diff --git a/datasources/postgis/postgisfs.cpp b/datasources/postgis/postgisfs.cpp
index 741492228..788e7d157 100644
--- a/datasources/postgis/postgisfs.cpp
+++ b/datasources/postgis/postgisfs.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Feature* PostgisFeatureset::next()
         if (geom)
         {
             feature=new Feature(id,geom);
-	    
+	    feature->reserve_props(num_attrs_);
 	    unsigned start=2;
 	    for (unsigned pos=0;pos<num_attrs_;++pos)
 	    {
diff --git a/datasources/shape/shape_index_featureset.cpp b/datasources/shape/shape_index_featureset.cpp
index e7abab37a..767634558 100644
--- a/datasources/shape/shape_index_featureset.cpp
+++ b/datasources/shape/shape_index_featureset.cpp
@@ -153,13 +153,14 @@ Feature* shape_index_featureset<filterT>::next()
             }
             if (attr_ids_.size())
             {
+		f->reserve_props(attr_ids_.size());
                 shape_.dbf().move_to(shape_.id_);
 		std::vector<int>::const_iterator pos=attr_ids_.begin();
 		while (pos!=attr_ids_.end())
 		{
 		    try 
 		    {
-			shape_.dbf().add_attribute(*pos,f);//TODO optimize!!!
+			shape_.dbf().add_attribute(*pos,f);
 		    }
 		    catch (...)
 		    {
diff --git a/include/colorcube.hpp b/include/colorcube.hpp
index ee546bc91..c20a525ea 100644
--- a/include/colorcube.hpp
+++ b/include/colorcube.hpp
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 //$Id$
 
-#include "mapnik.hpp"
 #include <iostream>
 
 #ifndef COLORCUBE_HPP
diff --git a/include/feature.hpp b/include/feature.hpp
index 6d49f3f4f..698e219b0 100644
--- a/include/feature.hpp
+++ b/include/feature.hpp
@@ -86,7 +86,11 @@ namespace mapnik
 	{
 	    return raster_;
 	}
-        
+        void reserve_props(unsigned n)
+	{
+	    props_.reserve(n);
+	}
+
 	void add_property(int v)
 	{
 	    return props_.push_back(value(v));
diff --git a/include/image_data.hpp b/include/image_data.hpp
index f373f0339..b4778f0a9 100644
--- a/include/image_data.hpp
+++ b/include/image_data.hpp
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 #ifndef IMAGE_DATA_HPP
 #define IMAGE_DATA_HPP
 
+#include <cassert>
+
 namespace mapnik 
 {
     template <class T> class ImageData
diff --git a/include/image_reader.hpp b/include/image_reader.hpp
index 5affe0831..86e2b09a9 100644
--- a/include/image_reader.hpp
+++ b/include/image_reader.hpp
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@
 #ifndef IMAGE_READER_HPP
 #define IMAGE_READER_HPP
 
-#include "mapnik.hpp"
+#include "image_data.hpp"
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <string>
 
+
 namespace mapnik 
 {
     class ImageReaderException : public std::exception
diff --git a/include/line_symbolizer.hpp b/include/line_symbolizer.hpp
index 1dd1b9db5..1be7e8a0c 100644
--- a/include/line_symbolizer.hpp
+++ b/include/line_symbolizer.hpp
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@
 
 #include "symbolizer.hpp"
 #include "stroke.hpp"
-#include "line_aa.hpp"
-#include "scanline_aa.hpp"
+//#include "line_aa.hpp"
+//#include "scanline_aa.hpp"
 
 namespace mapnik 
 {
diff --git a/include/local_datasource.hpp b/include/local_datasource.hpp
index 9b8de74b0..9c0bab8d8 100644
--- a/include/local_datasource.hpp
+++ b/include/local_datasource.hpp
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #ifndef LOCAL_DATASOURCE_HPP
 #define LOCAL_DATASOURCE_HPP
 
