diff --git a/vtm/src/org/oscim/renderer/elements/ElementLayers.java b/vtm/src/org/oscim/renderer/elements/ElementLayers.java
index 4e23850b..838475b0 100644
--- a/vtm/src/org/oscim/renderer/elements/ElementLayers.java
+++ b/vtm/src/org/oscim/renderer/elements/ElementLayers.java
@@ -267,10 +267,28 @@ public class ElementLayers extends TileData {
 
 	public void compile(ShortBuffer sbuf, boolean addFill) {
 
-		addLayerItems(sbuf, baseLayers, POLYGON, addFill ? 4 : 0);
+		int pos = addFill ? 4 : 0;
+
+		for (RenderElement l = baseLayers; l != null; l = l.next) {
+			if (l.type == POLYGON) {
+				l.compile(sbuf);
+
+				//log.debug("offset {} {}", l.offset, pos);
+				l.offset = pos;
+				pos += l.numVertices;
+			}
+		}
 
 		offset[LINE] = sbuf.position() * SHORT_BYTES;
-		addLayerItems(sbuf, baseLayers, LINE, 0);
+		pos = 0;
+		for (RenderElement l = baseLayers; l != null; l = l.next) {
+			if (l.type == LINE) {
+				l.compile(sbuf);
+
+				l.offset = pos;
+				pos += l.numVertices;
+			}
+		}
 
 		//offset[TEXLINE] = size * SHORT_BYTES;
 
@@ -285,34 +303,6 @@ public class ElementLayers extends TileData {
 		}
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * optimization for Line- and PolygonLayer:
-	 * collect all pool items and add back in one go.
-	 */
-	private static int addLayerItems(ShortBuffer sbuf, RenderElement l,
-	        int type, int pos) {
-
-		int size = 0;
-
-		for (; l != null; l = l.next) {
-			if (l.type != type)
-				continue;
-
-			size += l.vertexItems.compile(sbuf);
-
-			l.offset = pos;
-			pos += l.numVertices;
-		}
-		return size;
-	}
-
-	static void addPoolItems(RenderElement l, ShortBuffer sbuf) {
-
-		/* keep offset of layer data in vbo */
-		l.offset = sbuf.position() * SHORT_BYTES;
-		l.vertexItems.compile(sbuf);
-	}
-
 	public void setFrom(ElementLayers layers) {
 		setBaseLayers(layers.baseLayers);
 		setTextureLayers((TextureLayer) layers.textureLayers);
diff --git a/vtm/src/org/oscim/renderer/elements/LineTexLayer.java b/vtm/src/org/oscim/renderer/elements/LineTexLayer.java
index dc69ba2a..db730c56 100644
--- a/vtm/src/org/oscim/renderer/elements/LineTexLayer.java
+++ b/vtm/src/org/oscim/renderer/elements/LineTexLayer.java
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ public final class LineTexLayer extends RenderElement {
 
 	@Override
 	protected void compile(ShortBuffer sbuf) {
-		ElementLayers.addPoolItems(this, sbuf);
+		compileVertexItems(sbuf);
 		/* add additional vertex for interleaving, see TexLineLayer. */
 		sbuf.position(sbuf.position() + 6);
 	}
diff --git a/vtm/src/org/oscim/renderer/elements/MeshLayer.java b/vtm/src/org/oscim/renderer/elements/MeshLayer.java
index ecafcc36..e4c788d0 100644
--- a/vtm/src/org/oscim/renderer/elements/MeshLayer.java
+++ b/vtm/src/org/oscim/renderer/elements/MeshLayer.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public class MeshLayer extends RenderElement {
 		}
 
 		/* add vertices to shared VBO */
-		ElementLayers.addPoolItems(this, sbuf);
+		ElementLayers.compileVertexItems(this, sbuf);
 
 		/* add indices to indicesVbo */
 		sbuf = MapRenderer.getShortBuffer(numIndices);
diff --git a/vtm/src/org/oscim/renderer/elements/RenderElement.java b/vtm/src/org/oscim/renderer/elements/RenderElement.java
index 7c6706e2..5eb1f86c 100644
--- a/vtm/src/org/oscim/renderer/elements/RenderElement.java
+++ b/vtm/src/org/oscim/renderer/elements/RenderElement.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public abstract class RenderElement extends Inlist<RenderElement> {
 
 	/** compile vertex data to vbo. */
 	protected void compile(ShortBuffer sbuf) {
-
+		compileVertexItems(sbuf);
 	}
 
 	public int getOffset() {
@@ -76,4 +76,11 @@ public abstract class RenderElement extends Inlist<RenderElement> {
 	protected void compile(ShortBuffer vertexBuffer, ShortBuffer indexBuffer) {
 
 	}
+
+	protected void compileVertexItems(ShortBuffer sbuf) {
+		/* keep offset of layer data in vbo */
+		offset = sbuf.position() * 2;
+		vertexItems.compile(sbuf);
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/vtm/src/org/oscim/renderer/elements/TextureLayer.java b/vtm/src/org/oscim/renderer/elements/TextureLayer.java
index 1191136e..1ffe3bbb 100644
--- a/vtm/src/org/oscim/renderer/elements/TextureLayer.java
+++ b/vtm/src/org/oscim/renderer/elements/TextureLayer.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public abstract class TextureLayer extends RenderElement {
 			t.upload();
 
 		/* add vertices to vbo */
-		ElementLayers.addPoolItems(this, sbuf);
+		compileVertexItems(sbuf);
 	}
 
 	abstract public boolean prepare();