diff --git a/Sources/GeoDrawer/apple/GeoDrawer+CGProjected.swift b/Sources/GeoDrawer/apple/GeoDrawer+CGProjected.swift
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/Sources/GeoDrawer/apple/GeoDrawer+CGProjected.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,281 @@
+//
+//  GeoDrawer+CGProjected.swift
+//
+//
+//  Perf: build CGPaths during parallel projection so `draw(_:)` is
+//  path-application only. GeoMapView used to reconstruct
+//  `CGMutablePath` from raw `Point` arrays on every `setNeedsDisplay`,
+//  even for trivial redraws (mapBackground toggle, tile arrival
+//  re-render, drag frame). Doing the path-building loop once in the
+//  projection task alongside the projection math means the render
+//  path becomes `context.addPath(path)` — no allocation, no per-vertex
+//  iteration per frame.
+//
+//  Also switches polygon-interior handling from a `CGContext` clip
+//  state to an even-odd fill on a compound path — same visual result,
+//  no clip leak between polygons with and without interiors.
+//
+// GeoProjector - Native Swift library for drawing map projections
+// Copyright (C) 2026 Corporoni Pty Ltd. See LICENSE.
+
+#if canImport(CoreGraphics)
+import CoreGraphics
+import Foundation
+import Algorithms
+
+import GeoProjector
+
+// MARK: - CG-specific projected types
+
+extension GeoDrawer {
+
+  struct CGProjectedLine {
+    let path: CGPath
+  }
+
+  struct CGProjectedPolygon {
+    let path: CGPath
+    let invert: Bool
+  }
+
+  enum CGProjectedContent {
+    case line([CGProjectedLine], stroke: CGColor, strokeWidth: Double)
+    case polygon([CGProjectedPolygon], fill: CGColor, stroke: CGColor?, strokeWidth: Double)
+    case circle(Point, radius: Double, fill: CGColor, stroke: CGColor?, strokeWidth: Double)
+    case baseMap(BaseMap)
+    case tiledBaseMap(TiledBaseMap)
+  }
+}
+
+// MARK: - Path construction
+
+extension GeoDrawer {
+
+  private static func cgPath(for points: [Point], close: Bool) -> CGPath {
+    let path = CGMutablePath()
+    guard !points.isEmpty else { return path }
+    path.move(to: points[0].cgPoint)
+    for point in points[1...] {
+      path.addLine(to: point.cgPoint)
+    }
+    if close { path.closeSubpath() }
+    return path
+  }
+
+  /// Exterior + interior rings combined into a single compound path. The
+  /// caller fills with `.evenOdd` to punch out the interiors — no
+  /// `context.clip` state to leak into subsequent draws.
+  private static func cgPath(exterior: [Point], interiors: [[Point]]) -> CGPath {
+    let path = CGMutablePath()
+    guard !exterior.isEmpty else { return path }
+    path.move(to: exterior[0].cgPoint)
+    for point in exterior[1...] {
+      path.addLine(to: point.cgPoint)
+    }
+    path.closeSubpath()
+    for interior in interiors {
+      guard !interior.isEmpty else { continue }
+      path.move(to: interior[0].cgPoint)
+      for point in interior[1...] {
+        path.addLine(to: point.cgPoint)
+      }
+      path.closeSubpath()
+    }
+    return path
+  }
+}
+
+// MARK: - Parallel projection
+
+extension GeoDrawer {
+
+  func projectCG(_ content: Content, coordinateSystem: CoordinateSystem) -> CGProjectedContent? {
+    switch content {
+    case let .line(line, stroke, strokeWidth):
+      let lines = project(line, coordinateSystem: coordinateSystem)
+      let cgLines = lines.compactMap { projected -> CGProjectedLine? in
+        guard !projected.points.isEmpty else { return nil }
+        return CGProjectedLine(path: Self.cgPath(for: projected.points, close: false))
+      }
+      return .line(cgLines, stroke: stroke, strokeWidth: strokeWidth)
+
