diff --git a/ohmg/frontend/svelte_components/src/components/Georeferencer.svelte b/ohmg/frontend/svelte_components/src/components/Georeferencer.svelte
index 83106e45..b63bf8db 100644
--- a/ohmg/frontend/svelte_components/src/components/Georeferencer.svelte
+++ b/ohmg/frontend/svelte_components/src/components/Georeferencer.svelte
@@ -23,11 +23,9 @@
 
   import { transformExtent } from 'ol/proj';
   import { containsXY } from 'ol/extent';
-  import { inflateCoordinatesArray } from 'ol/geom/flat/inflate';
 
   import Draw from 'ol/interaction/Draw';
   import Modify from 'ol/interaction/Modify';
-  import Snap from 'ol/interaction/Snap';
 
   import { gcpStyles, parcelStyles, emptyStyle } from '../lib/ol-styles';
   import {
@@ -93,8 +91,6 @@
   let currentBasemap;
   let currentZoom;
 
-  let enableSnapLayer = false;
-
   let currentPreviewId;
 
   let defaultExtent;
@@ -201,7 +197,7 @@
   const mapGCPLayer = new VectorLayer({
     source: mapGCPSource,
     style: gcpStyles.default,
-    zIndex: 30,
+    zIndex: 100,
   });
 
   // CREATE DISPLAY LAYERS
@@ -302,28 +298,9 @@
   }
 
   // SNAP LAYER STUFF
-  let pmLayer;
+  let parcelLayer;
   let parcelEntry;
   let localeMatch;
-  MAP.locale_lineage.forEach((slug) => {
-    if (parcelLookup[slug]) {
-      localeMatch = slug;
-      parcelEntry = parcelLookup[slug];
-      pmLayer = makePmTilesLayer(
-        parcelEntry.pmtilesUrl,
-        `<a target="_blank" href="${parcelEntry.attributionUrl}">${parcelEntry.attributionText}</a>`,
-        parcelStyles.inactive,
-      );
-      return;
-    }
-  });
-  const snapSource = new VectorSource({
-    overlaps: false,
-  });
-  const snapLayer = new VectorLayer({
-    source: snapSource,
-    style: emptyStyle,
-  });
 
   // MAKING INTERACTIONS
 
@@ -397,6 +374,7 @@
       return containsXY(docExtent, mapBrowserEvent.coordinate[0], mapBrowserEvent.coordinate[1]);
     }
 
+    
     docViewer.addInteraction('draw', makeDrawInteraction(docGCPSource, drawWithinDocCondition, emptyStyle));
     docViewer.addInteraction('modify', makeModifyInteraction(docGCPSource, docViewer.element));
 
@@ -420,8 +398,10 @@
     mapViewer.addControl(new MapScaleLine());
 
     // create interactions
-    const mapDrawGCPStyle = pmLayer ? gcpStyles.snapTarget : emptyStyle;
-    mapViewer.addInteraction('draw', makeDrawInteraction(mapGCPSource, null, mapDrawGCPStyle));
+    function drawStyleFunction() {
+      return parcelLayer.getVisible() ? gcpStyles.snapTarget : emptyStyle
+    }
+    mapViewer.addInteraction('draw', makeDrawInteraction(mapGCPSource, null, drawStyleFunction));
     mapViewer.addInteraction('modify', makeModifyInteraction(mapGCPSource, mapViewer.element));
 
     // add some event listening to the map
@@ -438,17 +418,20 @@
     mapViewer.addLayer(mainLayerGroup);
     mapViewer.addLayer(mainLayerGroup50);
 
-    // snap to parcels --- work-in-progress!
-    const snap = new Snap({
-      source: snapSource,
-      edge: false,
+    MAP.locale_lineage.forEach((slug) => {
+      if (parcelLookup[slug]) {
+        localeMatch = slug
+        parcelLayer = makePmTilesLayer(
+          parcelLookup[slug].pmtilesUrl,
+          `<a target="_blank" href="${parcelLookup[slug].attributionUrl}">${parcelLookup[slug].attributionText}</a>`,
+          parcelStyles.inactive,
+        );
+        parcelLayer.setZIndex(30)
+        parcelLayer.setVisible(false)
+        mapViewer.addSnappableVectorLayer(parcelLayer, 10, 17, parcelStyles.active, parcelStyles.inactive)
+        return;
+      }
     });
-    mapViewer.addInteraction('parcelSnap', snap);
-    mapViewer.interactions.parcelSnap.setActive(false);
-    // tried map.on('rendercomplete') here but sometimes it would fire constantly,
-    // so using these more specific event listeners
-    mapViewer.map.getView().on('change:resolution', refreshSnapSource);
-    mapViewer.map.on('moveend', refreshSnapSource);
 
     currentZoom = mapViewer.getZoom();
     mapViewer.map.getView().on('change:resolution', () => {
@@ -620,70 +603,6 @@
     }
   }
 
