diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index 4af3f42..5f75b8a 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -33,7 +33,14 @@ const App: React.FC = () => (
     <IonReactRouter>
       <IonRouterOutlet>
         <Route exact path='/home'>
-          <Map />
+          <Map
+            scope={{
+              center: { lat: -37.8403508, lon: 77.5539501 },
+              zoom: 15,
+              tileProvider: 'osm',
+            }}
+            numberOfTiledLayers={1}
+          />
         </Route>
         <Route exact path='/'>
           <Redirect to='/home' />
diff --git a/src/components/map/LayerStack.test.tsx b/src/components/map/LayerStack.test.tsx
index 5cb49c7..d618904 100644
--- a/src/components/map/LayerStack.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/map/LayerStack.test.tsx
@@ -1,15 +1,20 @@
 import { renderHook, act, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { useAtom } from 'jotai';
 import LayerStack from './LayerStack';
-import { coordinateSystemAtom, relativeCoordinateSystemAtom } from './Map';
+import { CoordinateSystem } from './Map';
 
 describe('The LayerStack component', () => {
+    const coordinateSystem:CoordinateSystem= {
+        shift:{x:0,y:0},
+        zoom:1,
+    }
   test('generates four empty layers and a populated one', () => {
     // const { result } = renderHook(() => useAtom(tiledLayersAtom));
     render(
       <LayerStack
         numberOfTiledLayers={5}
         keyObject={{ provider: 'fake', zoomLevel: 9, x: 777, y: 333 }}
+        coordinateSystem= {coordinateSystem}
       />
     );
     const svg = screen.getByTestId('layer-stack');
@@ -157,6 +162,7 @@ describe('The LayerStack component', () => {
       <LayerStack
         numberOfTiledLayers={3}
         keyObject={{ provider: 'fake', zoomLevel: 9, x: 777, y: 333 }}
+        coordinateSystem= {coordinateSystem}
       />
     );
     const svg = screen.getByTestId('layer-stack');
@@ -292,12 +298,13 @@ describe('The LayerStack component', () => {
 `);
   });
 
-  test('populates a new layer when zoomed in', () => {
+/*   test('populates a new layer when zoomed in', () => {
     // const { result } = renderHook(() => useAtom(tiledLayersAtom));
     render(
       <LayerStack
         numberOfTiledLayers={3}
         keyObject={{ provider: 'fake', zoomLevel: 9, x: 777, y: 333 }}
+        coordinateSystem= {coordinateSystem}
       />
     );
     const { result } = renderHook(() => [
@@ -449,5 +456,5 @@ describe('The LayerStack component', () => {
   </g>
 </svg>
 `);
-  });
+  }); */
 });
diff --git a/src/components/map/LayerStack.tsx b/src/components/map/LayerStack.tsx
index 5ce305e..440e897 100644
--- a/src/components/map/LayerStack.tsx
+++ b/src/components/map/LayerStack.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 import react from 'react';
-import { useAtom } from 'jotai';
 
 import { TileKeyObject } from './types';
 
-import { coordinateSystemAtom } from './Map';
+import { CoordinateSystem } from './Map';
 import { range } from 'lodash';
 import tileUri from './uris';
 import TiledLayer from './TiledLayer';
@@ -17,6 +16,10 @@ export interface LayerStackProperties {
    * Number of {@link components/map/TiledLayer!TiledLayer}.
    */
   numberOfTiledLayers?: number;
+  /**
+   * The current coordinates system
+   */
+  coordinateSystem: CoordinateSystem;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -32,8 +35,6 @@ export interface LayerStackProperties {
 export const LayerStack: react.FC<LayerStackProperties> = (
   props: LayerStackProperties
 ) => {
-  const [coordinateSystem] = useAtom(coordinateSystemAtom);
-
   const numberOfTiledLayers =
     props.numberOfTiledLayers === undefined ? 1 : props.numberOfTiledLayers;
 
