diff --git a/ATTRIBUTION.md b/ATTRIBUTION.md
index 4cd6e083..334db65a 100644
--- a/ATTRIBUTION.md
+++ b/ATTRIBUTION.md
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ This project is licensed under the permissive ISC license. Parts imported from o
 - [oms.min.js by George MacKerron; MIT](https://github.com/jawj/OverlappingMarkerSpiderfier-Leaflet)
 - [taphold.js by Rich Adams; unknown](https://github.com/richadams/jquery-taphold)
 - [L.Control.Pan.js by Kartena AB; same as Leaftlet](https://github.com/kartena/Leaflet.Pancontrol)
+- [L.Control.Zoomslider.js by Kartena AB; same as Leaftlet](https://github.com/kartena/Leaflet.zoomslider)
 - StackOverflow-CopyPasta is attributed in the source; [CC-Wiki](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)
 - all Ingress/Niantic related stuff obviously remains non-free and is still copyrighted by Niantic/Google
diff --git a/external/L.Control.Zoomslider.css b/external/L.Control.Zoomslider.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5e70bbee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/L.Control.Zoomslider.css
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+/** Slider **/
+.leaflet-control-zoomslider-slider {
+	padding-top: 5px ;
+	padding-bottom: 5px;
+}
+
+.leaflet-control-zoomslider-slider-body {
+	background-image: url(@@INCLUDEIMAGE:images/zoom-slider.png@@);
+	background-repeat: repeat-y;
+	background-position: center 0px;
+	height: 100%;
+	cursor: default;
+}
+
+.leaflet-control-zoomslider-slider-knob {
+	width: 13px;
+	height:5px;
+	background-color: black;
+	background-position: center;
+  -webkit-border-radius: 15px;
+	border-radius: 15px;
+	margin-left: 5px;
+	/*border: 5px; */
+	position:relative;
+}
+
+.leaflet-control-zoomslider-slider-body:hover {
+	cursor: pointer;
+}
+
+.leaflet-control-zoomslider-slider-knob:hover {
+	cursor: default;
+	cursor: -webkit-grab;
+	cursor:    -moz-grab;
+}
+
+.leaflet-dragging .leaflet-control-zoomslider,
+.leaflet-dragging .leaflet-control-zoomslider-slider,
+.leaflet-dragging .leaflet-control-zoomslider-slider-body,
+.leaflet-dragging .leaflet-control-zoomslider a,
+.leaflet-dragging .leaflet-control-zoomslider a.leaflet-control-zoomslider-disabled,
+.leaflet-dragging .leaflet-control-zoomslider-slider-knob:hover  {
+	cursor: move;
+	cursor: -webkit-grabbing;
+	cursor:    -moz-grabbing;
+}
+
+/** Leaflet Zoom Styles **/
+.leaflet-container .leaflet-control-zoomslider {
+	margin-left: 13px;
+	margin-top: 12px;
+}
+.leaflet-control-zoomslider a {
+	width: 23px;
+	height: 22px;
+	text-align: center;
+	text-decoration: none;
+	color: black;
+	display: block;
+}
+.leaflet-control-zoomslider a:hover {
+	background-color: #fff;
+	color: #777;
+}
+.leaflet-control-zoomslider-in {
+	font: bold 19px/24px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
+}
+.leaflet-control-zoomslider-in:after{
+	content:"+"
+}
+.leaflet-control-zoomslider-out {
+	font: bold 23px/20px Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;
+}
+.leaflet-control-zoomslider-out:after{
+	content:"-"
+}
+.leaflet-control-zoomslider a.leaflet-control-zoomslider-disabled {
+	cursor: default;
+	color: #bbb;
+}
+
+/* Touch */
+
+.leaflet-touch .leaflet-control-zoomslider-slider-knob {
+	width:20px;
+}
+.leaflet-touch .leaflet-control-zoomslider a {
+	width: 30px;
+	height: 30px;
+}
+.leaflet-touch .leaflet-control-zoomslider-in {
+	font-size: 24px;
+	line-height: 29px;
+}
+.leaflet-touch .leaflet-control-zoomslider-out {
+	font-size: 28px;
+	line-height: 24px;
+}
+
+.leaflet-touch .leaflet-control-zoomslider {
+	box-shadow: none;
+}
+
+.leaflet-touch .leaflet-control-zoomslider {
+	border: 4px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.3);
+}
diff --git a/external/L.Control.Zoomslider.js b/external/L.Control.Zoomslider.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..06b594b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/L.Control.Zoomslider.js
@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+L.Control.Zoomslider = (function(){
+
+	var Knob = L.Draggable.extend({
+		initialize: function (element, steps, stepHeight, knobHeight) {
+			var sliderHeight = steps * stepHeight;
+			L.Draggable.prototype.initialize.call(this, element, element);
+
+			this._element = element;
+			this._maxValue = steps - 1;
+
+			// conversion parameters
+			// the conversion is just a common linear function.
