diff --git a/webapp/src/components/LeafletMap.vue b/webapp/src/components/LeafletMap.vue
index 70cc281..ad94465 100644
--- a/webapp/src/components/LeafletMap.vue
+++ b/webapp/src/components/LeafletMap.vue
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import { onMounted, h, createApp, watch, type PropType } from 'vue';
 import L, { type LatLngExpression } from 'leaflet';
+import type { ALPR } from '@/types';
 
 import DFMapPopup from './DFMapPopup.vue';
 
@@ -33,7 +34,10 @@ const props = defineProps({
     type: Number,
     required: true,
   },
-  alprs: Array,
+  alprs: {
+    type: Array as PropType<ALPR[]>,
+    default: () => [],
+  },
   currentLocation: {
     type: Object as PropType<[number, number] | null>,
     default: null,
@@ -99,10 +103,9 @@ function populateMap() {
   clusterLayer = L.markerClusterGroup();
   circlesLayer = L.featureGroup();
 
-  for (let i = 0; i < 200; i++) {
-    const lat = 51.505 + (Math.random() - 0.5) * 0.1;
-    const lng = -0.09 + (Math.random() - 0.5) * 0.1;
-    const orientationDegrees = Math.random() * 360;
+  for (const alpr of props.alprs) {
+    const { lat, lon: lng } = alpr;
+    const orientationDegrees = alpr.tags?.direction || 0; // TODO: make sure this works with nodes w/o orientation
 
     let marker: L.CircleMarker | L.Marker;
 
@@ -129,7 +132,7 @@ function populateMap() {
         html: svgMarker,
         iconSize: [60, 60],
         iconAnchor: [30, 30],
-        popupAnchor: [0, -5],
+        popupAnchor: [0, -8],
       });
 
       marker = L.marker([lat, lng], { icon: icon });
@@ -155,11 +158,11 @@ function populateMap() {
       createApp({
         render() {
           return h(DFMapPopup, { alpr: {
-            id: `id-${i}`,
+            id: alpr.id,
             lat: lat,
             lon: lng,
-            tags: { type: 'car' },
-            type: "node",
+            tags: alpr.tags,
+            type: alpr.type,
           } });
         }
       }).use(createVuetify()).mount(popupContent);
@@ -221,6 +224,10 @@ function registerWatchers() {
     console.log("current location watcher triggered!");
     renderCurrentLocation();
   });
+
+  watch(() => props.alprs, (newAlprs, oldAlprs) => {
+    populateMap();
+  }); 
 }
 
 
diff --git a/webapp/src/stores/tiles.ts b/webapp/src/stores/tiles.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3434543
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webapp/src/stores/tiles.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+import { defineStore } from 'pinia';
+import { onBeforeMount, computed, ref, type Ref } from 'vue';
+import type { ALPR } from '@/types';
+import axios from 'axios';
+import type { BoundingBox } from '@/services/apiService'; // TODO: this is a strange place to hold this type
+
+const api = axios.create({
+  baseURL: 'https://cdn.deflock.me/regions',
+});
+
+export const useTilesStore = defineStore('tiles', () => {
+  // Key: "lat/lng", Value: ALPR[]
+  const tiles: Ref<Record<string, ALPR[]>> = ref({});
+  const availableTiles: Ref<string[]> = ref([]);
+  const expirationDateUtc: Ref<Date | null> = ref(null);
+  let tileUrlTemplate: string|undefined = undefined;
+  let tileSizeDegrees: number|undefined = undefined;
+
+  const fetchIndex = async (): Promise<void> => {
+    if (expirationDateUtc.value && expirationDateUtc.value > new Date()) {
+      console.debug('Index is not expired, using cached index');
+    } else {
+      console.debug('Index is expired or not set, fetching new index');
+      const response = await api.get('/index.json');
+      expirationDateUtc.value = new Date(response.data.expiration_utc);
+      availableTiles.value = response.data.regions;
+      tileUrlTemplate = response.data.tile_url;
+      tileSizeDegrees = response.data.tile_size_degrees;
+    }
+  }
+
+  const fetchAndAddTile = async (lat: number, lng: number): Promise<void> => {
+    const key = `${lat}/${lng}`;
+
+    if (tiles.value[key]) {
+      console.debug(`Tile ${key} is already cached, skipping fetch`);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (!tileUrlTemplate) {
+      console.warn('Tile URL template is not set, skipping fetch');
+      return;
+    }
+    const url = tileUrlTemplate.replace('{lat}/{lon}', key);
+    const tile = await api.get(url);
+
+    tiles.value[key] = tile.data;
+  }
+
+  const fetchVisibleTiles = async (boundingBox: BoundingBox): Promise<void> => {
+    if (!(tileUrlTemplate && tileSizeDegrees)) {
+      console.warn('Tile URL template is not set, skipping fetch');
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const { minLat: south, minLng: west, maxLat: north, maxLng: east } = boundingBox;
+
+    // Determine tiles in viewport
+    const visibleTiles = [];
+    for (let lat = Math.floor(south / tileSizeDegrees) * tileSizeDegrees; lat <= Math.ceil(north / tileSizeDegrees) * tileSizeDegrees; lat += tileSizeDegrees) {
+      for (let lng = Math.floor(west / tileSizeDegrees) * tileSizeDegrees; lng <= Math.ceil(east / tileSizeDegrees) * tileSizeDegrees; lng += tileSizeDegrees) {
+        const key = `${lat}/${lng}`;
+        if (!tiles.value[key] && availableTiles.value.includes(key)) {
+          visibleTiles.push({ lat, lng });
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Fetch missing tiles
+    const fetchPromises = visibleTiles.map(({ lat, lng }) =>
+      fetchAndAddTile(lat, lng)
+    );
+
+    await Promise.all(fetchPromises);
+  }
+
+  const allNodes = computed(() => Object.values(tiles.value).flat());
+
+  onBeforeMount(fetchIndex);
+
+  return {
+    fetchVisibleTiles,
+    allNodes,
+  };
+});
diff --git a/webapp/src/views/Map.vue b/webapp/src/views/Map.vue
index 670b92b..8939432 100644
--- a/webapp/src/views/Map.vue
+++ b/webapp/src/views/Map.vue
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
       v-model:zoom="zoom"
       :current-location="currentLocation"
       @update:bounds="updateBounds"
+      :alprs
     >
       <!-- SEARCH -->
       <template v-slot:topleft>
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ import type { Cluster } from '@/services/apiService';
 import { getALPRs, geocodeQuery, getClusters } from '@/services/apiService';
 import { useDisplay, useTheme } from 'vuetify';
 import { useGlobalStore } from '@/stores/global';
+import { useTilesStore } from '@/stores/tiles';
 import type { ALPR } from '@/types';
 import L from 'leaflet';
 globalThis.L = L;
@@ -75,6 +77,10 @@ const center: Ref<any|null> = ref(null);
 const bounds: Ref<BoundingBox|null> = ref(null);
 const searchField: Ref<any|null> = ref(null);
 const searchQuery: Ref<string> = ref('');
+const tilesStore = useTilesStore();
+
+const { fetchVisibleTiles } = tilesStore;
+const alprs = computed(() => tilesStore.allNodes);
 
