diff --git a/include/osgTerrain/Locator b/include/osgTerrain/Locator
index 5f9d586a7..3ce14ffcc 100644
--- a/include/osgTerrain/Locator
+++ b/include/osgTerrain/Locator
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ class OSGTERRAIN_EXPORT Locator : public osg::Object
         
         void setDefinedInFile(bool flag) { _definedInFile = flag; }
         bool getDefinedInFile() const { return _definedInFile; }
+        
+        void setTransformScaledByResolution(bool scaledByResolution) { _transformScaledByResolution = scaledByResolution; }
+        bool getTransformScaledByResolution() const { return _transformScaledByResolution; }
 
     protected:
 
@@ -120,6 +123,7 @@ class OSGTERRAIN_EXPORT Locator : public osg::Object
         osg::Matrixd                        _inverse;
         
         bool                                _definedInFile;
+        bool                                _transformScaledByResolution;
 
 };
 
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/osgTerrain/Terrain.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/osgTerrain/Terrain.cpp
index 2503792bd..156780215 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/osgTerrain/Terrain.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/osgTerrain/Terrain.cpp
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ osgTerrain::Layer* readLayer(osgDB::Input& fr, bool& itrAdvanced)
                 fr += 2;
                 localAdvanced = true;
             }
+            
+            
 
 
             if (fr.matchSequence("CoordinateSystem %w") || fr.matchSequence("CoordinateSystem %s") )
@@ -89,6 +91,13 @@ osgTerrain::Layer* readLayer(osgDB::Input& fr, bool& itrAdvanced)
                 localAdvanced = true;
             }
 
+            if (fr.matchSequence("TransformScaledByResolution %w"))
+            {
+                locator->setTransformScaledByResolution(fr[1].matchWord("TRUE") || fr[1].matchWord("True") || fr[1].matchWord("true"));
+                fr += 2;
+                localAdvanced = true;
+            }
+
             if (fr.matchSequence("Transform {"))
             {
                 int tansform_entry = fr[0].getNoNestedBrackets();
@@ -518,7 +527,9 @@ bool writeLocator(const osgTerrain::Locator& locator, osgDB::Output& fw)
             fw<<"PROJECTED"<<std::endl;
             break;
         }
-    }    
+    }   
+    
+    fw.indent()<<"TransformScaledByResolution " << (locator.getTransformScaledByResolution() ? "TRUE":"FALSE") <<std::endl;
 
     const osg::Matrixd& matrix = locator.getTransform();
     fw.indent() << "Transform {" << std::endl;
diff --git a/src/osgTerrain/Locator.cpp b/src/osgTerrain/Locator.cpp
index 012589ae4..323d38028 100644
--- a/src/osgTerrain/Locator.cpp
+++ b/src/osgTerrain/Locator.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ using namespace osgTerrain;
 Locator::Locator():
     _coordinateSystemType(PROJECTED),
     _ellipsoidModel(new osg::EllipsoidModel()),
-    _definedInFile(false)
+    _definedInFile(false),
+    _transformScaledByResolution(false)
 {
 }
 
@@ -36,7 +37,8 @@ Locator::Locator(const Locator& locator,const osg::CopyOp& copyop):
     _format(locator._format),
     _cs(locator._cs),
     _transform(locator._transform),
-    _definedInFile(locator._definedInFile)
+    _definedInFile(locator._definedInFile),
+    _transformScaledByResolution(locator._transformScaledByResolution)
 {
 }