diff --git a/application/editormode.cpp b/application/editormode.cpp
index 019b0809..061f2fb1 100644
--- a/application/editormode.cpp
+++ b/application/editormode.cpp
@@ -560,18 +560,12 @@ editor_mode::editor_mode() {
 	m_orthophoto.height_source([](double const X, double const Z, double &Height) { return EditorTerrain.height_at(X, Z, Height); });
 	// the imagery often comes before the terrain made from the model: it lies where the terrain will be
 	m_orthophoto.guess_source([this](double const X, double const Z, double &Height) {
-		if (nmt_ahead(X, Z, Height))
+		if (nmt_ground(X, Z, Height))
 			return true;
-		if (false == m_nmt.placed())
-			return false;
-		if (false == m_nmt.height(X, Z, Height))
-		{
-			// asked for, the tile goes onto it once it comes
+		// asked for, the tile goes onto it once it comes
+		if (m_nmt.placed())
 			m_nmt.request({X - 1.0, Z - 1.0}, {X + 1.0, Z + 1.0});
-			return false;
-		}
-		Height += nmt_offset_at(X, Z);
-		return true;
+		return false;
 	});
 	editor_track::observe(this);
  }
diff --git a/application/editormode.h b/application/editormode.h
index 6f90aacf..3afb6341 100644
--- a/application/editormode.h
+++ b/application/editormode.h
@@ -439,6 +439,9 @@ class editor_mode : public application_mode, private editor_track::observer, pri
 	void nmt_follow_tracks();
 	// the height the ground will have where the terrain is made ahead of the track laid and isn't there yet
 	bool nmt_ahead(double const X, double const Z, double &Height) const;
+	// the same, else the height of the model with the offset of the scenery where its square is in: the ground where there's no
+	// terrain made yet, as under the base map of the top view
+	bool nmt_ground(double const X, double const Z, double &Height) const;
 	// the squares of the model under the rectangle are in, none of them waiting to be asked for again
 	bool nmt_ready(glm::dvec2 const &Min, glm::dvec2 const &Max);
 	// Only: the paths of these tracks are shaped anew, the modifiers of those removed taken away; null: all of them. the number
diff --git a/application/editormodenmt.cpp b/application/editormodenmt.cpp
index 782bc703..52355678 100644
--- a/application/editormodenmt.cpp
+++ b/application/editormodenmt.cpp
@@ -748,6 +748,16 @@ bool editor_mode::nmt_ahead(double const X, double const Z, double &Height) cons
 	return true;
 }
 
+bool editor_mode::nmt_ground(double const X, double const Z, double &Height) const
+{
+	if (nmt_ahead(X, Z, Height))
+		return true;
+	if (false == m_nmt.placed() || false == m_nmt.height(X, Z, Height))
+		return false;
+	Height += nmt_offset_at(X, Z);
+	return true;
+}
+
 editor_mode::nmt_chunk editor_mode::add_chunk_from_nmt(heightmap::chunk_key const &Key, std::optional<double> const Offset)
 {
 	auto const low{heightmap::chunk_corner(Key)};
@@ -1040,9 +1050,16 @@ void editor_mode::nmt_grow()
 {
 	auto &state{m_nmt_state};
 	auto const now{ImGui::GetTime()};
-	if (false == state.grow || now - state.grow_time < 0.5 || (false == m_lay.active && false == m_extend.active) || m_streamer.resident() == 0 || false == m_nmt.placed())
+	if (false == state.grow || now - state.grow_time < 0.5 || (false == m_lay.active && false == m_extend.active) || false == m_nmt.placed())
 		return;
 	state.grow_time = now;
+	// the model under the cursor, for the heights of the points laid where there's no terrain yet, as over the base map
+	{
+		auto const at{m_extend.active ? m_extend.mouse : m_lay.mouse};
+		m_nmt.request({at.x - 100.0, at.z - 100.0}, {at.x + 100.0, at.z + 100.0});
+	}
+	if (m_streamer.resident() == 0)
+		return;
 	auto const at{m_extend.active ? m_extend.mouse : m_lay.mouse};
 	glm::dvec2 const cursor{at.x, at.z};
 	double constexpr grow_reach{400.0}; // m around the cursor
@@ -1173,13 +1190,8 @@ void editor_mode::draw_nmt_pending() const
 					}
 	}
 	auto const height = [&](double const X, double const Z, double &Height) {
-		if (m_streamer.height_at(X, Z, Height) || nmt_ahead(X, Z, Height))
+		if (m_streamer.height_at(X, Z, Height) || nmt_ground(X, Z, Height))
 			return true;
-		if (m_nmt.placed() && m_nmt.height(X, Z, Height))
-		{
-			Height += nmt_offset_at(X, Z);
-			return true;
-		}
 		Height = fallback;
 		return true;
 	};
diff --git a/application/editormodetrackbed.cpp b/application/editormodetrackbed.cpp
index cae113d4..374d118c 100644
--- a/application/editormodetrackbed.cpp
+++ b/application/editormodetrackbed.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ glm::dvec3 editor_mode::cursor_terrain(double const Height)
 	{
 		std::vector<char> found;
 		auto ground{ground_heights({glm::dvec3{point.x, std::max(point.y, static_cast<double>(Global.pCamera.Pos.y)), point.z}}, true, &found).front()};
-		if (found[0] == 0 && false == nmt_ahead(point.x, point.z, ground))
+		if (found[0] == 0 && false == nmt_ground(point.x, point.z, ground))
 			ground = nearby_ground(point);
 		if (std::isnan(ground))
 			return point;
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ std::vector<double> editor_mode::bed_heights(std::vector<glm::dvec3> const &Poin
 	std::vector<char> found;
 	auto heights{ground_heights(probes, true, &found)};
 	for (std::size_t i = 0; i < probes.size(); ++i)
-		if (found[i] == 0 && nmt_ahead(probes[i].x, probes[i].z, heights[i]))
+		if (found[i] == 0 && nmt_ground(probes[i].x, probes[i].z, heights[i]))
 			found[i] = 1;
 	std::vector<double> result(Points.size(), std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN());
 	for (std::size_t i = 0; i < Points.size(); ++i)
diff --git a/lang/editor_pl.po b/lang/editor_pl.po
index d6a3a7b6..aeaf3758 100644
--- a/lang/editor_pl.po
+++ b/lang/editor_pl.po
@@ -11522,7 +11522,7 @@ msgid "Height of the track on the ground"
 msgstr "Wysokość toru na terenie"
 
 msgid "Fitted"
-msgstr "Dopasowana"
+msgstr "Wygładzona niweleta"
 
 msgid "Point to point"
 msgstr "Punkt–punkt"