-#include "mapnik.hpp"
 #include <vector>
 
 namespace mapnik
diff --git a/include/polygon_symbolizer.hpp b/include/polygon_symbolizer.hpp
index 967f6b514..d5f4ef645 100644
--- a/include/polygon_symbolizer.hpp
+++ b/include/polygon_symbolizer.hpp
@@ -22,8 +22,18 @@
 #define POLYGON_SYMBOLIZER_HPP
 
 #include "symbolizer.hpp"
-#include "scanline_aa.hpp"
-#include "line_aa.hpp"
+#include "image_reader.hpp"
+//#include "scanline_aa.hpp"
+//#include "line_aa.hpp"
+#include "agg_basics.h"
+#include "agg_rendering_buffer.h"
+#include "agg_rasterizer_scanline_aa.h"
+#include "agg_scanline_p.h"
+#include "agg_scanline_u.h"
+#include "agg_renderer_scanline.h"
+#include "agg_pixfmt_rgba.h"
+#include "agg_path_storage.h"
+#include "agg_span_pattern_rgba.h"
 
 namespace mapnik 
 {
@@ -40,15 +50,102 @@ namespace mapnik
 
 	void render(geometry_type& geom,Image32& image) const 
 	{
-	    ScanlineRasterizerAA<Image32> rasterizer(image);
-	    rasterizer.render<SHIFT8>(geom,fill_);
+	    //ScanlineRasterizerAA<Image32> rasterizer(image);
+	    //rasterizer.render<SHIFT8>(geom,fill_);
+	    typedef agg::renderer_base<agg::pixfmt_rgba32> ren_base;    
+	    typedef agg::renderer_scanline_aa_solid<ren_base> renderer;
+	    agg::row_ptr_cache<agg::int8u> buf(image.raw_data(),image.width(),image.height(),
+					       image.width()*4);
+	    agg::pixfmt_rgba32 pixf(buf);
+	    ren_base renb(pixf);	    
+	    
+	    double r=fill_.red()/255.0;
+	    double g=fill_.green()/255.0;
+	    double b=fill_.blue()/255.0;
+	    
+	    renderer ren(renb);
+	    
+	    agg::rasterizer_scanline_aa<> ras;
+	    agg::scanline_u8 sl;
+	    ras.clip_box(0,0,image.width(),image.height());
+	    ras.add_path(geom);
+	    ren.color(agg::rgba(r, g, b, 1.0));
+	    agg::render_scanlines(ras, sl, ren);
 	}
 	
