diff --git a/src/qgisapp.cpp b/src/qgisapp.cpp
index 90d7acf47b2..fe9a1d6bb62 100644
--- a/src/qgisapp.cpp
+++ b/src/qgisapp.cpp
@@ -37,187 +37,213 @@
 #include "qgisapp.h"
 #include "xpm/qgis.xpm"
 
-QgisApp::QgisApp(QWidget *parent, const char * name, WFlags fl ) : QgisAppBase(parent, name, fl ){
+QgisApp::QgisApp (QWidget * parent, const char *name, WFlags fl):
+QgisAppBase (parent, name, fl)
+{
   QPixmap icon;
-  icon = QPixmap(qgis_xpm);
-  setIcon(icon);
-  QGridLayout *FrameLayout = new QGridLayout( frameMain, 1, 2, 4, 6, "mainFrameLayout");
-  QSplitter *split = new QSplitter(frameMain);
-  mapToc = new QWidget(split);//frameMain);
+  icon = QPixmap (qgis_xpm);
+  setIcon (icon);
+  QGridLayout *FrameLayout =
+    new QGridLayout (frameMain, 1, 2, 4, 6, "mainFrameLayout");
+  QSplitter *split = new QSplitter (frameMain);
+  mapToc = new QWidget (split);	//frameMain);
   //add a canvas
-  mapCanvas = new QgsMapCanvas(split);
+  mapCanvas = new QgsMapCanvas (split);
   // resize it to fit in the frame
-  //	QRect r = frmCanvas->rect();
-  //	canvas->resize(r.width(), r.height());
-  mapCanvas->setBackgroundColor(QColor(220,235,255));
-  mapCanvas->setMinimumWidth(400);
+  //    QRect r = frmCanvas->rect();
+  //    canvas->resize(r.width(), r.height());
+  mapCanvas->setBackgroundColor (QColor (220, 235, 255));
+  mapCanvas->setMinimumWidth (400);
 
 
 
 
 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-  FrameLayout->addWidget( split, 0, 0 );
-  mapToc->setBackgroundColor(QColor(192,192,192));
- 
+
+
+
+
+  FrameLayout->addWidget (split, 0, 0);
+  mapToc->setBackgroundColor (QColor (192, 192, 192));
+
 }
-QgisApp::~QgisApp(){
+
+QgisApp::~QgisApp ()
+{
 }
-void QgisApp::addLayer(){
+void
+QgisApp::addLayer ()
+{
   // only supports postgis layers at present
   // show the postgis dialog
-  QgsDbSourceSelect *dbs = new QgsDbSourceSelect();
-  if(dbs->exec()){
-    // add files to the map canvas
-    QStringList tables = dbs->selectedTables();
-    QString connInfo = dbs->connInfo();
-    // for each selected table, connect to the datbase, parse the WKT geometry,
-    // and build a cavnasitem for it
-    // readWKB(connInfo,tables);
-    QStringList::Iterator it = tables.begin();
-    while( it != tables.end() ) {
-      
-      // create the layer
-      QgsDatabaseLayer *lyr = new QgsDatabaseLayer(connInfo, *it);
-      // add it to the mapcanvas collection
-      mapCanvas->addLayer(lyr);
-      // no drawing done -- need to pass the layer collection
-      // to the rendering engine (yet to be written)
-      ++it;
+  QgsDbSourceSelect *dbs = new QgsDbSourceSelect ();
+  if (dbs->exec ())
+    {
+      // add files to the map canvas
+      QStringList tables = dbs->selectedTables ();
+      QString connInfo = dbs->connInfo ();
+      // for each selected table, connect to the datbase, parse the WKT geometry,
+      // and build a cavnasitem for it
+      // readWKB(connInfo,tables);
+      QStringList::Iterator it = tables.begin ();
+      while (it != tables.end ())
+	{
+
+	  // create the layer
+	  QgsDatabaseLayer *lyr = new QgsDatabaseLayer (connInfo, *it);
+	  // add it to the mapcanvas collection
+	  mapCanvas->addLayer (lyr);
+	  // no drawing done -- need to pass the layer collection
+	  // to the rendering engine (yet to be written)
+	  ++it;
+	}
+
     }
-    
-  }
 
