diff --git a/dist/locales/en.json b/dist/locales/en.json
index 0e247edf1..97b5a1693 100644
--- a/dist/locales/en.json
+++ b/dist/locales/en.json
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@
             },
             "custom_data": {
                 "tooltip": "Edit custom data layer",
-                "header": "Custom Data Settings",
+                "header": "Custom Map Data Settings",
                 "file": {
                     "instructions": "Choose a local data file. Supported types are:\n   .gpx, .kml, .geojson/.json, .pbf, .mvt",
                     "label": "Browse files"
diff --git a/modules/renderer/background.js b/modules/renderer/background.js
index b227784ca..2754c1001 100644
--- a/modules/renderer/background.js
+++ b/modules/renderer/background.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import _find from 'lodash-es/find';
-import _omit from 'lodash-es/omit';
 
 import { dispatch as d3_dispatch } from 'd3-dispatch';
 import { interpolateNumber as d3_interpolateNumber } from 'd3-interpolate';
diff --git a/modules/services/index.js b/modules/services/index.js
index 789628ed5..83cc8114b 100644
--- a/modules/services/index.js
+++ b/modules/services/index.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import serviceOpenstreetcam from './openstreetcam';
 import serviceOsm from './osm';
 import serviceStreetside from './streetside';
 import serviceTaginfo from './taginfo';
+import serviceVectorTile from './vector_tile';
 import serviceWikidata from './wikidata';
 import serviceWikipedia from './wikipedia';
 
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ export var services = {
     osm: serviceOsm,
     streetside: serviceStreetside,
     taginfo: serviceTaginfo,
+    vectorTile: serviceVectorTile,
     wikidata: serviceWikidata,
     wikipedia: serviceWikipedia
 };
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ export {
     serviceOsm,
     serviceStreetside,
     serviceTaginfo,
+    serviceVectorTile,
     serviceWikidata,
     serviceWikipedia
 };
diff --git a/modules/services/vector_tile.js b/modules/services/vector_tile.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03c1dbd42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/services/vector_tile.js
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+import _find from 'lodash-es/find';
+import _forEach from 'lodash-es/forEach';
+
+import { dispatch as d3_dispatch } from 'd3-dispatch';
+import { request as d3_request } from 'd3-request';
+
+import Protobuf from 'pbf';
+import vt from '@mapbox/vector-tile';
+
+import { utilRebind, utilTiler } from '../util';
+
+
+var tiler = utilTiler().tileSize(512);
+var dispatch = d3_dispatch('loadedData');
+var _vtCache;
+
+
+function abortRequest(i) {
+    i.abort();
+}
+
+
+function vtToGeoJSON(bufferdata) {
+    var tile = new vt.VectorTile(new Protobuf(bufferdata.data.response));
+    var layers = Object.keys(tile.layers);
+    if (!Array.isArray(layers)) { layers = [layers]; }
+
+    var collection = { type: 'FeatureCollection', features: [] };
+
+    layers.forEach(function (layerID) {
+        var layer = tile.layers[layerID];
+        if (layer) {
+            for (var i = 0; i < layer.length; i++) {
+                var feature = layer.feature(i).toGeoJSON(bufferdata.zxy[2], bufferdata.zxy[3], bufferdata.zxy[1]);
+                if (layers.length > 1) feature.properties.vt_layer = layerID;
+                collection.features.push(feature);
+            }
+        }
+    });
+
+    return collection;
+}
+
+
+function loadTile(source, tile) {
+    if (source.loaded[tile.id] || source.inflight[tile.id]) return;
+
+    var url = source.template
+        .replace('{x}', tile.xyz[0])
+        .replace('{y}', tile.xyz[1])
+        // TMS-flipped y coordinate
+        .replace(/\{[t-]y\}/, Math.pow(2, tile.xyz[2]) - tile.xyz[1] - 1)
+        .replace(/\{z(oom)?\}/, tile.xyz[2])
+        .replace(/\{switch:([^}]+)\}/, function(s, r) {
+            var subdomains = r.split(',');
+            return subdomains[(tile.xyz[0] + tile.xyz[1]) % subdomains.length];
+        });
+
+
+    source.inflight[tile.id] = d3_request(url)
+        .responseType('arraybuffer')
+        .get(function(err, data) {
+            source.loaded[tile.id] = true;
+            delete source.inflight[tile.id];
+            if (err || !data) return;
+
+            source.loaded[tile.id] = {
+                bufferdata: data,
+                geojson: vtToGeoJSON(data)
+            };
+
+            dispatch.call('loadedData');
+        });
+}
+
+
+export default {
+
+    init: function() {
+        if (!_vtCache) {
+            this.reset();
+        }
+
+        this.event = utilRebind(this, dispatch, 'on');
+    },
+
+
+    reset: function() {
+        for (var sourceID in _vtCache) {
+            var source = _vtCache[sourceID];
+            if (source && source.inflight) {
+                _forEach(source.inflight, abortRequest);
+            }
+        }
+
+        _vtCache = {};
+    },
+
+
+    addSource: function(sourceID, template) {
+        _vtCache[sourceID] = { template: template, inflight: {}, loaded: {} };
+        return _vtCache[sourceID];
+    },
+
+
+    data: function(sourceID, projection) {
+        var source = _vtCache[sourceID];
+        if (!source) return [];
+
+        // for now, return the FeatureCollection for each tile
+        var tiles = tiler.getTiles(projection);
+        return tiles.map(function(tile) {
+            var loaded = source.loaded[tile.id];
+            return loaded && loaded.geojson;
+        }).filter(Boolean);
+    },
+
+
+    loadTiles: function(sourceID, template, projection) {
+        var source = _vtCache[sourceID];
+        if (!source) {
+            source = this.addSource(sourceID, template);
+        }
+
+        var tiles = tiler.getTiles(projection);
+
+        // abort inflight requests that are no longer needed
+        _forEach(source.inflight, function(v, k) {
+            var wanted = _find(tiles, function(tile) { return k === tile.id; });
+
+            if (!wanted) {
+                abortRequest(v);
+                delete source.inflight[k];
+            }
+        });
+
+        tiles.forEach(function(tile) {
+            loadTile(source, tile);
+        });
+    },
+
+
+    cache: function() {
+        return _vtCache;
+    }
+
+};