diff --git a/docs/table-of-contents.json b/docs/table-of-contents.json
index 4b3b8f49..e4604d53 100644
--- a/docs/table-of-contents.json
+++ b/docs/table-of-contents.json
@@ -43,7 +43,13 @@
     {
       "title": "API Reference",
       "chapters": [
-        {
+        "title": "@math.gl/types",
+        "entries": [
+          {"entry": "modules/types/docs"},
+          {"entry": "modules/types/docs/api-reference/is-array"}
+        ]
+      },
+      {
           "title": "@math.gl/core",
           "entries": [
             {"entry": "modules/core/docs"},
diff --git a/docs/whats-new.md b/docs/whats-new.md
index e2c3e5bd..844a8733 100644
--- a/docs/whats-new.md
+++ b/docs/whats-new.md
@@ -25,7 +25,13 @@
   </tbody>
 </table>
 
-## v3.6 (In Development)
+## v3.7 (In Development)
+
+**`@math.gl/types`
+
+- Add `isTypedArray()` and `isNumericArray()` utilities that both check values and return properly restricted types to help write strictly typed code (avoids the `DataView` issue with `ArrayBuffer.isView()`).
+
+## v3.6
 
 Target Release Date: Q4, 2021
 
diff --git a/modules/core/src/index.ts b/modules/core/src/index.ts
index f2ec21b0..69ac9d7d 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/index.ts
+++ b/modules/core/src/index.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 // types
 export type {TypedArray, NumericArray} from '@math.gl/types';
 
+export type {isTypedArray, isNumericArray} from '@math.gl/types';
+
 // classes
 export {default as Vector2} from './classes/vector2';
 export {default as Vector3} from './classes/vector3';
diff --git a/modules/core/src/lib/common.ts b/modules/core/src/lib/common.ts
index 5638c6d3..a8f82adb 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/lib/common.ts
+++ b/modules/core/src/lib/common.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2017 Uber Technologies, Inc.
-// MIT License
-import {NumericArray} from '@math.gl/types';
+// math.gl, MIT license
+
+import type {NumericArray} from '@math.gl/types';
 
 import type MathArray from '../classes/base/math-array';
 
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ export function formatValue(
 /**
  * Check if value is an "array"
  * Returns `true` if value is either an array or a typed array
- *
  * Note: returns `false` for `ArrayBuffer` and `DataView` instances
+ * @note isTypedArray and isNumericArray are often more useful in TypeScript
  */
 export function isArray(value: unknown): boolean {
   return Array.isArray(value) || (ArrayBuffer.isView(value) && !(value instanceof DataView));
diff --git a/modules/types/docs/README.md b/modules/types/docs/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1dc1f7b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/types/docs/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Overview
+
+Minimal set of math types, intended to be used with very low cost (bundle size impact)
+across other frameworks.
+
+## Installation
+
+```bash
+npm install @math.gl/types
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/types/docs/api-reference/array-types.md b/modules/types/docs/api-reference/array-types.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..75592bf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/types/docs/api-reference/array-types.md
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Array Types
+
+## Types
+
+### `TypedArray`
+
+Any javascript typed array
+
+### `NumericArray`
+
+Any javascript typed array, or any javascript array containing numbers
+
+## Utilities
+
+### `isTypedArray(value: unknown): TypedArray | null`
+
+Avoids type problems with the `ArrayBuffer.isView()` check.
+
+### `isNumericArray(value: unknown): TypedArray | null`
+
+Avoids type problems with the `ArrayBuffer.isView()` check. 
+
+Note: only the type of the first element in a standard array is checked to be a `number`.
diff --git a/modules/types/src/number-array.ts b/modules/types/src/array-types.ts
similarity index 87%
rename from modules/types/src/number-array.ts
rename to modules/types/src/array-types.ts
index 476e14b9..0f6ed9b9 100644
--- a/modules/types/src/number-array.ts
+++ b/modules/types/src/array-types.ts
@@ -23,5 +23,6 @@ export type NumericArray = TypedArray | number[];
 
