diff --git a/src/org/oscim/renderer/overlays/ExtrusionOverlay.java b/src/org/oscim/renderer/overlays/ExtrusionOverlay.java
index 5d48ec32..2b700574 100644
--- a/src/org/oscim/renderer/overlays/ExtrusionOverlay.java
+++ b/src/org/oscim/renderer/overlays/ExtrusionOverlay.java
@@ -412,22 +412,24 @@ public class ExtrusionOverlay extends RenderOverlay {
 					+ "    color = u_color[0];"
 					+ "  else {"
 					//    decrease contrast with distance
-					+ "   float z = (0.9 + gl_Position.z * 0.1);"
 					+ "   if (u_mode == 1){"
 					//     sides 1 - use 0xff00
 					//     scale direction to -0.5<>0.5 
 					+ "    float dir = abs(a_light.y / ff - 0.5);"
-					+ "    color = u_color[1] * z;"
+					+ "    float z = (0.98 + gl_Position.z * 0.02);"
+					+ "    color = u_color[1];"
 					+ "    color.rgb *= (0.7 + dir * 0.4) * z;"
 					+ "  } else if (u_mode == 2){"
 					//     sides 2 - use 0x00ff
 					+ "    float dir = abs(a_light.x / ff - 0.5);"
+					+ "    float z = (0.95 + gl_Position.z * 0.05);"
 					+ "    color = u_color[2] * z;"
 					+ "    color.rgb *= (0.7 + dir * 0.4) * z;"
-					+ "  } else"
+					+ "  } else {"
 					//     outline
+					+ "    float z = (0.8 - gl_Position.z * 0.2);"
 					+ "    color = u_color[3] * z;"
-					+ "}}"
+					+ "}}}"
 	};
 
 	final static String extrusionFragmentShader = ""
@@ -437,16 +439,16 @@ public class ExtrusionOverlay extends RenderOverlay {
 			+ "  gl_FragColor = color;"
 			+ "}";
 
-	//	final static String extrusionFragmentShader = ""
-	//			+ "precision highp float;"
-	//			+ "uniform vec4 u_color;"
-	//			+ "varying float z;"
-	//			+ "void main() {"
-	//			+ "if (z < 0.0)"
-	//			+ "  gl_FragColor = vec4(z * -1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0);"
-	//			+ "else"
-	//			+ "  gl_FragColor = vec4(0.0, 0.0, z, 1.0);"
-	//			+ "}";
+	final static String extrusionFragmentShaderZ = ""
+			+ "precision highp float;"
+			+ "uniform vec4 u_color;"
+			+ "varying float z;"
+			+ "void main() {"
+			+ "if (z < 0.0)"
+			+ "  gl_FragColor = vec4(z * -1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0);"
+			+ "else"
+			+ "  gl_FragColor = vec4(0.0, 0.0, z, 1.0);"
+			+ "}";
 
 	public void setAlpha(float a) {
 		mAlpha = a;
diff --git a/src/org/oscim/view/MapViewPosition.java b/src/org/oscim/view/MapViewPosition.java
index 5f723c68..497a16c1 100644
--- a/src/org/oscim/view/MapViewPosition.java
+++ b/src/org/oscim/view/MapViewPosition.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import org.oscim.core.MapPosition;
 import org.oscim.core.MercatorProjection;
 import org.oscim.core.Tile;
 import org.oscim.utils.FastMath;
-import org.oscim.utils.GeometryUtils;
 import org.oscim.utils.GeometryUtils.Point2D;
 import org.oscim.utils.GlUtils;
 
@@ -98,8 +97,8 @@ public class MapViewPosition {
 	private float mHeight, mWidth;
 
 	public final static float VIEW_DISTANCE = 3.0f;
-	public final static float VIEW_NEAR = 2;
-	public final static float VIEW_FAR = 7;
+	public final static float VIEW_NEAR = 1;
+	public final static float VIEW_FAR = 6;
 	// scale map plane at VIEW_DISTANCE to near plane
 	public final static float VIEW_SCALE = (VIEW_NEAR / VIEW_DISTANCE) * 0.5f;
 
@@ -163,22 +162,6 @@ public class MapViewPosition {
 		return true;
 	}
 
-	public static byte calcLinesIntersect(
-
-			double ax2, double ay2,
-			double bx1, double by1,
-			double bx2, double by2,
-			GeometryUtils.Point2D point)
-	{
-		double ua_numr = (bx2 - bx1) * (-by1) - (by2 - by1) * (-bx1);
-		double denr = (by2 - by1) * (ax2) - (bx2 - bx1) * (ay2);
-		double ua = ua_numr / denr;
-
-		point.x = ua * ax2;
-		point.y = ua * ay2;
-		return 1;
-	}
-
 	// get the z-value of the map-plane for a point on screen
 	private float getZ(float y) {
 		// calculate the intersection of a ray from