 }
-void QgisApp::fileExit(){
-  QApplication::exit();
+void
+QgisApp::fileExit ()
+{
+  QApplication::exit ();
 
 }
-void QgisApp::zoomIn(){
+
+void
+QgisApp::zoomIn ()
+{
   /*  QWMatrix m = mapCanvas->worldMatrix();
-      m.scale( 2.0, 2.0 );
-      mapCanvas->setWorldMatrix( m );
-  */
-  
+     m.scale( 2.0, 2.0 );
+     mapCanvas->setWorldMatrix( m );
+   */
+
 }
 
-void QgisApp::zoomOut()
+void
+QgisApp::zoomOut ()
 {
   /*    QWMatrix m = mapCanvas->worldMatrix();
-      m.scale( 0.5, 0.5 );
-      mapCanvas->setWorldMatrix( m );
-  */
-  
+     m.scale( 0.5, 0.5 );
+     mapCanvas->setWorldMatrix( m );
+   */
+
 
 }
-void QgisApp::readWKB(const char *connInfo, QStringList tables){
-  PgCursor pgc(connInfo, "testcursor");
+void
+QgisApp::readWKB (const char *connInfo, QStringList tables)
+{
+  PgCursor pgc (connInfo, "testcursor");
   // get "endianness"
   char *chkEndian = new char[4];
-  memset(chkEndian,'\0',4);
+  memset (chkEndian, '\0', 4);
   chkEndian[0] = 0xE8;
-  int *ce = (int *)chkEndian;
+  int *ce = (int *) chkEndian;
   bool isNDR = (232 == *ce);
   /*     if(*ce != 232)
-	 cout << "Big endian" << endl;
-	 else
-	 cout << "Little endian" << endl;
-  */
-   QStringList::Iterator it = tables.begin();
-  while( it != tables.end() ) {
-  
-  // get the extent of the layer
-  QString esql = "select extent(the_geom) from " + *it;
-  PgDatabase *pd = new PgDatabase(connInfo);
-  int result = pd->ExecTuplesOk((const char *)esql);
-  QString extent = pd->GetValue(0,0);
-  // parse out the x and y values
-  extent = extent.right(extent.length() - extent.find("BOX3D(")- 6);
-  QStringList coordPairs = QStringList::split(",", extent);
-  QStringList x1y1 = QStringList::split(" ", coordPairs[0]);
-  QStringList x2y2 = QStringList::split(" ", coordPairs[1]);
-  double x1 = x1y1[0].toDouble();
-  double y1 = x1y1[1].toDouble();
-  double x2 = x2y2[0].toDouble();
-  double y2 = x2y2[1].toDouble();
-  double xMu = x2 - x1;
-  double yMu = y2 - y1;
-  int subordinantAxisLength;
+     cout << "Big endian" << endl;
+     else
+     cout << "Little endian" << endl;
+   */
+  QStringList::Iterator it = tables.begin ();
+  while (it != tables.end ())
+    {
 