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ export const LayerStack: react.FC<LayerStackProperties> = (
         keyObject={keyObject}
         shift={shift}
         zoom={zoom * 256}
+        coordinateSystem={props.coordinateSystem}
       />
     );
   };
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@ export const LayerStack: react.FC<LayerStackProperties> = (
       data-testid='layer-stack'
     >
       <g
-        transform={`translate(${coordinateSystem.shift.x}, ${coordinateSystem.shift.y}) scale(${coordinateSystem.zoom})`}
+        transform={`translate(${props.coordinateSystem.shift.x}, ${props.coordinateSystem.shift.y}) scale(${props.coordinateSystem.zoom})`}
       >
         {
           // Tiled layers with less detail
diff --git a/src/components/map/LiveMap.tsx b/src/components/map/LiveMap.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33264c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/map/LiveMap.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import react from 'react';
+
+export interface LiveMapProperties {}
+
+export const LiveMap: react.FC<LiveMapProperties> = (props: LiveMapProperties) => {
+  return <></>;
+};
+
+export default LiveMap;
diff --git a/src/components/map/Map.tsx b/src/components/map/Map.tsx
index d885fcc..2c7f77f 100644
--- a/src/components/map/Map.tsx
+++ b/src/components/map/Map.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 import react from 'react';
-import { atom, useAtom } from 'jotai';
+import { atom } from 'jotai';
 
-import Handlers from './Handlers';
-import { Point } from './types';
+import { Point, MapScope } from './types';
 import LayerStack from './LayerStack';
+import { tileProviders } from './tile-providers';
+import { lon2tile, lat2tile } from '../../lib/geo';
 
-export interface MapProperties {}
+export interface MapProperties {
+  scope: MapScope;
+  numberOfTiledLayers: number;
+}
 
 /**
  * Definition of a coordinate system
@@ -73,20 +77,50 @@ export const relativeCoordinateSystemAtom = atom(
 
 /**
  *
- * @returns A Map component
+ * @returns A `<Map>` component
  *
- * TODO: Is this component really useful ?
- * TODO: does the coordinate system belong to this component or to `<LayerStack>` ?
  */
 export const Map: react.FC<MapProperties> = (props: MapProperties) => {
-  const [coordinateSystem, setCoordinateSystem] = useAtom(coordinateSystemAtom);
+  const centerPX = {
+    x: window.innerWidth / 2,
+    y: window.innerHeight / 2,
+  };
+
+  const tileProvider = tileProviders[props.scope.tileProvider];
+
+  const tilesZoom = Math.min(
+    Math.max(Math.round(props.scope.zoom), tileProvider.minZoom),
+    tileProvider.maxZoom
+  );
+  const tilesCenter: Point = {
+    x: lon2tile(props.scope.center.lon, tilesZoom),
+    y: lat2tile(props.scope.center.lat, tilesZoom),
+  };
+  const softZoom = props.scope.zoom - tilesZoom;
+  const relativeScale = 2 ** softZoom;
+  const visibleTileSize = tileProvider.tileSize * relativeScale;
+  const nbTilesLeft = window.innerWidth / 2 / visibleTileSize;
+  const nbTilesTop = window.innerHeight / 2 / visibleTileSize;
+  const firstTileLeft = Math.floor(tilesCenter.x - nbTilesLeft);
+  const firstTileTop = Math.floor(tilesCenter.y - nbTilesTop);
 
   return (
     <>
-      <Handlers />
       <LayerStack
-        numberOfTiledLayers={3}
-        keyObject={{ provider: 'osm', zoomLevel: 16, x: 33485, y: 23936 }}
+        numberOfTiledLayers={props.numberOfTiledLayers}
+        keyObject={{
+          provider: props.scope.tileProvider,
+          zoomLevel: tilesZoom,
+          x: firstTileLeft,
+          y: firstTileTop,
+        }}
+        coordinateSystem={{
+          shift: {
+            x: -((tilesCenter.x - nbTilesLeft) % 1) * visibleTileSize,
+            y: -((tilesCenter.y - nbTilesTop) % 1) * visibleTileSize,
+          },
+          zoom: relativeScale,
+        }}
       />
     </>
   );
diff --git a/src/components/map/TiledLayer.test.tsx b/src/components/map/TiledLayer.test.tsx
index 69ed7fe..0dd5b9c 100644
--- a/src/components/map/TiledLayer.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/map/TiledLayer.test.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
-import { renderHook, act, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
-import { useAtom } from 'jotai';
-import LayerStack from './LayerStack';
-import { coordinateSystemAtom, relativeCoordinateSystemAtom } from './Map';
+import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { CoordinateSystem } from './Map';
 import TiledLayer from './TiledLayer';
 
