diff --git a/include/osgUtil/IntersectVisitor b/include/osgUtil/IntersectVisitor
index a71aa9958..8a45db9bc 100644
--- a/include/osgUtil/IntersectVisitor
+++ b/include/osgUtil/IntersectVisitor
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class OSGUTIL_EXPORT IntersectVisitor : public osg::NodeVisitor
           * of the intersection ray set (IntersectState::_segList). */
         void setEyePoint(const osg::Vec3& eye) { _pseudoEyePoint = eye; }
 
-        virtual osg::Vec3 getEyePoint() const { return _pseudoEyePoint; }
+        virtual osg::Vec3 getEyePoint() const;
 
 
         /** Get the distance from a point to the eye point, distance value in local coordinate system.
diff --git a/src/osgUtil/IntersectVisitor.cpp b/src/osgUtil/IntersectVisitor.cpp
index 3a8283708..2b7d5ae8b 100644
--- a/src/osgUtil/IntersectVisitor.cpp
+++ b/src/osgUtil/IntersectVisitor.cpp
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ float IntersectVisitor::getDistanceToEyePoint(const Vec3& pos, bool /*withLODSca
 {
     if (_lodSelectionMode==USE_SEGMENT_START_POINT_AS_EYE_POINT_FOR_LOD_LEVEL_SELECTION)
     {
+        // osg::notify(osg::NOTICE)<<"IntersectVisitor::getDistanceToEyePoint)"<<(pos-getEyePoint()).length()<<std::endl;
         // LODScale is not available to IntersectVisitor, so we ignore the withLODScale argument
         //if (withLODScale) return (pos-getEyePoint()).length()*getLODScale();
         //else return (pos-getEyePoint()).length();
@@ -212,6 +213,7 @@ osg::Vec3 IntersectVisitor::getEyePoint() const
     const IntersectState* cis = _intersectStateStack.empty() ? 0 : _intersectStateStack.back().get();
     if (cis)
     {
+        //osg::notify(osg::NOTICE)<<"IntersectVisitor::getEyePoint()"<<_pseudoEyePoint * (*(cis->_inverse))<<std::endl;
         return _pseudoEyePoint * (*(cis->_inverse));
     }
     else