 const router = useRouter();
 const { xs } = useDisplay();
@@ -85,8 +91,6 @@ const mapTileUrl = computed(() =>
     'https://tiles.stadiamaps.com/tiles/alidade_smooth_dark/{z}/{x}/{y}{r}.png' :
     'https://{s}.tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png'
 ); // TODO: implement dark mode in LeafletMap.vue
-
-const alprs: Ref<ALPR[]> = ref([]);
 const clusters: Ref<Cluster[]> = ref([]);
 const bboxForLastRequest: Ref<BoundingBox|null> = ref(null);
 const showClusters = computed(() => zoom.value <= CLUSTER_ZOOM_THRESHOLD);
@@ -148,12 +152,7 @@ function updateBounds(newBounds: any) {
   });
   bounds.value = newBoundingBox;
 
-  if (bboxForLastRequest.value && newBoundingBox.isSubsetOf(bboxForLastRequest.value)) {
-    console.debug('new bounds are a subset of the last request, skipping');
-    return;
-  }
-
-  // updateMarkers();
+  updateMarkers();
 }
 
 function updateURL() {
@@ -166,46 +165,17 @@ function updateURL() {
   });
 }
 
-watch(zoom, (newZoom, oldZoom) => {
-
-  if (newZoom <= CLUSTER_ZOOM_THRESHOLD && oldZoom > CLUSTER_ZOOM_THRESHOLD) {
-    bboxForLastRequest.value = bounds.value; 
-  } else if (newZoom < CLUSTER_ZOOM_THRESHOLD) {
-    alprs.value = [];
-    bboxForLastRequest.value = null;
-  }
-});
-
 function updateMarkers() {
   // Fetch ALPRs in the current view
   if (!bounds.value) {
     return;
   }
 
-  if (showClusters.value || !canRefreshMarkers.value) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  isLoadingALPRs.value = true;
-  getALPRs(bounds.value)
-    .then((result: any) => {
-      // merge incoming with existing, so that moving the map doesn't remove markers
-      const existingIds = new Set(alprs.value.map(alpr => alpr.id));
-      const newAlprs = result.elements.filter((alpr: any) => !existingIds.has(alpr.id));
-      alprs.value = [...alprs.value, ...newAlprs];
-      bboxForLastRequest.value = bounds.value;
-    })
-    .finally(() => {
-      isLoadingALPRs.value = false;
-    });
+  console.log('Fetching visible tiles');
+  fetchVisibleTiles(bounds.value);
 }
 
 onMounted(() => {
-  getClusters()
-    .then((result: any) => {
-      clusters.value = result.clusters;
-    });
-
   const hash = router.currentRoute.value.hash;
   if (hash) {
     const parts = hash.split('/');