diff --git a/src/org/oscim/renderer/MapRenderer.java b/src/org/oscim/renderer/MapRenderer.java
index d30623ae..53167d56 100644
--- a/src/org/oscim/renderer/MapRenderer.java
+++ b/src/org/oscim/renderer/MapRenderer.java
@@ -662,8 +662,6 @@ public class MapRenderer extends GLSurfaceView {
 	public synchronized boolean passTile(JobTile jobTile) {
 		MapTile tile = (MapTile) jobTile;
 
-		// XXX this is concurrent with updateVisiblelist which set loading false
-		// temporarily
 		// if (!tile.isLoading) {
 		// // no one should be able to use this tile now, TileGenerator passed
 		// // it, GL-Thread does nothing until newdata is set.
diff --git a/src/org/oscim/renderer/TextureObject.java b/src/org/oscim/renderer/TextureObject.java
index f1ed2b2b..97b59628 100644
--- a/src/org/oscim/renderer/TextureObject.java
+++ b/src/org/oscim/renderer/TextureObject.java
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ public class TextureObject {
 	// shared bitmap and canvas for default texture size
 	public final static int TEXTURE_WIDTH = 256;
 	public final static int TEXTURE_HEIGHT = 256;
-	private static Bitmap mBitmap;
-	private static Canvas mCanvas;
+	private static Bitmap[] mBitmap;
+	private static Canvas[] mCanvas;
 	private static int mBitmapFormat;
 	private static int mBitmapType;
 	private static int objectCount = 10;
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public class TextureObject {
 			int format, int type, int w, int h) {
 
 		if (to == null) {
-			Log.d("...", "no fckn texture!");
+			Log.d("...", "no texture!");
 			return;
 		}
 		GLES20.glBindTexture(GLES20.GL_TEXTURE_2D, to.id);
@@ -100,22 +100,31 @@ public class TextureObject {
 			pool = to;
 		}
 
-		mBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(TEXTURE_WIDTH, TEXTURE_HEIGHT,
-				Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
-		mCanvas = new Canvas(mBitmap);
-		mBitmapFormat = GLUtils.getInternalFormat(mBitmap);
-		mBitmapType = GLUtils.getType(mBitmap);
+		mBitmap = new Bitmap[4];
+		mCanvas = new Canvas[4];
+
+		for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+			mBitmap[i] = Bitmap.createBitmap(TEXTURE_WIDTH, TEXTURE_HEIGHT,
+					Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
+			mCanvas[i] = new Canvas(mBitmap[i]);
+		}
+		mBitmapFormat = GLUtils.getInternalFormat(mBitmap[0]);
+		mBitmapType = GLUtils.getType(mBitmap[0]);
 	}
 
-	public static Canvas getCanvas() {
-		mBitmap.eraseColor(Color.TRANSPARENT);
+	private static int curCanvas = 0;
 
-		return mCanvas;
+	public static Canvas getCanvas() {
+		curCanvas = ++curCanvas % 4;
+
+		mBitmap[curCanvas].eraseColor(Color.TRANSPARENT);
+
+		return mCanvas[curCanvas];
 	}
 
 	public static TextureObject uploadCanvas(short offset, short indices) {
 		TextureObject to = get();
-		uploadTexture(to, mBitmap,
+		uploadTexture(to, mBitmap[curCanvas],
 				mBitmapFormat, mBitmapType,
 				TEXTURE_WIDTH, TEXTURE_HEIGHT);
 
diff --git a/src/org/oscim/renderer/TextureRenderer.java b/src/org/oscim/renderer/TextureRenderer.java
index bf19a4d0..1fe49197 100644
--- a/src/org/oscim/renderer/TextureRenderer.java
+++ b/src/org/oscim/renderer/TextureRenderer.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public class TextureRenderer {
 
 	static Layer draw(Layer layer, float scale, float[] projection,
 			float matrix[], int offset) {
-
+		GlUtils.checkGlError("draw texture0");
 		GLES20.glUseProgram(mTextureProgram);
 		GlUtils.checkGlError("draw texture1");
 
diff --git a/src/org/oscim/renderer/layer/TextLayer.java b/src/org/oscim/renderer/layer/TextLayer.java
index 4755198e..5e94e88b 100644
--- a/src/org/oscim/renderer/layer/TextLayer.java
+++ b/src/org/oscim/renderer/layer/TextLayer.java
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ import org.oscim.renderer.TextureRenderer;
 
 import android.graphics.Canvas;
 import android.util.FloatMath;
+import android.util.Log;
 
 public final class TextLayer extends TextureLayer {
 
-	private static String TAG = SymbolLayer.class.getSimpleName();
+	private static String TAG = TextureLayer.class.getSimpleName();
 
 	private final static int TEXTURE_WIDTH = TextureObject.TEXTURE_WIDTH;
 	private final static int TEXTURE_HEIGHT = TextureObject.TEXTURE_HEIGHT;
@@ -64,8 +65,8 @@ public final class TextLayer extends TextureLayer {
 
 	@Override
 	public void compile(ShortBuffer sbuf) {
-		// int numLabel = 0;
-
+		int numLabel = 0;
+		int numTextures = 0;
 		short numIndices = 0;
 		short offsetIndices = 0;
 
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ public final class TextLayer extends TextureLayer {
 
 		Canvas canvas = TextureObject.getCanvas();
 		for (TextItem it = labels; it != null; it = it.next) {
-			// numLabel++;
+			numLabel++;
 
 			float width = it.width + 2 * mFontPadX;
 			float height = (int) (it.text.fontHeight) + 2 * mFontPadY + 0.5f;
@@ -94,7 +95,9 @@ public final class TextLayer extends TextureLayer {
 				advanceY = (int) (height + 0.5f);
 
 				if (y + height > TEXTURE_HEIGHT) {
-					// Log.d(TAG, "reached max labels " + numLabel);
+					// Log.d(TAG, "reached max labels " + numTextures + " " +
+					// numLabel + " "
+					// + ((numIndices - offsetIndices) / 6));
 
 					// need to sync bitmap upload somehow???
 					TextureObject to = TextureObject.uploadCanvas(offsetIndices, numIndices);
@@ -113,6 +116,7 @@ public final class TextLayer extends TextureLayer {
 					// clear bitmap, TODO rotate two canvas to reduce the chance
 					// of having upload lock draing to the canvas?
 					canvas = TextureObject.getCanvas();
+					numTextures++;
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -206,11 +210,12 @@ public final class TextLayer extends TextureLayer {
 			// FIXME this does not work, need to draw bitmap on next
 			// texture...
 			if (pos == bufLen) {
+				Log.d(TAG, "--- reached max label per texture " + numLabel);
 				sbuf.put(buf, 0, pos);
 				pos = 0;
 			}
 
-			x += width + 1;
+			x += width;
 		}
 
 		TextureObject to = TextureObject.uploadCanvas(offsetIndices, numIndices);
@@ -220,7 +225,7 @@ public final class TextLayer extends TextureLayer {
 
 		sbuf.put(buf, 0, pos);
 
-		// Log.d(TAG, "added labels " + numLabel);
+		Log.d(TAG, "added labels " + numTextures + " " + numLabel);
 	}
 
 	@Override