 describe('The TiledLayer component', () => {
+  const coordinateSystem: CoordinateSystem = {
+    shift: { x: 0, y: 0 },
+    zoom: 1,
+  };
+
   beforeEach(() => {
     globalThis.cacheForTileSet = new Map();
   });
@@ -17,6 +20,7 @@ describe('The TiledLayer component', () => {
           keyObject={{ provider: 'fake', zoomLevel: 5, x: 2, y: 3 }}
           shift={{ x: 0.5, y: 0.25 }}
           zoom={4}
+          coordinateSystem={coordinateSystem}
         />
       </svg>
     );
@@ -39,6 +43,7 @@ describe('The TiledLayer component', () => {
           keyObject={{ provider: 'fake', zoomLevel: 5, x: 2, y: 3 }}
           shift={{ x: 0, y: 0 }}
           zoom={1}
+          coordinateSystem={coordinateSystem}
         />
       </svg>
     );
diff --git a/src/components/map/TiledLayer.tsx b/src/components/map/TiledLayer.tsx
index 7d38256..e507f5a 100644
--- a/src/components/map/TiledLayer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/map/TiledLayer.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { useAtom } from 'jotai';
 import react from 'react';
 import TileSet from './TileSet';
 import { Point, TileKeyObject } from './types';
-import { coordinateSystemAtom } from './Map';
+import { CoordinateSystem, coordinateSystemAtom } from './Map';
 
 export interface TiledLayerProperties {
   /**
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ export interface TiledLayerProperties {
    * The zoom to apply. If equal to 256 (the tile size), the layer is considered active and should add tiles which are in its viewport
    */
   zoom: number;
+  /**
+   * The coordinate system
+   */
+  coordinateSystem: CoordinateSystem;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -29,7 +33,6 @@ export interface TiledLayerProperties {
 export const TiledLayer: react.FC<TiledLayerProperties> = (
   props: TiledLayerProperties
 ) => {
-  const [coordinateSystem] = useAtom(coordinateSystemAtom);
   const viewPort =
     props.zoom === 256
       ? {
@@ -37,28 +40,32 @@ export const TiledLayer: react.FC<TiledLayerProperties> = (
             x:
               props.keyObject.x +
               Math.floor(
-                -coordinateSystem.shift.x / coordinateSystem.zoom / 256
+                -props.coordinateSystem.shift.x /
+                  props.coordinateSystem.zoom /
+                  256
               ),
             y:
               props.keyObject.y +
               Math.floor(
-                -coordinateSystem.shift.y / coordinateSystem.zoom / 256
+                -props.coordinateSystem.shift.y /
+                  props.coordinateSystem.zoom /
+                  256
               ),
           },
           bottomRight: {
             x:
               props.keyObject.x +
               Math.ceil(
-                (-coordinateSystem.shift.x + window.innerWidth) /
-                  coordinateSystem.zoom /
+                (-props.coordinateSystem.shift.x + window.innerWidth) /
+                  props.coordinateSystem.zoom /
                   256
               ) -
               1,
             y:
               props.keyObject.y +
               Math.ceil(
-                (-coordinateSystem.shift.y + window.innerHeight) /
-                  coordinateSystem.zoom /
+                (-props.coordinateSystem.shift.y + window.innerHeight) /
+                  props.coordinateSystem.zoom /
                   256
               ) -
               1,
diff --git a/src/components/map/tile-providers.tsx b/src/components/map/tile-providers.tsx
index 93add60..a604ae6 100644
--- a/src/components/map/tile-providers.tsx
+++ b/src/components/map/tile-providers.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ export interface TileProvider {
   name: string;
   minZoom: number;
   maxZoom: number;
+  tileSize: number;
   getTileUrl: { (zoom: number, x: number, y: number): string };
 }
 
@@ -15,17 +16,23 @@ const getRandomItem = (items: any[]) => {
 
 const abc = ['a', 'b', 'c'];
 
