# Tilemap =\> possible to sort z-values of each tile separately?

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**Created:** [October 17, 2021, 12:43am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/tilemap-possible-to-sort-z-values-of-each-tile-separately/69468 "2021-10-17T00:43:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/tilemap-possible-to-sort-z-values-of-each-tile-separately/69468/9 "2021-10-18T21:08:53Z")

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> [@Ragetto](#):
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> I suppose it doesn’t mean that I won’t be able to create “infinite” tilemaps? (even if the bounds are pre-allocated, I can dynamically increase the tilemap “inside the bounds”?)

It doesn’t make much sense to create a tilemap of infinite size. I would suggest that you use a number of smaller tilemaps as the segments/chunks of the map nearest the player and update those as the player moves around on the map. I have an example similar to this here: [publicexamples/examples/infinite\_map at master · britzl/publicexamples · GitHub](https://github.com/britzl/publicexamples/tree/master/examples/infinite_map)

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