diff --git a/include/components/tilestream.hpp b/include/components/tilestream.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 41d1ed8..0000000
--- a/include/components/tilestream.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef id9B1C02049E474F6997D367932C4C2D21
-#define id9B1C02049E474F6997D367932C4C2D21
-
-#include "primitivetypes.hpp"
-#include <iostream>
-#include <vector>
-#include <algorithm>
-#include <memory>
-#include <iterator>
-
-//This code might need to be removed, but for now it's handy to read a simple
-//ascii file into a vector without worrying too much about details.
-//TODO: remove along with the code in the constructor
-#include "implem/asciimap_parser.hpp"
-#include <iomanip>
-#include <stdexcept>
-
-namespace dk {
-	template <typename T, size_t D>
-	class TileStreamer {
-	public:
-		typedef Vector<CoordinateScalarType, D> coords;
-		typedef std::unique_ptr<std::istream> StreamPtr;
-
-		explicit TileStreamer ( StreamPtr&& parStream );
-		TileStreamer ( const TileStreamer& ) = delete;
-		TileStreamer ( TileStreamer&& ) = default;
-		~TileStreamer ( void ) noexcept = default;
-
-		TileStreamer& operator= ( const TileStreamer& ) = delete;
-
-		void copy ( std::vector<T>& parDest, const coords& parFrom, const coords& parTo );
-		const coords& tilesCount ( void ) const { return m_count; }
-
-	private:
-		StreamPtr m_stream;
-		coords m_count;
-		std::vector<T> m_wholedata;
-	};
-} //namespace dk
-
-#include "implem/tilestreamer.inl"
-
-#endif
diff --git a/include/helpers/asciimapsource.hpp b/include/helpers/asciimapsource.hpp
index 22f00c8..c168909 100644
--- a/include/helpers/asciimapsource.hpp
+++ b/include/helpers/asciimapsource.hpp
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 #ifndef id263B7DAF9A1C40BB8517D5D328DF8A1B
 #define id263B7DAF9A1C40BB8517D5D328DF8A1B
 
+#include "primitivetypes.hpp"
+#include "implem/vector.hpp"
 #include <streambuf>
 #include <vector>
+#include <boost/iostreams/categories.hpp>  // source_tag
 
 namespace dkh {
-	class AsciiMapSource : std::streambuf {
+	class AsciiMapSource : public std::streambuf {
 	public:
+		typedef dk::Vector<dk::CoordinateScalarType, 2> coords;
 		typedef int MapTileType;
+		typedef boost::iostreams::source_tag category;
 		enum {
 			MapDimensions = 2
 		};
@@ -22,13 +27,14 @@ namespace dkh {
 		AsciiMapSource ( I parDataFrom, I parDataTo );
 		~AsciiMapSource ( void ) noexcept = default;
 
+		const coords& mapSize ( void ) const noexcept { return m_mapSize; }
+
 	private:
 		void parse_map_data ( std::istream& parSrc );
 
 		std::vector<MapTileType> m_wholedata;
-		int m_width;
-		int m_height;
+		coords m_mapSize;
 	};
-} //namespace dk
+} //namespace dkh
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/implem/tilestream.inl b/include/implem/tilestream.inl
deleted file mode 100644
index f886908..0000000
--- a/include/implem/tilestream.inl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-namespace dk {
-	template <typename T, size_t D>
-	TileStreamer<T, D>::TileStreamer (StreamPtr&& parStream) :
-		m_stream(std::move(parStream))
-	{
-		//TODO: this loader /only/ works with 2D tilesets, remove it asap
-
-		typedef std::istream_iterator<char> DataIterator;
-		typedef boost::spirit::multi_pass<DataIterator> WrappedIterator;
-
-		*m_stream >> std::noskipws;
-
-		auto first = WrappedIterator(DataIterator(*m_stream));
-		auto last = WrappedIterator(DataIterator());
-		implem::AsciiMapGrammar<WrappedIterator, T> grammar(first);
-		const bool p = boost::spirit::qi::parse(
-			first,
-			last,
-			grammar,
-			m_wholedata
-		);
-
-		if (not p or last != first) {
-			throw std::runtime_error("Invalid data: can't parse file");
-		}
-
-		//Only look at the front. Besides a bug in spirit makes the other counts
-		//invalid, see
-		//http://boost.2283326.n4.nabble.com/Possible-bug-in-line-pos-iterator-td4636592.html
-		m_count.x() = grammar.lengths.front();
-		m_count.y() = m_wholedata.size() / m_count.x();
-	}
-
-	template <typename T, size_t D>
-	void TileStreamer<T, D>::copy (std::vector<T>& parDest, const coords& /*parFrom*/, const coords& /*parTo*/) {
-		parDest.clear();
-		parDest.reserve(m_wholedata.size());
-		std::copy(m_wholedata.begin(), m_wholedata.end(), std::back_inserter(parDest));
-	}
-} //namespace dk
diff --git a/src/asciimapsource.cpp b/src/asciimapsource.cpp
index b1be8be..7766383 100644
--- a/src/asciimapsource.cpp
+++ b/src/asciimapsource.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ namespace dkh {
 		//Only look at the front. Besides a bug in spirit makes the other counts
 		//invalid, see
 		//http://boost.2283326.n4.nabble.com/Possible-bug-in-line-pos-iterator-td4636592.html
-		m_width = grammar.lengths.front();
-		m_height = m_wholedata.size() / m_width;
+		m_mapSize.x() = grammar.lengths.front();
+		m_mapSize.y() = m_wholedata.size() / m_mapSize.x();
 	}
-} //namespace dk
+} //namespace dkh