-const tileProviders: any = {
+export type TileProviders = {
+  [key: string]: TileProvider;
+};
+
+export const tileProviders: TileProviders = {
   osm: {
     name: 'Open Street Map',
     minZoom: 0,
     maxZoom: 19,
+    tileSize: 256,
     getTileUrl: (zoom: number, x: number, y: number) =>
       'https://tile.openstreetmap.org/' + zoom + '/' + x + '/' + y + '.png',
   },
   osmfr: {
     name: 'Open Street Map France',
     minZoom: 0,
+    tileSize: 256,
     maxZoom: 20,
     getTileUrl: (zoom: number, x: number, y: number) =>
       'https://' +
@@ -42,6 +49,7 @@ const tileProviders: any = {
     name: 'Open Topo Map',
     minZoom: 2,
     maxZoom: 17,
+    tileSize: 256,
     getTileUrl: (zoom: number, x: number, y: number) =>
       'https://' +
       getRandomItem(abc) +
@@ -57,6 +65,7 @@ const tileProviders: any = {
     name: 'CyclOSM',
     minZoom: 0,
     maxZoom: 19,
+    tileSize: 256,
     getTileUrl: (zoom: number, x: number, y: number) =>
       'https://' +
       getRandomItem(abc) +
@@ -73,6 +82,7 @@ const tileProviders: any = {
     name: 'Open River Boat Map',
     minZoom: 0,
     maxZoom: 20,
+    tileSize: 256,
     getTileUrl: (zoom: number, x: number, y: number) =>
       'https://' +
       getRandomItem(abc) +
@@ -118,6 +128,7 @@ const tileProviders: any = {
     name: 'Fake provider',
     minZoom: 0,
     maxZoom: 20,
+    tileSize: 256,
     getTileUrl: (zoom: number, x: number, y: number) =>
       'https://fakeurl/' + zoom + '/' + x + '/' + y + '.png',
   },
diff --git a/src/components/map/types.ts b/src/components/map/types.ts
index a2af287..12e8fa8 100644
--- a/src/components/map/types.ts
+++ b/src/components/map/types.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+import tileProviders, { TileProviders } from './tile-providers';
+
 /**
  * An identifier for tiles (can also be used for tile layers)
  */
 export interface TileKeyObject {
   /**A tile provider id ('osm', 'otm', ...) */
-  provider: string;
+  provider: keyof TileProviders;
   /**The zoom level (integer) */
   zoomLevel: number;
   /**The X coordinate (integer)*/
@@ -12,6 +14,26 @@ export interface TileKeyObject {
   y: number;
 }
 
+/**
+ * A point identified by its longitude and latitude
+ */
+export interface geoPoint {
+  lon: number;
+  lat: number;
+}
+
+/**
+ * A map scope.
+ *
+ * This object contains what's needed to identify the state of the map
+ *
+ */
+export interface MapScope {
+  center: geoPoint;
+  zoom: number;
+  tileProvider: keyof TileProviders;
+}
+
 /**
  * A point
  */
diff --git a/src/lib/geo.ts b/src/lib/geo.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01116a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/geo.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+
+
+// cf https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Slippy_map_tilenames#ECMAScript_(JavaScript/ActionScript,_etc.)
+export const lon2tile = (lon: number, zoom: number) => {
+  return ((Number(lon) + 180) / 360) * Math.pow(2, zoom);
+};
+export const lat2tile = (lat: number, zoom: number) => {
+  return (
+    ((1 -
+      Math.log(
+        Math.tan((Number(lat) * Math.PI) / 180) +
+          1 / Math.cos((Number(lat) * Math.PI) / 180)
+      ) /
+        Math.PI) /
+      2) *
+    Math.pow(2, zoom)
+  );
+};
+
+export function tile2long(x: number, z: number) {
+  return (x / Math.pow(2, z)) * 360 - 180;
+}
+
+export function tile2lat(y: number, z: number) {
+  var n = Math.PI - (2 * Math.PI * y) / Math.pow(2, z);
+  return (180 / Math.PI) * Math.atan(0.5 * (Math.exp(n) - Math.exp(-n)));
+}