diff --git a/lib/ClassicMap.js b/lib/ClassicMap.js
index 0a3221c..8f12f7d 100644
--- a/lib/ClassicMap.js
+++ b/lib/ClassicMap.js
@@ -220,5 +220,16 @@ ltjs.ClassicMap = Class( 'ClassicMap' )
     'public isObjectTunnel': function( oid )
     {
         return ( oid & this.__self.$( '_TMASK' ) );
+    },
+
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieve size of map in bytes
+     *
+     * @return  {number}  size of map in bytes
+     */
+    'public static getMapSize': function()
+    {
+        return this.$( '_SIZE' );
     }
 } );
diff --git a/lib/Map.js b/lib/Map.js
index 789ecfd..385b3e0 100644
--- a/lib/Map.js
+++ b/lib/Map.js
@@ -100,5 +100,13 @@ ltjs.Map = Interface( 'Map',
      *
      * @return  {boolean}  true if tunnel, otherwise false
      */
-    'public isObjectTunnel': [ 'object_id' ]
+    'public isObjectTunnel': [ 'object_id' ],
+
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieve size of map in bytes
+     *
+     * @return  {number}  size of map in bytes
+     */
+    'public static getMapSize': []
 } );
diff --git a/lib/MapRender.js b/lib/MapRender.js
index 39b9cc9..43f18b4 100644
--- a/lib/MapRender.js
+++ b/lib/MapRender.js
@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ ltjs.MapRender = Class( 'MapRender',
             w = t.width,
             h = t.height;
 
+        this._clearCanvases();
+
         // render each object (remember, we're dealing with columns, not rows;
         // see Map.getObjects())
         while ( i-- )
@@ -224,6 +226,40 @@ ltjs.MapRender = Class( 'MapRender',
     },
 
 
+    /**
+     * Clears overlay canvas
+     *
+     * This should be used before first rendering a map to ensure that any
+     * artifacts from previous map renderings will be erased.
+     *
+     * We need only clear the overlay canvas, because the lower canvas will
+     * always be overwritten with tiles in every location. Because none of the
+     * tiles written to the lower canvas are masked, nothing from the previous
+     * render would ever peek through (of course, putImageData() would overwrite
+     * it even if that were the case). As such, clearing the lower canvas would
+     * simply be a waste of time and only serve to degrade performance
+     * (especially if this is being used with maps larger than the classic
+     * 16x16).
+     *
+     * @return  {undefined}
+     */
+    'private _clearCanvases': function()
+    {
+        var ctx = this._ctxObj,
+            c   = ctx.canvas;
+
+        // we need only clear the overlay (to which masked tiles are rendered)
+        ctx.clearRect( 0, 0, c.width, c.height );
+    },
+
+
+    /**
+     * Determine if the provided tile can be animated
+     *
+     * This simply checks to see if the tile has more than one frame.
+     *
+     * @return  {boolean}  true if multiple frames, otherwise false
+     */
     'private _canAnimate': function( tid )
     {
         var tdata = this._tiles[ tid ];
diff --git a/lib/MapSet.js b/lib/MapSet.js
index da05f88..d0e2a6d 100644
--- a/lib/MapSet.js
+++ b/lib/MapSet.js
@@ -37,6 +37,18 @@ ltjs.MapSet = Class( 'MapSet',
      */
     'private _data': '',
 
+    /**
+     * Constructor used to create new map instances
+     * @type {Function}
+     */
+    'private _mapCtor': null,
+
+    /**
+     * Number of maps in the given LVL data
+     * @type {number}
+     */
+    'private _mapCount': 0,
+
 
     /**
      * Initialize map set with LVL data and a Map constructor
@@ -50,6 +62,37 @@ ltjs.MapSet = Class( 'MapSet',
     {
         this._data    = ''+( data );
         this._mapCtor = map_ctor;
+
+        // perform a simple integrity check on the provided data
+        this._mapDataCheck();
+    },
+
+
+    /**
+     * Perform a simple map data integrity check
+     *
+     * This is intended to throw an error if we believe the LVL data to be
+     * invalid, or if the LVL data is invalid for the given Map constructor.
+     * The check will simply ensure that the map size (in bytes) divides into
+     * the total LVL size (in bytes) without any remainder.
+     *
+     * This is by no means fool-proof, but it should catch most.
+     *
+     * @return  {undefined}
+     */
+    'private _mapDataCheck': function()
+    {
+        var n = ( this._data.length / this._mapCtor.getMapSize() );
+
+        // if the result is not an integer, then it is either not an LVL, the
+        // file is corrupt, or we were given the wrong Map constructor
+        if ( n % 1 )
+        {
+            throw Error( 'Invalid or corrupt LVL data' );
+        }
+
+        // we already calculated it, so we may as well store it
+        this._mapCount = n;
     },
 
 
@@ -61,5 +104,16 @@ ltjs.MapSet = Class( 'MapSet',
     'public getMapByNumber': function( id )
     {
         return this._mapCtor( this._data, id );
-    }
+    },
+
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieve the number of maps in the LVL file
+     *
+     * @return  {number}  number of maps
+     */
+    'public getMapCount': function()
+    {
+        return this._mapCount;
+    },
 } );
diff --git a/test/ltgloader-demo.html b/test/ltgloader-demo.html
index 2be432c..3481824 100644
--- a/test/ltgloader-demo.html
+++ b/test/ltgloader-demo.html
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 
     <input type="file" id="ltg" />
     <input type="file" id="lvl" />
+    <select id="lvl_id"></select>
 
     <dl>
       <dt>Name</dt>
@@ -197,6 +198,26 @@
           render = ltjs.MapRender( ctxmap, tile_set );
 
           render.render( map_set.getMapByNumber( 1 ) );
+
+          var lvlsel = document.getElementById( 'lvl_id' ),
+              count  = map_set.getMapCount();
+
+          lvlsel.innerHTML = '';
+          for ( var i = 1; i <= count; i++ )
+          {
+              var option = document.createElement( 'option' );
+              option.value = i;
+              option.innerHTML = i;
+
+              lvlsel.appendChild( option );
+          }
+
+          lvlsel.onchange = function( event )
+          {
+              render.render(
+                  map_set.getMapByNumber( event.target.selectedIndex + 1 )
+              );
+          };
         };
 
         reader.readAsBinaryString( file );