diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bd6c141..a0b93d0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Discover the world in your console!
 * [`node-mbtiles`](https://github.com/mapbox/node-mbtiles) for MBTiles parsing
 * [`pbf`](https://github.com/mapbox/pbf) for Protobuf decoding
 * [`vector-tile-js`](https://github.com/mapbox/vector-tile-js) for [VectorTile](https://github.com/mapbox/vector-tile-spec/tree/master/2.1) parsing
+* [`rbush`](https://github.com/mourner/rbush) for 2D spatial indexing
 * [`sphericalmercator`](https://github.com/mapbox/node-sphericalmercator) for EPSG:3857 <> WGS84 conversions
 
 ## Wishlist
@@ -41,8 +42,11 @@ Discover the world in your console!
 * [ ] mapping of view to tiles to show
 * [ ] label drawing
   * [x] support for point labels
-  * [ ] dynamic decluttering of labels
+  * [x] dynamic decluttering of labels
+  * [ ] centering text labels
 * [ ] lat/lng-center + zoom based viewport
+  * [ ] bbox awareness
+  * [ ] zoom -> scale calculation
 * [ ] TileSource class (abstracting URL, mbtiles, single vector tile source)
 * [ ] tile request system
   * [ ] from local mbtiles
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e6b662c..3245a7a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     "drawille-canvas-blessed-contrib": "^0.1.3",
     "keypress": "^0.2.1",
     "pbf": "^3.0.0",
+    "rbush": "^2.0.1",
     "sphericalmercator": "^1.0.5",
     "term-mouse": "^0.1.1",
     "vector-tile": "^1.3.0"
diff --git a/src/LabelBuffer.coffee b/src/LabelBuffer.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c46f29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/LabelBuffer.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+rbush = require 'rbush'
+
+module.exports = class LabelBuffer
+  tree: null
+  margin: 1
+
+  constructor: (@width, @height) ->
+    @tree = rbush()
+
+  project: (x, y) ->
+    [Math.floor(x/2), Math.floor(y/4)]
+
+  writeIfPossible: (text, x, y) ->
+    point = @project x, y
+
+    return false unless @_hasSpace text, point[0], point[1]
+    @tree.insert @_calculateArea text, point[0], point[1]
+    true
+
+  _hasSpace: (text, x, y) ->
+    not @tree.collides @_calculateArea text, x, y
+
+  _calculateArea: (text, x, y) ->
+    minX: x-@margin
+    minY: y-@margin
+    maxX: x+@margin+text.length
+    maxY: y+@margin
diff --git a/termap.coffee b/termap.coffee
index 109943e..5b1f25b 100644
--- a/termap.coffee
+++ b/termap.coffee
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ fs = require 'fs'
 zlib = require 'zlib'
 TermMouse = require 'term-mouse'
 mercator = new (require('sphericalmercator'))()
+LabelBuffer = require __dirname+'/src/LabelBuffer'
 
 utils =
   deg2rad: (angle) ->
@@ -16,12 +17,10 @@ utils =
 
   digits: (number, digits) ->
     Math.floor(number*Math.pow(10, digits))/Math.pow(10, digits)
+
   metersPerPixel: (zoom, lat = 0) ->
     utils.rad2deg(40075017*Math.cos(utils.deg2rad(lat))/Math.pow(2, zoom+8))
 
-console.log utils.metersPerPixel(16, 180)
-process.exit 0
-
 
 class Termap
   config:
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@ class Termap
     lat: 49.019855
     lng: 12.096956
 
-  zoom: 0
+  zoom: 2
   view: [-400, -80]
 
   scale: 4
@@ -198,6 +197,9 @@ class Termap
 
     scale = Math.pow 2, @zoom
 
+    drawn = []
+    labelBuffer = new LabelBuffer()
+
     for layer in @config.drawOrder
       continue unless @features?[layer]
 
@@ -212,25 +214,30 @@ class Termap
           visible = false
           points = for point in points
             p = [point.x/scale, point.y/scale]
-            if not visible and
-              p[0]+@view[0]>=4 and
-              p[0]+@view[0]<@width-4 and
-              p[1]+@view[1]>=0 and
-              p[1]+@view[1]<@height
-                visible = true
+            if not visible and @_isOnScreen p
+              visible = true
             p
           continue unless visible
 
+          wasDrawn = false
           switch feature.type
             when "polygon", "line"
               @canvas.beginPath()
               @canvas.moveTo points.shift()...
               @canvas.lineTo point... for point in points
               @canvas.stroke()
+              wasDrawn = true
 
             when "point"
               text = feature.properties.house_num or @config.icons[feature.properties.maki] or "◉"
-              @canvas.fillText text, point... for point in points
+
+              for point in points
+                if labelBuffer.writeIfPossible text, point...
+                  @canvas.fillText text, point...
+                  wasDrawn = true
+
+          if wasDrawn
+            drawn.push feature
 
     @canvas.restore()
 
@@ -239,6 +246,12 @@ class Termap
 
     @isDrawing = false
 
+  _isOnScreen: (point) ->
+    point[0]+@view[0]>=4 and
+    point[0]+@view[0]<@width-4 and
+    point[1]+@view[1]>=0 and
+    point[1]+@view[1]<@height
+
   _write: (text) ->
     process.stdout.write text
 
diff --git a/tiles/europe.pbf.gz b/tiles/europe.pbf.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03664c4
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