 /**
  * TypeScript type covering all typed arrays and classic arrays consisting of numbers
+ * @note alias for NumericArray
  */
-export type NumberArray = TypedArray | number[];
+export type NumberArray = NumericArray;
diff --git a/modules/types/src/index.ts b/modules/types/src/index.ts
index 614f7136..815f0b6d 100644
--- a/modules/types/src/index.ts
+++ b/modules/types/src/index.ts
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-export {TypedArray, NumberArray, NumericArray} from './number-array';
+export type {TypedArray, NumericArray, NumberArray} from './array-types';
+export {isTypedArray, isNumericArray} from './is-array';
diff --git a/modules/types/src/is-array.ts b/modules/types/src/is-array.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..daee3230
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/types/src/is-array.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import {TypedArray, NumericArray} from './array-types';
+
+/**
+ * Check is an array is a typed array
+ * @param value value to be tested
+ * @returns input as TypedArray, or null
+ */
+export function isTypedArray(value: unknown): TypedArray | null {
+  return ArrayBuffer.isView(value) && !(value instanceof DataView) ? (value as TypedArray) : null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Check is an array is a numeric array (typed array or array of numbers)
+ * @param value value to be tested
+ * @returns input as NumericArray, or null
+ */
+export function isNumericArray(value: unknown): NumericArray | null {
+  if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+    return value.length === 0 || typeof value[0] === 'number' ? (value as number[]) : null;
+  }
+  return isTypedArray(value);
+}
diff --git a/modules/types/test/index.ts b/modules/types/test/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d701ccb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/types/test/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// math.gl, MIT license
+
+import './is-array.spec';
diff --git a/modules/types/test/is-array.spec.ts b/modules/types/test/is-array.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b361fdf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/types/test/is-array.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+// math.gl, MIT license
+
+import test, {Test} from 'tape-promise/tape';
+import {isTypedArray, isNumericArray} from '@math.gl/types';
+
+const TEST_CASES: {value: unknown; isTypedArray: boolean; isNumericArray: boolean}[] = [
+  {value: new Float32Array(1), isTypedArray: true, isNumericArray: true},
+  {value: new Uint8Array(2), isTypedArray: true, isNumericArray: true},
+  {value: [], isTypedArray: false, isNumericArray: true},
+  {value: [100, 100], isTypedArray: false, isNumericArray: true},
+  {value: ['a'], isTypedArray: false, isNumericArray: false},
+  {value: new ArrayBuffer(4), isTypedArray: false, isNumericArray: false},
+  {value: new DataView(new ArrayBuffer(16)), isTypedArray: false, isNumericArray: false},
+  {value: undefined, isTypedArray: false, isNumericArray: false},
+  {value: null, isTypedArray: false, isNumericArray: false},
+  {value: {}, isTypedArray: false, isNumericArray: false},
+  {value: {length: 0}, isTypedArray: false, isNumericArray: false},
+  {value: 1, isTypedArray: false, isNumericArray: false},
+  {value: NaN, isTypedArray: false, isNumericArray: false},
+  {value: 'NaN', isTypedArray: false, isNumericArray: false},
+  {value: '', isTypedArray: false, isNumericArray: false}
+];
+
+test('math.gl#isTypedArray', (t) => {
+  for (const tc of TEST_CASES) {
+    t.equal(
+      Boolean(isTypedArray(tc.value)),
+      tc.isTypedArray,
+      `isTypedArray(${JSON.stringify(tc.value)}) => ${tc.isTypedArray}`
+    );
+  }
+  t.end();
+});
+
+test('math.gl#isNumericArray', (t) => {
+  for (const tc of TEST_CASES) {
+    t.equal(
+      Boolean(isNumericArray(tc.value)),
+      tc.isNumericArray,
+      `isNumericArray(${JSON.stringify(tc.value)}) => ${tc.isNumericArray}`
+    );
+  }
+  t.end();
+});
diff --git a/test/modules.spec.ts b/test/modules.spec.ts
index fdb8ede4..ce121bcb 100644
--- a/test/modules.spec.ts
+++ b/test/modules.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import '../modules/types/test';
 import '../modules/core/test';
 import '../modules/culling/test';
 import '../modules/geoid/test';
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index d6f4b61e..c4151041 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
       "@math.gl/sun/*": ["modules/sun/src/*"],
       "@math.gl/sun/test/*": ["modules/sun/test/*"],
       "@math.gl/types/*": ["modules/types/src/*"],
+      "@math.gl/types/test/*": ["modules/types/test/*"],
       "@math.gl/web-mercator/*": ["modules/web-mercator/src/*"],
       "@math.gl/web-mercator/test/*": ["modules/web-mercator/test/*"],
       "test/*": ["test/*"]