+    case let .polygon(polygon, fill, stroke, strokeWidth):
+      let polygons = project(polygon, coordinateSystem: coordinateSystem)
+      let cgPolygons = polygons.map { projected in
+        CGProjectedPolygon(
+          path: Self.cgPath(exterior: projected.exterior, interiors: projected.interiors),
+          invert: projected.invert
+        )
+      }
+      return .polygon(cgPolygons, fill: fill, stroke: stroke, strokeWidth: strokeWidth)
+
+    case let .circle(center, radius, fill, stroke, strokeWidth):
+      guard let point = converter(center, coordinateSystem) else { return nil }
+      return .circle(point, radius: radius, fill: fill, stroke: stroke, strokeWidth: strokeWidth)
+
+    case let .baseMap(baseMap):
+      return .baseMap(baseMap)
+
+    case let .tiledBaseMap(tiled):
+      return .tiledBaseMap(tiled)
+    }
+  }
+
+  /// Same shape as `projectInParallel` but returns pre-built-CGPath
+  /// content, and uses smaller chunks (5 instead of 25) so the workload
+  /// distributes more evenly across cores — a single 25-item chunk on
+  /// one core was dominating end-to-end latency for continent-scale
+  /// datasets.
+  func projectInParallelCG(_ contents: [Content], coordinateSystem: CoordinateSystem) async throws -> [CGProjectedContent] {
+    try await withThrowingTaskGroup(of: [OffsettedElement<CGProjectedContent>].self) { group in
+      let chunks = Array(contents.enumerated()).chunks(ofCount: 5)
+      for chunk in chunks {
+        let added = group.addTaskUnlessCancelled {
+          await Task {
+            chunk.compactMap { input in
+              guard !Task.isCancelled,
+                    let projected = projectCG(input.element, coordinateSystem: coordinateSystem)
+              else { return nil }
+              return OffsettedElement(offset: input.offset, element: projected)
+            }
+          }.value
+        }
+        if !added { throw CancellationError() }
+      }
+      let unsorted = try await group.reduce(into: [OffsettedElement<CGProjectedContent>]()) { $0.append(contentsOf: $1) }
+      return unsorted.sorted(by: <).map(\.element)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// GeoDrawer.OffsettedElement wants Equatable; CGProjectedContent
+// currently isn't (CGPath doesn't conform). Give it a trivial one keyed
+// on identity so the offset ordering works — the `sorted(by:)` only
+// looks at the offset field anyway.
+extension GeoDrawer.CGProjectedContent: Equatable {
+  static func == (lhs: GeoDrawer.CGProjectedContent, rhs: GeoDrawer.CGProjectedContent) -> Bool {
+    // Identity-only: we never compare projected content for
+    // structural equality, only bucket them by their original input
+    // offset.
+    withUnsafePointer(to: lhs) { l in
+      withUnsafePointer(to: rhs) { r in l == r }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// MARK: - Drawing pre-built paths
+
+extension GeoDrawer {
+
+  private func draw(_ line: CGProjectedLine, strokeColor: CGColor, strokeWidth: Double, in context: CGContext) {
+    context.addPath(line.path)
+    context.setStrokeColor(strokeColor)
+    context.setLineWidth(strokeWidth)
+    context.setLineCap(.round)
+    context.setLineJoin(.round)
+    context.strokePath()
+  }
+
+  private func draw(_ polygon: CGProjectedPolygon, fillColor: CGColor?, strokeColor: CGColor?, strokeWidth: Double, in context: CGContext) {
+    if let fillColor {
+      if polygon.invert {
+        // TODO: mirror the LineString branch (not actually inverting).
+        context.addPath(polygon.path)
+        context.setStrokeColor(fillColor)
+        context.setLineWidth(strokeWidth)