+			this._k = -stepHeight;
+			this._m = sliderHeight - (stepHeight + knobHeight) / 2;
+
+			this.on('predrag', function() {
+				this._newPos.x = 0;
+				this._newPos.y = this._adjust(this._newPos.y);
+			}, this);
+		},
+
+		_adjust: function (y) {
+			var value = Math.round(this._toValue(y));
+			value = Math.max(0, Math.min(this._maxValue, value));
+			return this._toY(value);
+		},
+
+		// y = k*v + m
+		_toY: function (value) {
+			return this._k * value + this._m;
+		},
+		// v = (y - m) / k
+		_toValue: function (y) {
+			return (y - this._m) / this._k;
+		},
+
+		setPosition: function (y) {
+			L.DomUtil.setPosition(this._element,
+								  L.point(0, this._adjust(y)));
+		},
+
+		setValue: function (v) {
+			this.setPosition(this._toY(v));
+		},
+
+		getValue: function () {
+			return this._toValue(L.DomUtil.getPosition(this._element).y);
+		}
+	});
+
+	var Zoomslider = L.Control.extend({
+		options: {
+			position: 'topleft',
+			// Height of zoom-slider.png in px
+			stepHeight: 9,
+			// Height of the knob div in px
+			knobHeight: 5,
+			styleNS: 'leaflet-control-zoomslider'
+		},
+
+		onAdd: function (map) {
+			var container = L.DomUtil.create('div', this.options.styleNS + ' leaflet-bar');
+
+			L.DomEvent.disableClickPropagation(container);
+
+			this._map = map;
+
+			this._zoomInButton = this._createZoomButton(
+				'in', 'top', container, this._zoomIn);
+
+			this._sliderElem = L.DomUtil.create(
+				'div',
+				this.options.styleNS + "-slider leaflet-bar-part",
+				container);
+
+			this._zoomOutButton = this._createZoomButton(
+				'out', 'bottom', container, this._zoomOut);
+
+			map .on('layeradd layerremove', this._refresh, this)
+				.on("zoomend", this._updateSlider, this)
+				.on("zoomend", this._updateDisabled, this)
+				.whenReady(this._createSlider, this)
+				.whenReady(this._createKnob, this)
+				.whenReady(this._updateSlider, this)
+				.whenReady(this._updateDisabled, this);
+
+			return container;
+		},
+
+		onRemove: function (map) {
+			map .off("zoomend", this._updateSlider)
+				.off("zoomend", this._updateDisabled)
+				.off('layeradd layerremove', this._refresh);
+		},
+
+		_refresh: function () {
+			// TODO: listen to zoomlevelschange-event instead in 0.6.x
+			this._map
+				.removeControl(this)
+				.addControl(this);
+		},
+		_zoomLevels: function(){
+			return this._map.getMaxZoom() - this._map.getMinZoom() + 1;
+		},
+
+		_createSlider: function () {
+			var zoomLevels = this._zoomLevels();
+
+			// No tilelayer probably
+			if(zoomLevels == Infinity){
+				return;
+			}
+
+			this._sliderBody = L.DomUtil.create('div',
+												this.options.styleNS + '-slider-body',
+												this._sliderElem);
+			this._sliderBody.style.height
+				= (this.options.stepHeight * zoomLevels) + "px";
+			L.DomEvent.on(this._sliderBody, 'click', this._onSliderClick, this);
+		},
+
+		_createKnob: function () {
+			var knobElem,
+				zoomLevels = this._zoomLevels();
+
+			// No tilelayer probably
+			if(zoomLevels == Infinity) {
+				return;
+			}
+
+			knobElem = L.DomUtil.create('div', this.options.styleNS + '-slider-knob',
+										this._sliderBody);
+			L.DomEvent.disableClickPropagation(knobElem);
+
+			this._knob = new Knob(knobElem,
+								  this._zoomLevels(),
+								  this.options.stepHeight,
+								  this.options.knobHeight)
+				.on('dragend', this._updateZoom, this);
+			this._knob.enable();
+		},
+
+		_onSliderClick: function (e) {
+			var first = (e.touches && e.touches.length === 1 ? e.touches[0] : e);
+			var y = L.DomEvent.getMousePosition(first).y
+	  				- L.DomUtil.getViewportOffset(this._sliderBody).y; // Cache this?