- 
-  // determine the dominate direction for the mapcanvas
-  if(mapCanvas->width() > mapCanvas->height()){
-    subordinantAxisLength = mapCanvas->height();
-    scaleFactor = yMu/subordinantAxisLength;
-  mapWindow = new QRect(x1,y1, xMu, xMu);
-  } else{
-    subordinantAxisLength = mapCanvas->width();
-    scaleFactor = xMu/subordinantAxisLength;
-  mapWindow = new QRect(x1,y1, yMu, yMu);
-  }
-
-  const char * xtent = (const char *)extent;
-  string sql = "select asbinary(the_geom,";
-  if(isNDR)
-    sql += "'NDR'";
-  else
-    sql += "'XDR'";
-  sql += ") as features from ";
-  sql += *it++;
-  cout << sql.c_str() << endl;
-  pgc.Declare(sql.c_str(), true);
-  int res = pgc.Fetch();
-  cout << "Number of binary records: " << pgc.Tuples() << endl;
-  bool setExtent = true;
-  // process each record
-  QPainter paint;
- 
-  paint.begin(mapCanvas);
-  paint.setWindow(*mapWindow);
-  QRect v = paint.viewport();
-    int d = QMIN( v.width(), v.height() );
-    paint.setViewport( v.left() + (v.width()-d)/2,
-    v.top() + (v.height()-d)/2, d, d );
+      // get the extent of the layer
+      QString esql = "select extent(the_geom) from " + *it;
+      PgDatabase *pd = new PgDatabase (connInfo);
+      int result = pd->ExecTuplesOk ((const char *) esql);
+      QString extent = pd->GetValue (0, 0);
+      // parse out the x and y values
+      extent = extent.right (extent.length () - extent.find ("BOX3D(") - 6);
+      QStringList coordPairs = QStringList::split (",", extent);
+      QStringList x1y1 = QStringList::split (" ", coordPairs[0]);
+      QStringList x2y2 = QStringList::split (" ", coordPairs[1]);
+      double x1 = x1y1[0].toDouble ();
+      double y1 = x1y1[1].toDouble ();
+      double x2 = x2y2[0].toDouble ();
+      double y2 = x2y2[1].toDouble ();
+      double xMu = x2 - x1;
+      double yMu = y2 - y1;
+      int subordinantAxisLength;
 
 
-  paint.setPen(Qt::red);
- 
-  for(int idx = 0; idx < pgc.Tuples(); idx++){
-    cout << "Size of this record: " << pgc.GetLength(idx,0) << endl;
-    // allocate memory for the item
-    char *feature = new char[pgc.GetLength(idx,0) +1]; 
-    memset(feature,'\0',pgc.GetLength(idx,0) +1);
-    memcpy(feature,pgc.GetValue(idx,0),pgc.GetLength(idx,0) );
-  
+      // determine the dominate direction for the mapcanvas
+      if (mapCanvas->width () > mapCanvas->height ())
+	{
+	  subordinantAxisLength = mapCanvas->height ();
+	  scaleFactor = yMu / subordinantAxisLength;
+	  mapWindow = new QRect (x1, y1, xMu, xMu);
+	}
+      else
+	{
+	  subordinantAxisLength = mapCanvas->width ();
+	  scaleFactor = xMu / subordinantAxisLength;
+	  mapWindow = new QRect (x1, y1, yMu, yMu);
+	}
 
