diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/miso/data/SparseMisoSceneModel.java b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/data/SparseMisoSceneModel.java
index 8a914883f..19ff264b2 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/miso/data/SparseMisoSceneModel.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/data/SparseMisoSceneModel.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: SparseMisoSceneModel.java,v 1.11 2004/02/25 14:43:57 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: SparseMisoSceneModel.java,v 1.12 2004/03/30 01:30:38 eric Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.miso.data;
 
@@ -259,6 +259,18 @@ public class SparseMisoSceneModel extends MisoSceneModel
         visitObjects(visitor, false);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Visit all the objects in the section at the specified cords.
+     */
+    public void visitObjects (int x, int y, ObjectVisitor visitor)
+    {
+        Section sect = getSection(x, y, false);
+        if (sect == null) {
+            return;
+        }
+        visitSection(sect, visitor, false);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Informs the supplied visitor of each object in this scene.
      *
@@ -269,18 +281,28 @@ public class SparseMisoSceneModel extends MisoSceneModel
     {
         for (Iterator iter = getSections(); iter.hasNext(); ) {
             Section sect = (Section)iter.next();
-            for (int oo = 0; oo < sect.objectInfo.length; oo++) {
-                ObjectInfo oinfo = sect.objectInfo[oo];
-                visitor.visit(oinfo);
-            }
-            if (!interestingOnly) {
-                ObjectInfo info = new ObjectInfo();
-                for (int oo = 0; oo < sect.objectTileIds.length; oo++) {
-                    info.tileId = sect.objectTileIds[oo];
-                    info.x = sect.objectXs[oo];
-                    info.y = sect.objectYs[oo];
-                    visitor.visit(info);
-                }
+            visitSection(sect, visitor, interestingOnly);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Visit all the objects (or just interesting if specified) in the
+     * specified section.
+     */
+    protected void visitSection (Section sect, ObjectVisitor visitor,
+                                 boolean interestingOnly)
+    {
+        for (int oo = 0; oo < sect.objectInfo.length; oo++) {
+            ObjectInfo oinfo = sect.objectInfo[oo];
+            visitor.visit(oinfo);
+        }
+        if (!interestingOnly) {
+            ObjectInfo info = new ObjectInfo();
+            for (int oo = 0; oo < sect.objectTileIds.length; oo++) {
+                info.tileId = sect.objectTileIds[oo];
+                info.x = sect.objectXs[oo];
+                info.y = sect.objectYs[oo];
+                visitor.visit(info);
             }
         }
     }