+			this._knob.setPosition(y);
+			this._updateZoom();
+		},
+
+		_zoomIn: function (e) {
+			this._map.zoomIn(e.shiftKey ? 3 : 1);
+		},
+		_zoomOut: function (e) {
+			this._map.zoomOut(e.shiftKey ? 3 : 1);
+		},
+
+		_createZoomButton: function (zoomDir, end, container, fn) {
+			var barPart = 'leaflet-bar-part',
+				classDef = this.options.styleNS + '-' + zoomDir
+					+ ' ' + barPart
+					+ ' ' + barPart + '-' + end,
+				title = 'Zoom ' + zoomDir,
+				link = L.DomUtil.create('a', classDef, container);
+			link.href = '#';
+			link.title = title;
+
+			L.DomEvent
+				.on(link, 'click', L.DomEvent.preventDefault)
+				.on(link, 'click', fn, this);
+
+			return link;
+		},
+		_toZoomLevel: function (sliderValue) {
+			return sliderValue + this._map.getMinZoom();
+		},
+		_toSliderValue: function (zoomLevel) {
+			return zoomLevel - this._map.getMinZoom();
+		},
+
+		_updateZoom: function(){
+			this._map.setZoom(this._toZoomLevel(this._knob.getValue()));
+		},
+		_updateSlider: function(){
+			if(this._knob){
+				this._knob.setValue(this._toSliderValue(this._map.getZoom()));
+			}
+		},
+		_updateDisabled: function () {
+			var map = this._map,
+				className = this.options.styleNS + '-disabled';
+
+			L.DomUtil.removeClass(this._zoomInButton, className);
+			L.DomUtil.removeClass(this._zoomOutButton, className);
+
+			if (map.getZoom() === map.getMinZoom()) {
+				L.DomUtil.addClass(this._zoomOutButton, className);
+			}
+			if (map.getZoom() === map.getMaxZoom()) {
+				L.DomUtil.addClass(this._zoomInButton, className);
+			}
+		}
+	});
+	return Zoomslider;
+})();
+
+L.Map.mergeOptions({
+    zoomControl: false,
+    zoomsliderControl: true
+});
+
+L.Map.addInitHook(function () {
+    if (this.options.zoomsliderControl) {
+		this.zoomsliderControl = new L.Control.Zoomslider();
+		this.addControl(this.zoomsliderControl);
+	}
+});
+
+L.control.zoomslider = function (options) {
+    return new L.Control.Zoomslider(options);
+};
diff --git a/images/zoom-slider.png b/images/zoom-slider.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..529f451b
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diff --git a/plugins/zoom-slider.user.js b/plugins/zoom-slider.user.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a0b41b7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/zoom-slider.user.js
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// ==UserScript==
+// @id             iitc-plugin-zoom-slider@fragger
+// @name           IITC plugin: zoom slider
+// @version        0.1.0.@@DATETIMEVERSION@@
+// @namespace      https://github.com/jonatkins/ingress-intel-total-conversion
+// @updateURL      @@UPDATEURL@@
+// @downloadURL    @@DOWNLOADURL@@
+// @description    [@@BUILDNAME@@-@@BUILDDATE@@] Shows a zoom slider on the map instead of the zoom buttons
+// @include        https://www.ingress.com/intel*
+// @include        http://www.ingress.com/intel*
+// @match          https://www.ingress.com/intel*
+// @match          http://www.ingress.com/intel*
+// ==/UserScript==
+
+function wrapper() {
+// ensure plugin framework is there, even if iitc is not yet loaded
+if(typeof window.plugin !== 'function') window.plugin = function() {};
+
+
+// PLUGIN START ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+
+// use own namespace for plugin
+window.plugin.zoomSlider = function() {};
+
+window.plugin.zoomSlider.setup  = function() {
+  try { console.log('Loading Leaflet.zoomslider JS now'); } catch(e) {}
+  @@INCLUDERAW:external/L.Control.Zoomslider.js@@
+  try { console.log('done loading Leaflet.zoomslider JS'); } catch(e) {}
+
+  if(map.zoomControl._map) {
+    window.map.removeControl(map.zoomControl);
+  }
+  window.map.addControl(L.control.zoomslider());
+
+  $('head').append('<style>@@INCLUDESTRING:external/L.Control.Zoomslider.css@@</style>');
+};
+
+var setup =  window.plugin.zoomSlider.setup;
+
+// PLUGIN END //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+if(window.iitcLoaded && typeof setup === 'function') {
+  setup();
+} else {
+  if(window.bootPlugins)
+    window.bootPlugins.push(setup);
+  else
+    window.bootPlugins = [setup];
+}
+} // wrapper end
+// inject code into site context
+var script = document.createElement('script');
+script.appendChild(document.createTextNode('('+ wrapper +')();'));
+(document.body || document.head || document.documentElement).appendChild(script);