-    cout << "Endian is: " << (int)feature[0] << endl;
-    cout << "Geometry type is: " << (int)feature[1] << endl;
-    // print the x,y coordinates
-    double *x = (double *)(feature+5);
-    double *y = (double*)(feature+5 + sizeof(double));
-    cout << "x,y: " << setprecision(16) << *x << ", " << *y << endl;
-    QPoint pt = paint.xForm(QPoint((int)*x, (int) *y));
-    cout << "Plotting " << *x << ", " << *y << " at " << pt.x() << ", " << pt.y() << endl;
-    paint.drawRect((int)*x, mapWindow->bottom()-(int)*y,15000,15000);
-    // free it 
-    delete[] feature;
-  }
-  paint.end();
-  }
+      const char *xtent = (const char *) extent;
+      string sql = "select asbinary(the_geom,";
+      if (isNDR)
+	sql += "'NDR'";
+      else
+	sql += "'XDR'";
+      sql += ") as features from ";
+      sql += *it++;
+      cout << sql.c_str () << endl;
+      pgc.Declare (sql.c_str (), true);
+      int res = pgc.Fetch ();
+      cout << "Number of binary records: " << pgc.Tuples () << endl;
+      bool setExtent = true;
+      // process each record
+      QPainter paint;
+
+      paint.begin (mapCanvas);
+      paint.setWindow (*mapWindow);
+      QRect v = paint.viewport ();
+      int d = QMIN (v.width (), v.height ());
+      paint.setViewport (v.left () + (v.width () - d) / 2,
+			 v.top () + (v.height () - d) / 2, d, d);
+
+
+      paint.setPen (Qt::red);
+
+      for (int idx = 0; idx < pgc.Tuples (); idx++)
+	{
+	  cout << "Size of this record: " << pgc.GetLength (idx, 0) << endl;
+	  // allocate memory for the item
+	  char *feature = new char[pgc.GetLength (idx, 0) + 1];
+	  memset (feature, '\0', pgc.GetLength (idx, 0) + 1);
+	  memcpy (feature, pgc.GetValue (idx, 0), pgc.GetLength (idx, 0));
+
+
+	  cout << "Endian is: " << (int) feature[0] << endl;
+	  cout << "Geometry type is: " << (int) feature[1] << endl;
+	  // print the x,y coordinates
+	  double *x = (double *) (feature + 5);
+	  double *y = (double *) (feature + 5 + sizeof (double));
+	  cout << "x,y: " << setprecision (16) << *x << ", " << *y << endl;
+	  QPoint pt = paint.xForm (QPoint ((int) *x, (int) *y));
+	  cout << "Plotting " << *x << ", " << *y << " at " << pt.
+	    x () << ", " << pt.y () << endl;
+	  paint.drawRect ((int) *x, mapWindow->bottom () - (int) *y, 15000,
+			  15000);
+	  // free it 
+	  delete[]feature;
+	}
+      paint.end ();
+    }
 }
 
 
-void QgisApp::drawPoint(double x,double y){
+void
+QgisApp::drawPoint (double x, double y)
+{
   QPainter paint;
-  QWMatrix mat(scaleFactor,0,0,scaleFactor,0,0);
-  paint.begin(mapCanvas);
+  QWMatrix mat (scaleFactor, 0, 0, scaleFactor, 0, 0);
+  paint.begin (mapCanvas);
   // paint.setWorldMatrix(mat);
-  paint.setWindow(*mapWindow);
- 
-  paint.setPen(Qt::blue);
-  paint.drawPoint(x,y);
-  paint.end();
+  paint.setWindow (*mapWindow);
+
+  paint.setPen (Qt::blue);
+  paint.drawPoint (x, y);
+  paint.end ();
 }
diff --git a/src/qgsdatabaselayer.cpp b/src/qgsdatabaselayer.cpp
index 20db683bb69..33ddcc3aa82 100644
--- a/src/qgsdatabaselayer.cpp
+++ b/src/qgsdatabaselayer.cpp
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 #include <qstring.h>
+#include <qrect.h>
 #include "qgsdatabaselayer.h"
 
 QgsDatabaseLayer::QgsDatabaseLayer(const char *conninfo, QString table) :
  QgsMapLayer(QgsMapLayer::DATABASE, table), tableName(table){
   dataSource = conninfo;
+  // set the extent of the layer
+  layerExtent.setTop(0);
 }
 QgsDatabaseLayer::~QgsDatabaseLayer(){
 }
+void QgsDatabaseLayer::calculateExtent(){
+}
diff --git a/src/qgsdatabaselayer.h b/src/qgsdatabaselayer.h
index af11f9b6cd3..b4b52e5c4b3 100644
--- a/src/qgsdatabaselayer.h
+++ b/src/qgsdatabaselayer.h
@@ -29,12 +29,13 @@ public:
 	QgsDatabaseLayer(const char *conninfo=0, QString table=QString::null);
 	~QgsDatabaseLayer();
  private:
-	
+	void calculateExtent();
 	QString type; // maps to one of the OGIS Simple geometry types
 	QString database;
 	QString tableName;
 	QString geometryColumn;
 	
