diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 640dfa51a..4cf24afff 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
         <script src='js/lib/d3.latedrag.js'></script>
         <script src='js/lib/d3.keybinding.js'></script>
         <script src='js/lib/d3-compat.js'></script>
+        <script src='js/lib/queue.js'></script>
         <script src='js/lib/bootstrap-tooltip.js'></script>
 
         <script src='js/id/id.js'></script>
diff --git a/js/id/connection.js b/js/id/connection.js
index d24aeffc1..0c10d37d3 100644
--- a/js/id/connection.js
+++ b/js/id/connection.js
@@ -149,10 +149,6 @@ iD.Connection = function() {
         return true;
     }
 
-    function apiRequestExtent(extent) {
-        bboxFromAPI(extent, event.load);
-    }
-
     function loadTiles(projection) {
         var scaleExtent = [16, 16],
             s = projection.scale(),
@@ -176,10 +172,20 @@ iD.Connection = function() {
                 projection.invert([x + ts, y + ts])];
         }
 
-        return tiles
+        var q = queue(2);
+
+        var bboxes = tiles
             .filter(tileAlreadyLoaded)
             .map(apiExtentBox)
-            .map(apiRequestExtent);
+            .forEach(function(e) {
+                q.defer(bboxFromAPI, e);
+            });
+
+        q.awaitAll(function(err, res) {
+            var g = iD.Graph();
+            res.forEach(function(r) { g = g.merge(r); });
+            event.load(err, g);
+        });
     }
 
     connection.url = function(_) {
diff --git a/js/lib/queue.js b/js/lib/queue.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a3b9da47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/lib/queue.js
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+(function() {
+  if (typeof module === "undefined") self.queue = queue;
+  else module.exports = queue;
+
+  queue.version = "1.0.0";
+
+  function queue(parallelism) {
+    var queue = {},
+        active = 0, // number of in-flight deferrals
+        remaining = 0, // number of deferrals remaining
+        head, tail, // singly-linked list of deferrals
+        error = null,
+        results = [],
+        await = noop,
+        awaitAll;
+
+    if (arguments.length < 1) parallelism = Infinity;
+
+    queue.defer = function() {
+      if (!error) {
+        var node = arguments;
+        node.index = results.push(undefined) - 1;
+        if (tail) tail.next = node, tail = tail.next;
+        else head = tail = node;
+        ++remaining;
+        pop();
+      }
+      return queue;
+    };
+
+    queue.await = function(f) {
+      await = f;
+      awaitAll = false;
+      if (!remaining) notify();
+      return queue;
+    };
+
+    queue.awaitAll = function(f) {
+      await = f;
+      awaitAll = true;
+      if (!remaining) notify();
+      return queue;
+    };
+
+    function pop() {
+      if (head && active < parallelism) {
+        var node = head,
+            f = node[0],
+            a = Array.prototype.slice.call(node, 1),
+            i = node.index;
+        if (head === tail) head = tail = null;
+        else head = head.next;
+        ++active;
+        a.push(function(e, r) {
+          --active;
+          if (error != null) return;
+          if (e != null) {
+            // clearing remaining cancels subsequent callbacks
+            // clearing head stops queued tasks from being executed
+            // setting error ignores subsequent calls to defer
+            error = e;
+            remaining = results = head = tail = null;
+            notify();
+          } else {
+            results[i] = r;
+            if (--remaining) pop();
+            else notify();
+          }
+        });
+        f.apply(null, a);
+      }
+    }
+
+    function notify() {
+      if (error != null) await(error);
+      else if (awaitAll) await(null, results);
+      else await.apply(null, [null].concat(results));
+    }
+
+    return queue;
+  }
+
+  function noop() {}
+})();