diff --git a/lib/src/layer/tile_layer/tile_cover.dart b/lib/src/layer/tile_layer/tile_cover.dart
index 3e9a6a5e7..da4d11475 100644
--- a/lib/src/layer/tile_layer/tile_cover.dart
+++ b/lib/src/layer/tile_layer/tile_cover.dart
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class _TileSet implements TileCover {
   Set<TileCoordinates>? _wrappedTiles;
 
   final bool Function(TileCoordinates tile)? _isCovered;
+  final _expansions = <int, TileCover>{};
 
   _TileSet(
     Iterable<TileCoordinates> tiles, {
@@ -60,8 +61,10 @@ class _TileSet implements TileCover {
       TileCoordinates(tile.x % (1 << tile.z), tile.y, tile.z);
 
   @override
-  TileCover expand(int count) {
-    if (count == 0) return this;
+  TileCover expand(int count) =>
+      count == 0 ? this : _expansions.putIfAbsent(count, () => _expand(count));
+
+  TileCover _expand(int count) {
     final expanded = LinkedHashSet<TileCoordinates>.of(_tiles);
     for (final tile in _tiles) {
       for (var y = tile.y - count; y <= tile.y + count; y++) {
diff --git a/lib/src/layer/tile_layer/tile_cover_calculator.dart b/lib/src/layer/tile_layer/tile_cover_calculator.dart
index 2f7e46a4a..cc457e999 100644
--- a/lib/src/layer/tile_layer/tile_cover_calculator.dart
+++ b/lib/src/layer/tile_layer/tile_cover_calculator.dart
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class _Cover {
   final List<Offset> _corners;
   final Offset _pixelCenter;
   final int _tileZoom;
-  final _polygons = <int, List<Offset>>{};
+  final _grounds = <int, _Ground>{};
 
   _Cover({
     required this.camera,
@@ -95,12 +95,15 @@ class _Cover {
           camera.getZoomScale(zoom.toDouble(), _tileZoom.toDouble());
 
   /// The visible ground in pixels at [zoom].
-  List<Offset> _polygon(int zoom) => _polygons.putIfAbsent(zoom, () {
+  _Ground _ground(int zoom) => _grounds.putIfAbsent(zoom, () {
         final center = _centerAt(zoom);
         final scale = camera.getZoomScale(viewingZoom, zoom.toDouble());
-        return [for (final corner in _corners) center + corner / scale];
+        return _Ground(
+            [for (final corner in _corners) center + corner / scale]);
       });
 
+  List<Offset> _polygon(int zoom) => _ground(zoom).points;
+
   TileCover tiles() {
     final startZoom =
         _zoomAtScale(_corners.map(camera.groundScale).reduce(math.min));
@@ -158,35 +161,12 @@ class _Cover {
       );
 
   /// Whether [tile] and the visible ground overlap in more than an edge, as
-  /// in [DiscreteTileRange.fromPixelBounds]: a separating axis test.
-  bool _intersects(TileCoordinates tile) {
-    final polygon = _polygon(tile.z);
-    final square = _square(tile);
-    final squareCorners = [
-      square.topLeft,
-      square.topRight,
-      square.bottomRight,
-      square.bottomLeft,
-    ];
-    bool separated(Offset axis) {
-      double dot(Offset p) => p.dx * axis.dx + p.dy * axis.dy;
-      final a = polygon.map(dot);
-      final b = squareCorners.map(dot);
-      return a.reduce(math.max) <= b.reduce(math.min) ||
-          b.reduce(math.max) <= a.reduce(math.min);
-    }
-
-    if (separated(const Offset(1, 0)) || separated(const Offset(0, 1))) {
-      return false;
-    }
-    for (var i = 0; i < polygon.length; i++) {
-      final edge = polygon[(i + 1) % polygon.length] - polygon[i];
-      // Edges along the x and y axes were tested above.
-      if (edge.dx == 0 || edge.dy == 0) continue;
-      if (separated(Offset(-edge.dy, edge.dx))) return false;
-    }
-    return true;
-  }
+  /// in [DiscreteTileRange.fromPixelBounds].
+  bool _intersects(TileCoordinates tile) => _ground(tile.z).overlaps(
+        (tile.x * tileDimension).toDouble(),
+        (tile.y * tileDimension).toDouble(),
+        tileDimension.toDouble(),
+      );
 