-  $: {
-    if (currentZoom < 17) {
-      enableParcelSnapping = false;
-    }
-  }
-
-  $: enableParcelSnapping = currentZoom >= 17;
-
-  function refreshSnapSource() {
-    if (!enableParcelSnapping || !pmLayer) {
-      return;
-    }
-    snapSource.clear();
-    const features = pmLayer.getFeaturesInExtent(mapViewer.map.getView().calculateExtent());
-    features.forEach(function (feature) {
-      const lineCoords = inflateCoordinatesArray(
-        feature.getFlatCoordinates(), // flat coordinates
-        0, // offset
-        feature.getEnds(), // geometry end indices
-        2, // stride
-      );
-      const geoJsonGeom = { coordinates: lineCoords, type: 'Polygon' };
-      const f = new GeoJSON().readFeature(geoJsonGeom, {
-        dataProjection: 'EPSG:3857',
-      });
-      if (!snapSource.hasFeature(f)) {
-        snapSource.addFeature(f);
-      }
-    });
-  }
-  function toggleSnap(enabled) {
-    if (!mapViewer || !pmLayer) {
-      return;
-    }
-    if (enabled) {
-      mapViewer.interactions.parcelSnap.setActive(true);
-      mapViewer.map.once('rendercomplete', refreshSnapSource);
-      pmLayer.setStyle(parcelStyles.active);
-    } else {
-      snapSource.clear();
-      mapViewer.interactions.parcelSnap.setActive(false);
-      pmLayer.setStyle(parcelStyles.inactive);
-    }
-  }
-  $: toggleSnap(enableParcelSnapping);
-
-  function toggleParcelLayer(enabled) {
-    if (!mapViewer || !pmLayer) {
-      return;
-    }
-    if (currentZoom < 10) {
-      enableParcelSnapping = false;
-    }
-    if (enabled) {
-      mapViewer.addLayer(snapLayer);
-      mapViewer.addLayer(pmLayer);
-    } else {
-      snapSource.clear();
-      mapViewer.map.removeLayer(snapLayer);
-      mapViewer.map.removeLayer(pmLayer);
-    }
-  }
-  $: toggleParcelLayer(enableSnapLayer);
-
   function setPreviewVisibility(mode) {
     if (!mapViewer) {
       return;
@@ -1077,11 +996,11 @@
           {/each}
         </select>
       </label>
-      {#if pmLayer}
+      {#if parcelLayer}
         <div style="display:flex; align-items:end;">
           <label class="checkbox">
             Parcels
-            <input type="checkbox" bind:checked={enableSnapLayer} disabled={currentZoom <= 10} />
+            <input type="checkbox" on:click={(evt) => {parcelLayer.setVisible(evt.target.checked)}} />
           </label>
           <InfoModalButton modalId="modal-parcels" size=".75em" />
         </div>
diff --git a/ohmg/frontend/svelte_components/src/lib/ol-styles.js b/ohmg/frontend/svelte_components/src/lib/ol-styles.js
index c6d6b654..6329353d 100644
--- a/ohmg/frontend/svelte_components/src/lib/ol-styles.js
+++ b/ohmg/frontend/svelte_components/src/lib/ol-styles.js
@@ -105,7 +105,12 @@ export const gcpStyles = {
   default: [gcpOutline, makeGcpX(gcpColors.default)],
   hover: [gcpOutline, makeGcpX(gcpColors.hover)],
   selected: [gcpOutline, makeGcpX(gcpColors.selected)],
-  snapTarget: smallCross,
+  snapTarget: new Style({
+    image: new Circle({
+      fill: new Fill({ color: colors.black }),
+      radius: 4,
+    }),
+  })
 };
 
 export const parcelStyles = {
@@ -123,6 +128,13 @@ export const parcelStyles = {
   }),
 };
 
+export const snapVertexStyle = new Style({
+  image: new Circle({
+    stroke: new Stroke({ color: colors.black, width: 1 }),
+    radius: 4,
+  }),
+});
+
 export const emptyStyle = new Style();
 
 // SPLIT INTERFACE
diff --git a/ohmg/frontend/svelte_components/src/lib/viewers.js b/ohmg/frontend/svelte_components/src/lib/viewers.js
index 4d57b6c2..161f0848 100644
--- a/ohmg/frontend/svelte_components/src/lib/viewers.js
+++ b/ohmg/frontend/svelte_components/src/lib/viewers.js
@@ -1,13 +1,24 @@
 import Map from 'ol/Map';
 import ZoomToExtent from 'ol/control/ZoomToExtent';
-import Draw from 'ol/interaction/Draw';
+import Snap from 'ol/interaction/Snap';
 import Link from 'ol/interaction/Link.js';
+import VectorSource from 'ol/source/Vector';
+import VectorLayer from 'ol/layer/Vector';
+import GeoJSON from 'ol/format/GeoJSON';
+
+import { toGeometry } from 'ol/render/Feature';
+
+import { containsXY, intersects } from 'ol/extent';
+
+import { snapVertexStyle } from '../lib/ol-styles';
 
 import { makeBasemaps } from './utils';
 
 export class MapViewer {
   interactions = {};
   currentBasemap = null;
+  currentVectorTileExtents = [];
+  snapCandidates = []
 
