diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/txp/TXPPagedLOD.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/txp/TXPPagedLOD.cpp
index da7f3dc17..170b76a92 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/txp/TXPPagedLOD.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/txp/TXPPagedLOD.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ TXPPagedLOD::TXPPagedLOD():
 PagedLOD(),
 _tileX(-1),
 _tileY(-1),
-_tileLOD(-1)
+_tileLOD(-1),
+_lastChildTraversed(-1)
 {
 }
 
@@ -14,12 +15,14 @@ TXPPagedLOD::TXPPagedLOD(const TXPPagedLOD& plod,const osg::CopyOp& copyop):
 PagedLOD(plod,copyop),
 _tileX(plod._tileX),
 _tileY(plod._tileY),
-_tileLOD(plod._tileLOD)
+_tileLOD(plod._tileLOD),
+_lastChildTraversed(plod._lastChildTraversed)
 {
 }
 
 TXPPagedLOD::~TXPPagedLOD()
 {
+    TileMapper::instance()->removePagedLOD(_tileX,_tileY,_tileLOD);
 }
 
 void TXPPagedLOD::traverse(osg::NodeVisitor& nv)
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ void TXPPagedLOD::traverse(osg::NodeVisitor& nv)
         {
             float distance = nv.getDistanceToEyePoint(getCenter(),true);
 
-            int lastChildTraversed = -1;
+            _lastChildTraversed = -1;
             bool needToLoadChild = false;
             bool rollBack = false;
             for(unsigned int i=0;i<_rangeList.size();++i)
@@ -66,7 +69,7 @@ void TXPPagedLOD::traverse(osg::NodeVisitor& nv)
                         {
                             if (updateTimeStamp) _perRangeDataList[i]._timeStamp=timeStamp;
                             _children[i]->accept(nv);
-                            lastChildTraversed = (int)i;
+                            _lastChildTraversed = (int)i;
                         }
                     }
                     else
@@ -80,7 +83,7 @@ void TXPPagedLOD::traverse(osg::NodeVisitor& nv)
             {
                 if (updateTimeStamp) _perRangeDataList[0]._timeStamp=timeStamp;
                 _children[0]->accept(nv);
-                lastChildTraversed = 0;
+                _lastChildTraversed = 0;
                 //std::cout << "Rolling back" << std::endl;
             }
             
@@ -90,11 +93,12 @@ void TXPPagedLOD::traverse(osg::NodeVisitor& nv)
                 
                 //std::cout<<"PagedLOD::traverse() - falling back "<<std::endl;
                 // select the last valid child.
-                if (numChildren>0 && ((int)numChildren-1)!=lastChildTraversed)
+                if (numChildren>0 && ((int)numChildren-1)!=_lastChildTraversed)
                 {
                     //std::cout<<"    to child "<<numChildren-1<<std::endl;
                     if (updateTimeStamp) _perRangeDataList[numChildren-1]._timeStamp=timeStamp;
                     _children[numChildren-1]->accept(nv);
+					_lastChildTraversed = numChildren-1;
                 }
                 
                 // now request the loading of the next unload child.
@@ -120,5 +124,3 @@ void TXPPagedLOD::traverse(osg::NodeVisitor& nv)
             break;
     }
 }
-
-
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/txp/TXPPagedLOD.h b/src/osgPlugins/txp/TXPPagedLOD.h
index 5673e0962..ee3927681 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/txp/TXPPagedLOD.h
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/txp/TXPPagedLOD.h
@@ -63,14 +63,16 @@ namespace txp
             _neighbours.push_back(n);
         }
 
-        int _tileX;
+		int _tileX;
         int _tileY;
         int _tileLOD;
 
+		inline const int getLastTraversedChild() const { return _lastChildTraversed; }
+
     protected:
         virtual ~TXPPagedLOD();
 
-        
+        int _lastChildTraversed;
 
         struct Neighbour
         {
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/txp/TXPSeamLOD.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/txp/TXPSeamLOD.cpp
index 6710e6ceb..3a5604a78 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/txp/TXPSeamLOD.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/txp/TXPSeamLOD.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "TXPSeamLOD.h"
 #include "TXPArchive.h"
 #include "TXPTileNode.h"
+#include "TXPPagedLOD.h"
 #include "TileMapper.h"
 
 using namespace txp;
@@ -52,8 +53,14 @@ void TXPSeamLOD::traverse(osg::NodeVisitor& nv)
     if (nv.getVisitorType()==osg::NodeVisitor::CULL_VISITOR && _children.size()==2)
     {
 
-        osg::PagedLOD* pagedLOD = TileMapper::instance()->getPagedLOD(_neighbourTileX,_neighbourTileY, _neighbourTileLOD);
+        //osg::PagedLOD* pagedLOD = TileMapper::instance()->getPagedLOD(_neighbourTileX,_neighbourTileY, _neighbourTileLOD);
+        TXPPagedLOD* pagedLOD = dynamic_cast<TXPPagedLOD*>(TileMapper::instance()->getPagedLOD(_neighbourTileX,_neighbourTileY, _neighbourTileLOD));
 #if 1
+        if (pagedLOD && pagedLOD->getLastTraversedChild()>0)
+            getChild(1)->accept(nv);
+        else
+            getChild(0)->accept(nv);
+#else
         bool acceptLoRes = true;
         if (pagedLOD)
         {
@@ -85,29 +92,6 @@ void TXPSeamLOD::traverse(osg::NodeVisitor& nv)
             for (int i = _nonSeamChildrenIndex; i < (int)getNumChildren(); i++ )
                 getChild(i)->accept(nv);
         }
-#else
-        float distance = nv.getDistanceToEyePoint(_center,true);
-        if (distance<=_mid)
-        {
-            // cap the lod's that can be used to what is available in the adjacent PagedLOD.
-            
-            //std::cout<<"distance to eye from center = "<<distance<<" min = "<< _min<<" mid = "<< _mid << " max = "<<_max<<std::endl;
-            if (pagedLOD)
-            {
-                //std::cout<<"   in cull pagedLOD="<<pagedLOD<<" numChildren=="<<pagedLOD->getNumChildren()<<std::endl;
-                for(unsigned int i=0;i<pagedLOD->getNumChildren();++i)
-                {
-                    //std::cout<<"   child "<<i<<" range = min "<<pagedLOD->getMinRange(i)<<" max = "<<pagedLOD->getMaxRange(i)<<std::endl;
-                }
-            }
-            
-            if (pagedLOD && pagedLOD->getNumChildren()>1) getChild(1)->accept(nv); // pick high res
-            else getChild(0)->accept(nv); // pick low res as fallback
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            getChild(0)->accept(nv); // pick low res
-        }
 #endif
     }
     else
@@ -115,4 +99,3 @@ void TXPSeamLOD::traverse(osg::NodeVisitor& nv)
         Group::traverse(nv);
     }
 }
-
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/txp/TileMapper.h b/src/osgPlugins/txp/TileMapper.h
index a590e43eb..4a4503ad1 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/txp/TileMapper.h
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/txp/TileMapper.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ protected:
         }
     };
     
-    typedef std::map< TileTriple, osg::ref_ptr<osg::PagedLOD> > TileMap;
+    typedef std::map< TileTriple, osg::PagedLOD* > TileMap;
     
     OpenThreads::Mutex  _mutex;
     TileMap             _tileMap;