+        context.setLineCap(.round)
+        context.setLineJoin(.round)
+        context.strokePath()
+      } else {
+        context.addPath(polygon.path)
+        context.setFillColor(fillColor)
+        context.fillPath(using: .evenOdd)
+      }
+    }
+    if let strokeColor {
+      context.addPath(polygon.path)
+      context.setStrokeColor(strokeColor)
+      context.setLineWidth(strokeWidth)
+      context.setLineCap(.round)
+      context.setLineJoin(.round)
+      context.strokePath()
+    }
+  }
+
+  func draw(_ contents: [CGProjectedContent], mapBackground: CGColor?, mapOutline: CGColor?, mapBackdrop: CGColor?, in context: CGContext) {
+    let cgSize = CGSize(width: size.width, height: size.height)
+    let bounds = CGRect(origin: .zero, size: cgSize)
+
+    if let mapBackdrop {
+      context.setFillColor(mapBackdrop)
+      context.addPath(.init(rect: bounds, transform: nil))
+      context.fillPath()
+    }
+
+    if let mapBackground, let projection {
+      draw(projection.mapBounds, fillColor: mapBackground, in: context)
+    }
+
+    // Raster underlays: mirrors the path used by
+    // `draw(_ contents: [ProjectedContent], …)` — same clip, same UIKit
+    // CTM counter-flip, same tiled-vs-single-image split.
+    if let projection {
+      let clipPath = mapBoundsPath(projection.mapBounds)
+      var clipped = false
+      for content in contents {
+        let raster: CGImage?
+        switch content {
+        case .baseMap(let baseMap):
+          raster = renderedBaseMap(baseMap, coordinateSystem: coordinateSystem)
+        case .tiledBaseMap(let tiled):
+          raster = renderedTiledBaseMap(tiled, coordinateSystem: coordinateSystem)
+        case .circle, .line, .polygon:
+          continue
+        }
+        guard let raster else { continue }
+
+        if !clipped, let clipPath {
+          context.saveGState()
+          context.addPath(clipPath)
+          context.clip()
+          clipped = true
+        }
+        context.saveGState()
+        if coordinateSystem == .topLeft {
+          context.translateBy(x: 0, y: bounds.maxY)
+          context.scaleBy(x: 1, y: -1)
+        }
+        context.draw(raster, in: bounds)
+        context.restoreGState()
+      }
+      if clipped { context.restoreGState() }
+    }
+
+    for content in contents {
+      switch content {
+      case .circle, .baseMap, .tiledBaseMap:
+        break  // circles go on top of the outline; rasters drawn above
+      case let .line(lines, stroke, strokeWidth):
+        for line in lines {
+          draw(line, strokeColor: stroke, strokeWidth: strokeWidth, in: context)
+        }
+      case let .polygon(polygons, fill, stroke, strokeWidth):
+        for polygon in polygons {
+          draw(polygon, fillColor: fill, strokeColor: stroke, strokeWidth: strokeWidth, in: context)
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    if let mapOutline, let projection {
+      draw(projection.mapBounds, strokeColor: mapOutline, in: context)
+    }
+
+    for content in contents {
+      if case let .circle(center, radius, fill, stroke, strokeWidth) = content {
+        drawCircle(center, radius: CGFloat(radius), fillColor: fill, strokeColor: stroke, strokeWidth: strokeWidth, in: context)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/Sources/GeoDrawer/apple/GeoDrawer+CoreGraphics.swift b/Sources/GeoDrawer/apple/GeoDrawer+CoreGraphics.swift
index 5a34a70..7c66969 100644
--- a/Sources/GeoDrawer/apple/GeoDrawer+CoreGraphics.swift
+++ b/Sources/GeoDrawer/apple/GeoDrawer+CoreGraphics.swift
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import GeoProjector
 
