diff --git a/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/assets/web/generated/map-core.js b/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/assets/web/generated/map-core.js
index a8755ecb..5c8f748e 100644
--- a/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/assets/web/generated/map-core.js
+++ b/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/assets/web/generated/map-core.js
@@ -1647,18 +1647,13 @@ var mapWindow = window;
       return;
     }
     const mapRect = mapContainer.getBoundingClientRect();
-    const width = mapContainer.clientWidth || mapRect.width;
     const footer = document.querySelector(".footer");
-    let bottom = mapIsFullscreen() && stage ? stage.getBoundingClientRect().bottom : window.innerHeight;
-    if (!mapIsFullscreen() && footer) {
+    let bottom = window.innerHeight;
+    if (footer) {
       const fr = footer.getBoundingClientRect();
-      if (fr.top > mapRect.top + 50) bottom = fr.top;
+      if (fr.top > mapRect.top + 50) bottom = Math.min(fr.top, bottom);
     }
-    const available = Math.max(0, Math.floor(bottom - mapRect.top - 8));
-    const widthDriven = width > 0 ? Math.floor(width / 1.55) : available;
-    const viewportCap = mapIsFullscreen() ? Math.floor(window.innerHeight * 0.9) : Math.floor(window.innerHeight * 0.75);
-    const minHeight = Math.min(260, available);
-    const target = Math.max(minHeight, Math.min(available, viewportCap, widthDriven));
+    const target = Math.max(0, Math.floor(bottom - mapRect.top - 8));
     mapContainer.style.height = `${target}px`;
     if (aprsMap) aprsMap.invalidateSize();
   }
diff --git a/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/frontend/src/map-core.ts b/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/frontend/src/map-core.ts
index d9040c84..f256a733 100644
--- a/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/frontend/src/map-core.ts
+++ b/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/frontend/src/map-core.ts
@@ -1980,23 +1980,21 @@ const mapWindow = window as unknown as MapWindow;
       if (aprsMap) aprsMap.invalidateSize();
       return;
     }
+    // Everything below is the windowed path — the fullscreen branch returned.
+    // The map tab is a whole page, so the stage fills the column down to the
+    // footer.  Capping it at a fraction of the viewport, or at a width-derived
+    // aspect ratio, left a dead band under the map that grew with the window
+    // (and on narrow screens made the map barely a third of the page).
     const mapRect = mapContainer.getBoundingClientRect();
-    const width = mapContainer.clientWidth || mapRect.width;
     const footer = document.querySelector(".footer");
-    let bottom = mapIsFullscreen() && stage
-      ? stage.getBoundingClientRect().bottom
-      : window.innerHeight;
-    if (!mapIsFullscreen() && footer) {
+    let bottom = window.innerHeight;
+    if (footer) {
       const fr = footer.getBoundingClientRect();
-      if (fr.top > mapRect.top + 50) bottom = fr.top;
+      // Clamped to the viewport: once the column is tall enough to push the
+      // footer below the fold, growing into it would push it further still.
+      if (fr.top > mapRect.top + 50) bottom = Math.min(fr.top, bottom);
     }
-    const available = Math.max(0, Math.floor(bottom - mapRect.top - 8));
-    const widthDriven = width > 0 ? Math.floor(width / 1.55) : available;
-    const viewportCap = mapIsFullscreen()
-      ? Math.floor(window.innerHeight * 0.9)
-      : Math.floor(window.innerHeight * 0.75);
-    const minHeight = Math.min(260, available);
-    const target = Math.max(minHeight, Math.min(available, viewportCap, widthDriven));
+    const target = Math.max(0, Math.floor(bottom - mapRect.top - 8));
     mapContainer.style.height = `${target}px`;
     if (aprsMap) aprsMap.invalidateSize();
   }
diff --git a/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/frontend/tests/browser-smoke.mjs b/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/frontend/tests/browser-smoke.mjs
index ed053be4..4f35c38c 100644
--- a/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/frontend/tests/browser-smoke.mjs
+++ b/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/frontend/tests/browser-smoke.mjs
@@ -237,11 +237,18 @@ try {
       right: Math.round(rect.right),
       viewport: document.documentElement.clientWidth,
       sideways: document.documentElement.scrollWidth > document.documentElement.clientWidth + 1,
+      gapToFooter: Math.round(document.querySelector(".footer").getBoundingClientRect().top - rect.bottom),
+      pageScrolls: document.documentElement.scrollHeight > document.documentElement.clientHeight + 1,
     };
   });
   assert.equal(stage.left, 0, `map stage starts at ${stage.left}px, not the viewport edge`);
   assert.equal(stage.right, stage.viewport, `map stage ends at ${stage.right}px, not ${stage.viewport}px`);
   assert.equal(stage.sideways, false, "full-bleed map makes the page scroll sideways");
+  // ...and fills the column down to the footer. Capping the height at a
+  // fraction of the viewport left a dead band that grew with the window.
+  assert.ok(stage.gapToFooter <= 16,
+    `${stage.gapToFooter}px of dead space between the map and the footer`);
+  assert.equal(stage.pageScrolls, false, "the map grew past the viewport");
 
   await page.locator('.tab[data-tab="main"]').click();
   assert.equal(new URL(page.url()).pathname, "/");