diff --git a/src/AllPlotWindow.cpp b/src/AllPlotWindow.cpp
index 1956ba769..c57cb47a9 100644
--- a/src/AllPlotWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/AllPlotWindow.cpp
@@ -239,15 +239,22 @@ AllPlotWindow::rideSelected()
     if (mainWindow->activeTab() != this)
         return;
     RideItem *ride = mainWindow->rideItem();
-    if (!ride)
+    if (!ride || ride == current)
         return;
+    current = ride;
+
+    int showit = showStack->isChecked();
+    if (showit) allPlot->hide();
+    else allPlot->show();
+
+    // set it up anyway since the stack plots
+    // reuse the arrays
     clearSelection(); // clear any ride interval selection data
     setAllPlotWidgets(ride);
     allPlot->setDataI(ride);
     allZoomer->setZoomBase();
 
     // update stacked view if that is set
-    int showit = showStack->isChecked();
     setShowStack(0); // zap whats there
     setShowStack(showit);
 }
diff --git a/src/AllPlotWindow.h b/src/AllPlotWindow.h
index db7013143..f5ed33d0a 100644
--- a/src/AllPlotWindow.h
+++ b/src/AllPlotWindow.h
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ class AllPlotWindow : public QWidget
         QSlider *smoothSlider;
         QLineEdit *smoothLineEdit;
 
+    RideItem *current;
+
     private:
         void showInfo(QString);
         void resetStackedDatas();
diff --git a/src/GoogleMapControl.cpp b/src/GoogleMapControl.cpp
index 733380a4f..06de56b56 100644
--- a/src/GoogleMapControl.cpp
+++ b/src/GoogleMapControl.cpp
@@ -156,12 +156,13 @@ GoogleMapControl::GoogleMapControl(MainWindow *mw)
 void
 GoogleMapControl::rideSelected()
 {
-  if (parent->activeTab() != this)
-      return;
-  RideItem * ride = parent->rideItem();
+  if (parent->activeTab() != this) return;
 
-  if (!ride)
+  RideItem * ride = parent->rideItem();
+  if (ride == current || !ride || !ride->ride())
       return;
+  else
+      current = ride;
 
   int zone =ride->zoneRange();
   if(zone < 0)
@@ -177,8 +178,6 @@ GoogleMapControl::rideSelected()
   double prevLon = 0;
   double prevLat = 0;
 
-  if (ride == NULL || ride->ride() == NULL) return;
-
   foreach(RideFilePoint *rfp,ride->ride()->dataPoints())
   {
       RideFilePoint curRfp = *rfp;
@@ -204,8 +203,15 @@ GoogleMapControl::rideSelected()
 
 void GoogleMapControl::resizeEvent(QResizeEvent * )
 {
-    newRideToLoad = true;
-    loadRide();
+    static bool first = true;
+    if (parent->activeTab() != this) return;
+
+    if (first == true) {
+        first = false;
+    } else {
+        newRideToLoad = true;
+        loadRide();
+    }
 }
 
 void GoogleMapControl::loadStarted()
diff --git a/src/GoogleMapControl.h b/src/GoogleMapControl.h
index dfa2a6841..a9bae91f9 100644
--- a/src/GoogleMapControl.h
+++ b/src/GoogleMapControl.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ Q_OBJECT
     int rideCP;
     // current HTML for the ride
     std::ostringstream currentPage;
+    RideItem *current;
 
  public slots:
     void rideSelected();
diff --git a/src/ModelWindow.cpp b/src/ModelWindow.cpp
index eed006f4a..c944934a2 100644
--- a/src/ModelWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/ModelWindow.cpp
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ ModelWindow::ModelWindow(MainWindow *parent, const QDir &home) :
     styleSelector->addItem(tr("Bar"));
     styleSelector->addItem(tr("Grid"));
     styleSelector->addItem(tr("Surface"));
+    styleSelector->addItem(tr("Dots"));
     styleSelector->setCurrentIndex(0);
 
     ignore = new QCheckBox(tr("Ignore Zero"));
@@ -188,6 +189,10 @@ ModelWindow::rideSelected()
     if (main->activeTab() != this)
         return;
     ride = main->rideItem();
+
+    if (!ride || !ride->ride() || ride == current)
+
+    current = ride;
     setData(true);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/ModelWindow.h b/src/ModelWindow.h
index b9ea60794..3a9a822c8 100644
--- a/src/ModelWindow.h
+++ b/src/ModelWindow.h
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ class ModelWindow : public QWidget
         // z pane slider
         QSlider *zpane;
 
+        RideItem *current;
+
     private:
 
         void addStandardChannels(QComboBox *);
diff --git a/src/PfPvWindow.cpp b/src/PfPvWindow.cpp
index 87a77dc8b..4468fb9a9 100644
--- a/src/PfPvWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/PfPvWindow.cpp
@@ -91,11 +91,16 @@ PfPvWindow::rideSelected()
 {
     if (mainWindow->activeTab() != this)
         return;
+
+
     RideItem *ride = mainWindow->rideItem();
-    if (!ride || !ride->ride())
+    if (ride == current || !ride || !ride->ride())
         return;
 
     pfPvPlot->setData(ride);
+
+    current = ride;
+
     // update the QLabel widget with the CP value set in PfPvPlot::setData()
     qaCPValue->setText(QString("%1").arg(pfPvPlot->getCP()));
 }
diff --git a/src/PfPvWindow.h b/src/PfPvWindow.h
index fd91c53bd..4d78f70cc 100644
--- a/src/PfPvWindow.h
+++ b/src/PfPvWindow.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ class PfPvWindow : public QWidget
         QLineEdit *qaCPValue;
         QLineEdit *qaCadValue;
         QLineEdit *qaClValue;
+        RideItem *current;
 };
 
 #endif // _GC_PfPvWindow_h