 extension GeoDrawer {
   
-  private var coordinateSystem: CoordinateSystem {
+  var coordinateSystem: CoordinateSystem {
     #if os(macOS)
     .bottomLeft
     #else
diff --git a/Sources/GeoDrawer/apple/GeoMap+AppKit.swift b/Sources/GeoDrawer/apple/GeoMap+AppKit.swift
index aa3c8cf..12c8c0f 100644
--- a/Sources/GeoDrawer/apple/GeoMap+AppKit.swift
+++ b/Sources/GeoDrawer/apple/GeoMap+AppKit.swift
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ public class GeoMapView: NSView {
     //     previously-projected content against it is correct — same
     //     layers as before the toggle, just briefly.
     let activeDrawer: GeoDrawer
-    let projected: [GeoDrawer.ProjectedContent]
+    let projected: [GeoDrawer.CGProjectedContent]
     switch projectProgress {
     case let .busy(_, .some(previously)):
       if let stale = _previousDrawer {
@@ -256,8 +256,8 @@ public class GeoMapView: NSView {
   // MARK: - Performance
 
   enum ProjectionProgress {
-    case finished([GeoDrawer.ProjectedContent])
-    case busy(Task<Void, Never>, previously: [GeoDrawer.ProjectedContent]?)
+    case finished([GeoDrawer.CGProjectedContent])
+    case busy(Task<Void, Never>, previously: [GeoDrawer.CGProjectedContent]?)
     case idle
   }
 
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ public class GeoMapView: NSView {
   }
 
   private func invalidateProjectedContents() {
-    let previous: [GeoDrawer.ProjectedContent]?
+    let previous: [GeoDrawer.CGProjectedContent]?
     switch projectProgress {
     case .finished(let projected):
       previous = projected
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ public class GeoMapView: NSView {
     projectProgress = .busy(Task.detached(priority: .high) { [weak self] in
       guard let self else { return }
       do {
-        let projected = try await drawer.projectInParallel(contents, coordinateSystem: .bottomLeft)
+        let projected = try await drawer.projectInParallelCG(contents, coordinateSystem: .bottomLeft)
         if Task.isCancelled { return }
 
         // Pre-warm the raster caches off the main thread using whatever
diff --git a/Sources/GeoDrawer/apple/GeoMap+UIKit.swift b/Sources/GeoDrawer/apple/GeoMap+UIKit.swift
index 34640bf..1e888ac 100644
--- a/Sources/GeoDrawer/apple/GeoMap+UIKit.swift
+++ b/Sources/GeoDrawer/apple/GeoMap+UIKit.swift
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ public class GeoMapView: UIView {
     //     previously-projected content against it is correct — same
     //     layers as before the toggle, just briefly.
     let activeDrawer: GeoDrawer
-    let projected: [GeoDrawer.ProjectedContent]
+    let projected: [GeoDrawer.CGProjectedContent]
     switch projectProgress {
     case let .busy(_, .some(previously)):
       if let stale = _previousDrawer {
@@ -259,8 +259,8 @@ public class GeoMapView: UIView {
   // MARK: - Performance
   
   enum ProjectionProgress {
-    case finished([GeoDrawer.ProjectedContent])
-    case busy(Task<Void, Never>, previously: [GeoDrawer.ProjectedContent]?)
+    case finished([GeoDrawer.CGProjectedContent])
+    case busy(Task<Void, Never>, previously: [GeoDrawer.CGProjectedContent]?)
     case idle
   }
   
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ public class GeoMapView: UIView {
   }
 
   private func invalidateProjectedContents() {
-    let previous: [GeoDrawer.ProjectedContent]?
+    let previous: [GeoDrawer.CGProjectedContent]?
     switch projectProgress {
     case .finished(let projected):
       previous = projected
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ public class GeoMapView: UIView {
     projectProgress = .busy(Task.detached(priority: .high) { [weak self] in
       guard let self else { return }
       do {
-        let projected = try await drawer.projectInParallel(contents, coordinateSystem: .topLeft)
+        let projected = try await drawer.projectInParallelCG(contents, coordinateSystem: .topLeft)
         if Task.isCancelled { return }
 
         // Pre-warm the raster caches off the main thread using whatever