+	
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/qgsmapcanvas.cpp b/src/qgsmapcanvas.cpp
index 8c3f00f39e5..e73bad70da5 100644
--- a/src/qgsmapcanvas.cpp
+++ b/src/qgsmapcanvas.cpp
@@ -24,4 +24,10 @@ QgsMapCanvas::~QgsMapCanvas(){
 }
 void QgsMapCanvas::addLayer(QgsMapLayer *lyr){
   layers[lyr->name()] = *lyr;
+  // set zpos to something...
+  //lyr->zpos = 0;
+}
+void QgsMapCanvas::render(){
+  // render all layers in the stack, starting at the base
+
 }
diff --git a/src/qgsmapcanvas.h b/src/qgsmapcanvas.h
index d4dbdbd9b7c..8b7998882a6 100644
--- a/src/qgsmapcanvas.h
+++ b/src/qgsmapcanvas.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ public:
 	QgsMapCanvas(QWidget *parent=0, const char *name=0);
 	~QgsMapCanvas();
 	void addLayer(QgsMapLayer *lyr);
+	void render();
 private:
 //! map containing the layers by name
 	map<QString,QgsMapLayer> layers;
diff --git a/src/qgsmaplayer.cpp b/src/qgsmaplayer.cpp
index 17ab1b151a3..424aa0fb9c5 100644
--- a/src/qgsmaplayer.cpp
+++ b/src/qgsmaplayer.cpp
@@ -34,4 +34,5 @@ void QgsMapLayer::setlayerName( const QString& _newVal){
 const QString QgsMapLayer::name(){
   return layerName;
 }
-
+void QgsMapLayer::calculateExtent(){
+}
diff --git a/src/qgsmaplayer.h b/src/qgsmaplayer.h
index a4271b83fba..5bfb470618d 100644
--- a/src/qgsmaplayer.h
+++ b/src/qgsmaplayer.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 /**
  *@author Gary E.Sherman
  */
-
+class QRect;
 class QgsMapLayer : public QgsDataSource  {
 
 	public: 
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ class QgsMapLayer : public QgsDataSource  {
   void setlayerName( const QString& _newVal);
   /** Read property of QString layerName. */
   const QString name();
+  virtual void calculateExtent();
+  const QRect extent();
 
 
 public: // Public attributes
@@ -43,14 +45,16 @@ enum LAYERS {
 	RASTER,
 DATABASE
 }  ;
-
+ protected:
+ QRect layerExtent; 
+  //! Position in the map stack 
+  int zpos;
 private: // Private attributes
   /** Name of the layer - used for display  */
   QString layerName;
   /** Type of the layer (eg. vector, raster, database  */
   int layerType;
-  //! Position in the map stack 
-  int zpos;
+
   //! Tag for embedding additional information
   QString tag;
  
diff --git a/src/xpm/point_layer.xpm b/src/xpm/point_layer.xpm
index 140f4ab04d5..c9fe20be089 100644
--- a/src/xpm/point_layer.xpm
+++ b/src/xpm/point_layer.xpm
@@ -1,24 +1,22 @@
 /* XPM */
 static const char *point_layer_xpm[]={
-"16 16 6 1",
+"16 16 4 1",
 ". c None",
-"c c #008000",
-"b c #54d10c",
-"d c #5fee0e",
-"# c #60ee0e",
-"a c #60ef0e",
+"b c #008080",
+"a c #00c0c0",
+"# c #00ffff",
 "................",
 "................",
 "................",
 "................",
 "................",
-"......#ab.......",
-".....aaabc......",
-"....aaaabcc.....",
-"....aaaabbc.....",
-"....dd#abcc.....",
-".....bcbcc......",
-"......ccc.......",
+"......#aa.......",
+".....###ab......",
+"....####abb.....",
+"....####aab.....",
+"....####abb.....",
+".....ababb......",
+"......bbb.......",
 "................",
 "................",
 "................",