =
+          ol.geom.flat.interpolate.lineString(flatCoordinates, 0, 2, 2, 0.5);
+      expect(point).to.eql([0, 1]);
+    });
+
+    it('returns the expected value for simple line segments', function() {
+      var flatCoordinates = [0, 1, 2, 3];
+      var point =
+          ol.geom.flat.interpolate.lineString(flatCoordinates, 0, 4, 2, 0.5);
+      expect(point).to.eql([1, 2]);
+    });
+
+    it('returns the expected value when the mid point is an existing ' +
+       'coordinate', function() {
+          var flatCoordinates = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
+          var point = ol.geom.flat.interpolate.lineString(
+              flatCoordinates, 0, 6, 2, 0.5);
+          expect(point).to.eql([2, 3]);
+        });
+
+    it('returns the expected value when the midpoint falls halfway between ' +
+       'two existing coordinates', function() {
+          var flatCoordinates = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7];
+          var point = ol.geom.flat.interpolate.lineString(
+              flatCoordinates, 0, 8, 2, 0.5);
+          expect(point).to.eql([3, 4]);
+        });
+
+    it('returns the expected value when the coordinates are not evenly spaced',
+        function() {
+          var flatCoordinates = [0, 1, 2, 3, 6, 7];
+          var point = ol.geom.flat.interpolate.lineString(
+              flatCoordinates, 0, 6, 2, 0.5);
+          expect(point).to.eql([3, 4]);
+        });
+
+  });
+
+});
+
+goog.require('ol.geom.flat');
+goog.require('ol.geom.flat.interpolate');
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/geom/flatgeom.test.js b/test/spec/ol/geom/flatgeom.test.js
index dbbf55bf90..75328a9660 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/geom/flatgeom.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/geom/flatgeom.test.js
@@ -84,49 +84,6 @@ describe('ol.geom.flat', function() {
     });
 
   });
-
-  describe('ol.geom.flat.lineStringInterpolate', function() {
-
-    it('returns the expected value for single points', function() {
-      var flatCoordinates = [0, 1];
-      var point =
-          ol.geom.flat.lineStringInterpolate(flatCoordinates, 0, 2, 2, 0.5);
-      expect(point).to.eql([0, 1]);
-    });
-
-    it('returns the expected value for simple line segments', function() {
-      var flatCoordinates = [0, 1, 2, 3];
-      var point =
-          ol.geom.flat.lineStringInterpolate(flatCoordinates, 0, 4, 2, 0.5);
-      expect(point).to.eql([1, 2]);
-    });
-
-    it('returns the expected value when the mid point is an existing ' +
-       'coordinate', function() {
-          var flatCoordinates = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
-          var point =
-              ol.geom.flat.lineStringInterpolate(flatCoordinates, 0, 6, 2, 0.5);
-          expect(point).to.eql([2, 3]);
-        });
-
-    it('returns the expected value when the midpoint falls halfway between ' +
-       'two existing coordinates', function() {
-          var flatCoordinates = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7];
-          var point =
-              ol.geom.flat.lineStringInterpolate(flatCoordinates, 0, 8, 2, 0.5);
-          expect(point).to.eql([3, 4]);
-        });
-
-    it('returns the expected value when the coordinates are not evenly spaced',
-        function() {
-          var flatCoordinates = [0, 1, 2, 3, 6, 7];
-          var point =
-              ol.geom.flat.lineStringInterpolate(flatCoordinates, 0, 6, 2, 0.5);
-          expect(point).to.eql([3, 4]);
-        });
-
-  });
-
   describe('ol.geom.flat.linearRingArea', function() {
 
     it('calcaultes the area of a triangle', function() {