   /// The part of the convex [polygon] inside [rect].
   static List<Offset> _clip(List<Offset> polygon, Rect rect) {
@@ -221,3 +201,57 @@ class _Cover {
   static Offset _atY(Offset a, Offset b, double y) =>
       Offset(a.dx + (b.dx - a.dx) * (y - a.dy) / (b.dy - a.dy), y);
 }
+
+/// A convex polygon, prepared for a separating axis test against squares.
+class _Ground {
+  final List<Offset> points;
+
+  /// The x and y axes, and the normals of the edges that aren't along them.
+  final List<Offset> _axes;
+
+  /// The smallest and largest projection of [points] onto each of [_axes].
+  final List<double> _mins;
+  final List<double> _maxs;
+
+  factory _Ground(List<Offset> points) {
+    final axes = [const Offset(1, 0), const Offset(0, 1)];
+    for (var i = 0; i < points.length; i++) {
+      final edge = points[(i + 1) % points.length] - points[i];
+      if (edge.dx != 0 && edge.dy != 0) axes.add(Offset(-edge.dy, edge.dx));
+    }
+    final mins = <double>[];
+    final maxs = <double>[];
+    for (final axis in axes) {
+      var min = double.infinity;
+      var max = double.negativeInfinity;
+      for (final p in points) {
+        final d = p.dx * axis.dx + p.dy * axis.dy;
+        if (d < min) min = d;
+        if (d > max) max = d;
+      }
+      mins.add(min);
+      maxs.add(max);
+    }
+    return _Ground._(points, axes, mins, maxs);
+  }
+
+  const _Ground._(this.points, this._axes, this._mins, this._maxs);
+
+  /// Whether the square at [left], [top] with sides of [size] and this polygon
+  /// overlap in more than an edge.
+  bool overlaps(double left, double top, double size) {
+    final right = left + size;
+    final bottom = top + size;
+    for (var i = 0; i < _axes.length; i++) {
+      final axis = _axes[i];
+      final x0 = axis.dx * left;
+      final x1 = axis.dx * right;
+      final y0 = axis.dy * top;
+      final y1 = axis.dy * bottom;
+      final min = math.min(x0, x1) + math.min(y0, y1);
+      final max = math.max(x0, x1) + math.max(y0, y1);
+      if (_maxs[i] <= min || max <= _mins[i]) return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/src/layer/tile_layer/tile_layer.dart b/lib/src/layer/tile_layer/tile_layer.dart
index b6ba5a611..48b3ed25e 100644
--- a/lib/src/layer/tile_layer/tile_layer.dart
+++ b/lib/src/layer/tile_layer/tile_layer.dart
@@ -367,6 +367,15 @@ class _TileLayerState extends State<TileLayer> with TickerProviderStateMixin {
   final _tileImageManager = TileImageManager();
   late TileBounds _tileBounds;
   late TileCoverCalculator _tileCoverCalculator;
+
+  /// The last result of [_visibleTileCover], which a build and the tile
+  /// update event of the same camera both use.
+  ({
+    MapCamera camera,
+    LatLng center,
+    double zoom,
+    TileCover cover
+  })? _lastTileCover;
   late TileScaleCalculator _tileScaleCalculator;
 
   // We have to hold on to the mapController hashCode to determine whether we
@@ -450,6 +459,7 @@ class _TileLayerState extends State<TileLayer> with TickerProviderStateMixin {
 
     // There is no caching in TileCoverCalculator so we can just replace it.
     _tileCoverCalculator = TileCoverCalculator(tileDimension: _tileDimension);
+    _lastTileCover = null;
 
     if (_tileBounds.shouldReplace(
         _tileBounds.crs, _tileDimension, widget.tileBounds)) {
@@ -661,14 +671,26 @@ class _TileLayerState extends State<TileLayer> with TickerProviderStateMixin {
     MapCamera camera, {
     LatLng? center,
     double? zoom,
-  }) =>
-      _tileCoverCalculator.calculate(
-        camera: camera,
-        tileZoom: _clampToNativeZoom(zoom ?? camera.zoom),
-        minNativeZoom: widget.minNativeZoom,
-        center: center,
-        viewingZoom: zoom,
-      );
+  }) {
+    center ??= camera.center;
+    zoom ??= camera.zoom;
+    final last = _lastTileCover;
+    if (last != null &&
+        last.camera == camera &&
+        last.center == center &&
+        last.zoom == zoom) {
+      return last.cover;
+    }
+    final cover = _tileCoverCalculator.calculate(
+      camera: camera,
+      tileZoom: _clampToNativeZoom(zoom),
+      minNativeZoom: widget.minNativeZoom,
+      center: center,
+      viewingZoom: zoom,
+    );
+    _lastTileCover = (camera: camera, center: center, zoom: zoom, cover: cover);
+    return cover;
+  }
 
   // For all valid TileCoordinates in the [tileLoadCover], expanded by the
   // [TileLayer.panBuffer], this method will do the following depending on