     private:
 	polygon_symbolizer(const polygon_symbolizer&);
-	polygon_symbolizer& operator=(const polygon_symbolizer&);
-	
+	polygon_symbolizer& operator=(const polygon_symbolizer&);	
     };
+    
+    struct pattern_symbolizer : public symbolizer
+    {
+    private:
+	ImageData32 pattern_;
+    public:
+	pattern_symbolizer(std::string const& file,
+			 std::string const& type,
+			 unsigned width,unsigned height) 
+	    : symbolizer(),
+	      pattern_(width,height)
+	{
+	    try 
+	    {
+		std::auto_ptr<ImageReader> reader(get_image_reader(type,file));
+		std::cout<<"image width="<<reader->width()<<std::endl;
+		std::cout<<"image height="<<reader->height()<<std::endl;
+		reader->read(0,0,pattern_);		
+	    } 
+	    catch (...) 
+	    {
+		std::cerr<<"exception caught..."<<std::endl;
+	    }
+	}
+
+	virtual ~pattern_symbolizer() {}
+
+	void render(geometry_type& geom,Image32& image) const
+	{
+	    typedef agg::renderer_base<agg::pixfmt_rgba32> ren_base; 
+	    typedef agg::renderer_scanline_aa_solid<ren_base> renderer_solid;
+
+	    agg::row_ptr_cache<agg::int8u> buf(image.raw_data(),image.width(),image.height(),
+					       image.width()*4);
+	    agg::pixfmt_rgba32 pixf(buf);
+	    ren_base renb(pixf);
+ 
+	    unsigned w=pattern_.width();
+	    unsigned h=pattern_.height();
+	    agg::row_ptr_cache<agg::int8u> pattern_rbuf((agg::int8u*)pattern_.getBytes(),w,h,w*4);  
+
+	    typedef agg::wrap_mode_repeat wrap_x_type;
+	    typedef agg::wrap_mode_repeat wrap_y_type;
+	    typedef agg::span_pattern_rgba<agg::rgba8, 
+		agg::order_rgba,
+		wrap_x_type,
+		wrap_y_type> span_gen_type;
+	    typedef agg::renderer_scanline_aa<ren_base, span_gen_type> renderer_type;  
+	    
+	    unsigned offset_x = 0;
+	    unsigned offset_y = 0;
+	    agg::span_allocator<agg::rgba8> sa;
+	    span_gen_type sg(sa, pattern_rbuf, offset_x, offset_y);
+	    renderer_type rp(renb, sg);
+
+	    agg::rasterizer_scanline_aa<> ras;
+	    agg::scanline_u8 sl;
+	    ras.clip_box(0,0,image.width(),image.height());
+	    ras.add_path(geom);
+	    //ren.color(agg::rgba(r, g, b, 1.0));
+	    agg::render_scanlines(ras, sl, rp);
+	    
+	}
+	
+    private:
+	pattern_symbolizer(const pattern_symbolizer&);
+	pattern_symbolizer& operator=(const pattern_symbolizer&);	
+    };
+    
 }
 
 #endif // POLYGON_SYMBOLIZER_HPP
diff --git a/python/mapnik_python.cpp b/python/mapnik_python.cpp
index 4aad6858e..d070bab86 100644
--- a/python/mapnik_python.cpp
+++ b/python/mapnik_python.cpp
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ ref_ptr<symbolizer> create_polygon_symbolizer(const Color& fill)
     return ref_ptr<symbolizer>(new polygon_symbolizer(fill));
 } 
 
+ref_ptr<symbolizer> create_polygon_symbolizer2(std::string const& file,unsigned w,unsigned h) 
+{   
+    return ref_ptr<symbolizer>(new pattern_symbolizer(file,"png",w,h));
+} 
 
 BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(mapnik)
 {
@@ -136,7 +140,7 @@ BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(mapnik)
     def("line_symbolizer",&create_line_symbolizer);
     def("line_symbolizer",&create_line_symbolizer2);
     def("polygon_symbolizer",&create_polygon_symbolizer);
-
+    def("polygon_symbolizer",&create_polygon_symbolizer2);
     register_ptr_to_python<ref_ptr<symbolizer> >();
     register_ptr_to_python<filter_ptr>();
 }
diff --git a/src/image_reader.cpp b/src/image_reader.cpp
index f498dce34..4f68602a1 100644
--- a/src/image_reader.cpp
+++ b/src/image_reader.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 
 #include "image_reader.hpp"
+#include "factory.hpp"
+
 namespace mapnik
 {  
     typedef factory<ImageReader,std::string, 
diff --git a/src/png_reader.cpp b/src/png_reader.cpp
index 55c3afad5..09f5950f5 100644
--- a/src/png_reader.cpp
+++ b/src/png_reader.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 #include "image_reader.hpp"
 #include <png.h>
+#include <iostream>
 
 namespace mapnik
 {
diff --git a/src/render.cpp b/src/render.cpp
index 90fded950..5fff7cb4c 100644
--- a/src/render.cpp
+++ b/src/render.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "line_symbolizer.hpp"
 #include "query.hpp"
 #include "feature_layer_desc.hpp"
+#include "attribute_collector.hpp"
 #include "property_index.hpp"
 
 #include <algorithm>
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ namespace mapnik
 					(*symIter)->render(*geom,image);
 					++symIter;
 				    }
+				    break;// not sure !!
 				}			    
 				++itr;
 			    }