diff --git a/ios/MBXViewController.mm b/ios/MBXViewController.mm
index d700fb9b2..2034f5ff7 100644
--- a/ios/MBXViewController.mm
+++ b/ios/MBXViewController.mm
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #include <llmr/llmr.hpp>
 #include <llmr/platform/platform.hpp>
 
+NSString *const MBXNeedsRenderNotification = @"MBXNeedsRenderNotification";
+
 @interface MBXViewController () <UIGestureRecognizerDelegate>
 
 @property (nonatomic) EAGLContext *context;
@@ -77,9 +79,6 @@ class MBXMapView
 
     [EAGLContext setCurrentContext:self.context];
 
-    displayLink = [CADisplayLink displayLinkWithTarget:self selector:@selector(render:)];
-    [displayLink addToRunLoop:[NSRunLoop mainRunLoop] forMode:NSDefaultRunLoopMode];
-
     mapView->init();
 
     UIPanGestureRecognizer *pan = [[UIPanGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(handlePanGesture:)];
@@ -112,6 +111,25 @@ class MBXMapView
     UILongPressGestureRecognizer *threeFingerLongPress = [[UILongPressGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleThreeFingerLongPressGesture:)];
     threeFingerLongPress.numberOfTouchesRequired = 3;
     [self.view addGestureRecognizer:threeFingerLongPress];
+
+    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(startRender) name:MBXNeedsRenderNotification object:nil];
+
+    displayLink = [CADisplayLink displayLinkWithTarget:self selector:@selector(render:)];
+    [displayLink addToRunLoop:[NSRunLoop mainRunLoop] forMode:NSDefaultRunLoopMode];
+}
+
+- (void)startRender
+{
+    [NSObject cancelPreviousPerformRequestsWithTarget:self];
+
+    displayLink.paused = NO;
+
+    [self performSelector:@selector(stopRender) withObject:nil afterDelay:3.0];
+}
+
+- (void)stopRender
+{
+    displayLink.paused = YES;
 }
 
 - (void)render:(id)sender
@@ -162,6 +180,8 @@ class MBXMapView
 
         mapView->map.moveBy(finalCenter.x - self.center.x, finalCenter.y - self.center.y, duration);
     }
+
+    [self startRender];
 }
 
 - (void)handlePinchGesture:(UIPinchGestureRecognizer *)pinch
@@ -188,6 +208,8 @@ class MBXMapView
 
         mapView->map.scaleBy(powf(2, newZoom) / mapView->map.getScale(), [pinch locationInView:pinch.view].x, [pinch locationInView:pinch.view].y);
     }
+
+    [self startRender];
 }
 
 - (void)handleRotateGesture:(UIRotationGestureRecognizer *)rotate
@@ -200,30 +222,40 @@ class MBXMapView
     {
         mapView->map.setAngle(self.angle + rotate.rotation, [rotate locationInView:rotate.view].x, [rotate locationInView:rotate.view].y);
     }
+
+    [self startRender];
 }
 
 - (void)handleDoubleTapGesture:(UITapGestureRecognizer *)doubleTap
 {
     if (doubleTap.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateEnded)
         mapView->map.scaleBy(2, [doubleTap locationInView:doubleTap.view].x, [doubleTap locationInView:doubleTap.view].y, 0.5);
+
+    [self startRender];
 }
 
 - (void)handleTwoFingerTapGesture:(UITapGestureRecognizer *)twoFingerTap
 {
     if (twoFingerTap.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateEnded)
         mapView->map.scaleBy(0.5, [twoFingerTap locationInView:twoFingerTap.view].x, [twoFingerTap locationInView:twoFingerTap.view].y, 0.5);
+
+    [self startRender];
 }
 
 - (void)handleLongPressGesture:(UILongPressGestureRecognizer *)longPress
 {
     if (longPress.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateBegan)
         mapView->map.resetNorth();
+
+    [self startRender];
 }
 
 - (void)handleTwoFingerLongPressGesture:(UILongPressGestureRecognizer *)twoFingerLongPress
 {
     if (twoFingerLongPress.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateBegan)
         mapView->map.resetPosition();
+
+    [self startRender];
 }
 
 - (void)handleThreeFingerLongPressGesture:(UILongPressGestureRecognizer *)threeFingerLongPress
@@ -234,6 +266,8 @@ class MBXMapView
 
         self.debug = ! self.debug;
     }
+
+    [self startRender];
 }
 
 - (BOOL)gestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer shouldRecognizeSimultaneouslyWithGestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)otherGestureRecognizer
@@ -291,7 +325,9 @@ namespace llmr
 
                      func(res);
                  }
-            }];
+
+                 [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:MBXNeedsRenderNotification object:nil];
+             }];
         }
 
         void request_http(std::string url, std::function<void(Response&)> func, std::function<void()> cb)
@@ -302,18 +338,20 @@ namespace llmr
                                                queue:[NSOperationQueue mainQueue]
                                    completionHandler:^(NSURLResponse *response, NSData *data, NSError *error)
             {
-                 Response res;
+                Response res;
 
-                 if (error == nil)
-                 {
-                     res.code = [(NSHTTPURLResponse *)response statusCode];
-                     res.body = { (const char *)[data bytes], [data length] };
-                 }
+                if (error == nil)
+                {
+                    res.code = [(NSHTTPURLResponse *)response statusCode];
+                    res.body = { (const char *)[data bytes], [data length] };
+                }
                  
-                 func(res);
+                func(res);
 
-                 cb();
-             }];
+                cb();
+
+                [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:MBXNeedsRenderNotification object:nil];
+                }];
         }
 
         double time()