   constructor(elementId, maxTilesLoading) {
     if (!maxTilesLoading) {
@@ -109,4 +120,130 @@ export class MapViewer {
   getZoom() {
     return Math.round(this.map.getView().getZoom() * 10) / 10;
   }
+
+  addSnappableVectorLayer(layer, visMinZoom, snapMinZoom, activeStyle, inactiveStyle) {
+
+    const snapSource = new VectorSource({
+      overlaps: false,
+    });
+    const snapLayer = new VectorLayer({
+      source: snapSource,
+      zIndex: layer.get("zIndex") + 1,
+      style: snapVertexStyle,
+    });
+
+    const snap = new Snap({
+      source: snapSource,
+    });
+    this.addInteraction('parcelSnap', snap);
+
+    const collapseNestedCoordinates = (array, outCoords) => {
+      if (!outCoords) { outCoords = [] }
+      // if the first item in the list is not an array, then this is a coord
+      if (!Array.isArray(array[0])) {
+        outCoords.push(array)
+      } else {
+        array.forEach((a) => collapseNestedCoordinates(a, outCoords))
+      }
+      return outCoords
+    }
+
+    // this.map.on("moveend", () => {
+    //   getTilesInCurrentView()
+    // })
+
+    const self = this;
+    function getTilesInCurrentView() {
+      const zoom = Math.floor(self.getZoom()); // Get current integer zoom level
+      const tileGrid = layer.getSource().getTileGrid(); // Get the tile grid from the source
+      // console.log(extent)
+      // console.log(tileGrid)
+      const tiles = [];
+      
+      const [minX, minY, maxX, maxY] = self.map.getView().calculateExtent(self.map.getSize())
+      const cornerCoords = [[minX, minY], [maxX, minY], [minX, maxY], [maxX, maxY]]
+      cornerCoords.forEach((coord) => {
+        const tc = tileGrid.getTileCoordForCoordAndZ([coord[0], coord[1]], zoom)
+        console.log(tc)
+        const tile = layer.getSource().getTile(tc[0], tc[1], tc[2], 1, layer.getSource().getProjection())
+
+      });
+      // const blTc = tileGrid.getTileCoordForCoordAndZ([extent[0], extent[1]], zoom)
+      // const tlTc = tileGrid.getTileCoordForCoordAndZ([extent[0], extent[1]], zoom)
+      
+      // const tileCoord = tileGrid.getTileCoordForCoordAndZ([extent[0], extent[1]], zoom)
+      // console.log(tile)
+
+
+      console.log(`Tiles intersecting view at zoom ${zoom}:`, tiles);
+      return tiles;
+    }
+
+    layer.getSource().on("tileloadend", (evt) => {
+      evt.tile.getFeatures().forEach((f) => {
+        const featCoords = collapseNestedCoordinates(toGeometry(f).getCoordinates());
+        const featCoordsInTileExtent = featCoords.filter(i => containsXY(evt.tile.extent, i[0], i[1]))
+        self.snapCandidates.push(...featCoordsInTileExtent)
+      });
+    })
+
+    const refreshSnapSource = () => {
+      snapSource.clear();
+      if (this.getZoom() >= snapMinZoom && layer.getVisible()) {
+
+        const currentExtent = this.map.getView().calculateExtent()
+
+        const usedCoords = []
+        this.snapCandidates.forEach((coord) => {
+          const coordRnd = [parseFloat(coord[0].toFixed(6)), parseFloat(coord[1].toFixed(6))]
+          const coordStr = coordRnd.toString()
+            if (!usedCoords.includes(coordStr)) {
+              if (containsXY(currentExtent, coord[0], coord[1])) {
+                const geoJsonGeom = { coordinates: coordRnd, type: 'Point' };
+                const pnt = new GeoJSON().readFeature(geoJsonGeom, {
+                  dataProjection: 'EPSG:3857',
+                });
+                snapSource.addFeature(pnt);
+                usedCoords.push(coordStr)
+              }
+            }
+        })
+      }
+    }
+
+    this.map.on('moveend', () => {
+      refreshSnapSource()
+    });
+
+    layer.on('change:visible', () => {
+      if (layer.getVisible()) {
+        layer.once('postrender', () => {
+          setTimeout(refreshSnapSource, 500)
+        })
+      } else {
+        snapSource.clear()
+      }
+    })
+
+    this.map.getView().on('change:resolution', () => {
+      const currentZoom = this.getZoom();
+      // first handle the presence of this layer at all
+      if (currentZoom < visMinZoom) {
+        this.map.removeLayer(layer)
+      } else {
+        if (!this.map.getLayers().getArray().includes(layer)) {
+          this.map.addLayer(layer)
+        }
+      }
+      // now handle style based on whether it is snappable or not
+      if (currentZoom < snapMinZoom) {
+        layer.setStyle(inactiveStyle)
+      } else {
+        layer.setStyle(activeStyle)
+        if (!this.map.getLayers().getArray().includes(snapLayer)) {
+          this.map.addLayer(snapLayer)
+        }
+      }
+    });
+  }
 }