diff --git a/scripts/format-scope.json b/scripts/format-scope.json
index 629480f0b..41856b54e 100644
--- a/scripts/format-scope.json
+++ b/scripts/format-scope.json
@@ -1108,5 +1108,6 @@
   "src/app/layers/qaSources.js",
   "src/app/layers/qaSources.test.mjs",
   "scripts/qa-w1-layers.mjs",
-  "src/bench/w1Feeds.js"
+  "src/bench/w1Feeds.js",
+  "scripts/qa-map-switch.mjs"
 ]
diff --git a/src/globe/navara/maps.js b/src/globe/navara/maps.js
index f5dfc2c8b..ac223c598 100644
--- a/src/globe/navara/maps.js
+++ b/src/globe/navara/maps.js
@@ -57,15 +57,47 @@ function imageryFor(source) {
   }
 }
 
+// After a map change Navara 0.2.1 can report idle and stop drawing before a
+// raster tile it fetched arrives (measured at the whole-globe view: the
+// stack switch drew a stale picture until something else asked for a
+// frame). For a while after each change the engine asks for frames itself.
+const SETTLE_MS = 6000;
+const SETTLE_EVERY_MS = 250;
+
 /**
  * @param {object} view A Navara ThreeView (addSource, addLayer, attribution, forceUpdate).
- * @param {{ fetch?: typeof fetch }} [options]
+ * @param {{ fetch?: typeof fetch, setInterval?: Function,
+ *   clearInterval?: Function, now?: () => number }} [options] timers: test seams.
  * @returns {{ maps: object, destroy: () => void }}
  */
 export function createNavaraMaps(
   view,
-  { fetch: fetchJson = globalThis.fetch } = {},
+  {
+    fetch: fetchJson = globalThis.fetch,
+    setInterval: every = globalThis.setInterval,
+    clearInterval: stopEvery = globalThis.clearInterval,
+    now = () => performance.now(),
+  } = {},
 ) {
+  let settleTimer = null;
+  let settleUntil = 0;
+  const stopSettling = () => {
+    if (settleTimer !== null) stopEvery(settleTimer);
+    settleTimer = null;
+  };
+  // A frame now, and frames for SETTLE_MS while tiles arrive.
+  const changed = () => {
+    view.forceUpdate();
+    settleUntil = now() + SETTLE_MS;
+    if (settleTimer !== null || destroyed) return;
+    settleTimer = every(() => {
+      if (destroyed || now() >= settleUntil) {
+        stopSettling();
+        return;
+      }
+      view.forceUpdate();
+    }, SETTLE_EVERY_MS);
+  };
   const slots = { imagery: null, terrain: null, photoreal: null };
   // Base imagery and photoreal tiles share one switch order (display): the
   // call made last decides what shows.
@@ -105,7 +137,7 @@ export function createNavaraMaps(
       credits: shown,
       hidden: false,
     };
-    view.forceUpdate();
+    changed();
   }
 
   // Base imagery under photoreal is hidden rather than deleted (see show).
@@ -120,7 +152,7 @@ export function createNavaraMaps(
     });
     if (slot.credits.length)
       view.attribution?.[shown ? 'add' : 'remove'](slot.credits);
-    view.forceUpdate();
+    changed();
   }
 
   async function terrainFor(source) {
@@ -182,7 +214,7 @@ export function createNavaraMaps(
       if (destroyed || generation !== generations.terrain) return;
       if (!description) {
         clear('terrain');
-        view.forceUpdate();
+        changed();
         return;
       }
       if (slots.terrain?.key === description.url) return;
@@ -198,7 +230,7 @@ export function createNavaraMaps(
           setImageryShown(true);
           currentBase = baseSource;
         }
-        view.forceUpdate();
+        changed();
         return;
       }
       const key = String(source.googleApiKey || '').trim();
@@ -235,7 +267,7 @@ export function createNavaraMaps(
       if (tilesSource !== source) return;
       tilesSource = null;
       clear('photoreal');
-      view.forceUpdate();
+      changed();
     },
     photorealActive: () => slots.photoreal != null,
     current: () => ({ baseImagery: currentBase, photoreal: tilesSource }),
@@ -246,6 +278,7 @@ export function createNavaraMaps(
     destroy() {
       if (destroyed) return;
       destroyed = true;
+      stopSettling();
       for (const name of Object.keys(slots)) clear(name);
     },
   };
diff --git a/src/globe/navara/maps.test.mjs b/src/globe/navara/maps.test.mjs
index c2765b50e..3c16af355 100644
--- a/src/globe/navara/maps.test.mjs
+++ b/src/globe/navara/maps.test.mjs
@@ -295,3 +295,48 @@ test('releasePhotorealTiles forgets the source and takes its tiles away if shown
   assert.equal(maps.current().photoreal, null);
   assert.equal(layersOf(view, '3d-tiles').length, 0);
 });
+
+test('after a map change Navara keeps redrawing while tiles arrive, then stops', async () => {
+  const view = fakeView();
+  const timers = [];
+  let now = 0;
+  const { maps, destroy } = createNavaraMaps(view, {
+    setInterval: (fn, ms) => {
+      const timer = { fn, ms, cleared: false };
+      timers.push(timer);
+      return timer;
+    },
+    clearInterval: (timer) => {
+      if (timer) timer.cleared = true;
+    },
+    now: () => now,
+  });
+  const tick = (ms) => {
+    for (let t = 0; t < ms; t += 250) {
+      now += 250;
+      for (const timer of timers) if (!timer.cleared) timer.fn();
+    }
+  };
+  await maps.setBaseImagery({ kind: 'osm' });
+  const afterChange = view.frames;
+  tick(1000);
+  // Navara 0.2.1 can report idle and stop drawing before a raster tile it
+  // fetched arrives: the engine asks for frames for a while after a change.
+  assert.ok(view.frames >= afterChange + 4, `frames ${view.frames}`);
+  tick(10_000);
+  const settled = view.frames;
+  tick(5_000);
+  assert.equal(view.frames, settled, 'idle again once the window ends');
+  assert.ok(
+    timers.every((timer) => timer.cleared),
+    'no timer left running',
+  );
+  // Another change opens a new window; destroy ends it.
+  await maps.setBaseImagery({ kind: 'esri-imagery' });
+  tick(500);
+  assert.ok(view.frames > settled + 1);
+  destroy();
+  const atDestroy = view.frames;
+  tick(2000);
+  assert.equal(view.frames, atDestroy);
+});