diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Prioritizer.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Prioritizer.cs
index c913ec260b..5669c43b70 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Prioritizer.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Prioritizer.cs
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
                     priority = GetPriorityByFrontBack(client, entity);
                     break;
 */
+                case UpdatePrioritizationSchemes.SimpleAngularDistance:
+                    priority = GetPriorityByAngularDistance(client, entity); // TODO: Reimplement SimpleAngularDistance
+                    break;
                 case UpdatePrioritizationSchemes.BestAvatarResponsiveness:
                 default:
                     priority = GetPriorityByBestAvatarResponsiveness(client, entity);
@@ -241,7 +244,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
 */
             if (distance > 10f)
             {
-                float tmp = (float)Math.Log((double)distance) * 1.4426950408889634073599246810019f - 3.3219280948873623478703194294894f;
+                float tmp = (float)Math.Log((double)distance) * 1.442695f - 3.321928f;
                 // for a map identical to original:
                 // now 
                 // 1st constant is 1/(log(2)) (natural log) so we get log2(distance)
@@ -269,5 +272,67 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
             return pqueue;
         }
 
+        private uint GetPriorityByAngularDistance(IClientAPI client, ISceneEntity entity)
+        {
+            uint pqueue = 2; // keep compiler happy
+
+            ScenePresence presence = m_scene.GetScenePresence(client.AgentId);
+            if (presence == null)
+                return PriorityQueue.NumberOfQueues - 1;
+
+            // All avatars other than our own go into pqueue 1
+            if (entity is ScenePresence)
+                return 1;
+
+            if (entity is SceneObjectPart)
+            {
+                // Attachments are high priority, 
+                if (((SceneObjectPart)entity).ParentGroup.IsAttachment)
+                    return 2;
+
+                pqueue = ComputeAngleDistancePriority(presence, entity);
+
+                // Non physical prims are lower priority than physical prims
+                PhysicsActor physActor = ((SceneObjectPart)entity).ParentGroup.RootPart.PhysActor;
+                if (physActor == null || !physActor.IsPhysical)
+                    pqueue++;
+            }
+
+            return pqueue;
+        }
+
+        private uint ComputeAngleDistancePriority(ScenePresence presence, ISceneEntity entity)
+        {
+            double distance;
+                
+            Vector3 presencePos = presence.AbsolutePosition;
+
+            SceneObjectGroup group = (entity as SceneObjectPart).ParentGroup;
+            float bradius = group.GetBoundsRadius();
+            Vector3 grppos = group.AbsolutePosition + group.getBoundsCenter();
+            distance = Vector3.Distance(presencePos, grppos);
+            distance -= bradius;
+            distance *= group.getAreaFactor();
+
+            // And convert the distance to a priority queue, this computation gives queues
+            // at 10, 20, 40, 80, 160, 320, 640, and 1280m
+            uint pqueue = PriorityQueue.NumberOfImmediateQueues + 1; // reserve attachments queue
+            uint queues = PriorityQueue.NumberOfQueues - PriorityQueue.NumberOfImmediateQueues;
+
+            if (distance > 10f)
+            {
+                float tmp = (float)Math.Log(distance) * 1.442695f - 3.321928f;
+                // for a map identical to original:
+                // now 
+                // 1st constant is 1/(log(2)) (natural log) so we get log2(distance)
+                // 2st constant makes it be log2(distance/10)
+                
+                pqueue += (uint)tmp;
+                if (pqueue > queues - 1)
+                    pqueue = queues - 1;
+            }
+
+            return pqueue;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectGroup.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectGroup.cs
index efc1413a12..e17ef2bded 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectGroup.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectGroup.cs
@@ -1586,12 +1586,22 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
             return m_boundsCenter;
         }
 
+        private float m_areaFactor;
+        public float getAreaFactor()
+        {
+            // math is done in GetBoundsRadius();
+            if(m_boundsRadius == null)
+                GetBoundsRadius();
+            return m_areaFactor;
+        }
+
         public float GetBoundsRadius()
         {
         // this may need more threading work
             if(m_boundsRadius == null)
             {
                 float res = 0;
+                float areaF = 0;
                 SceneObjectPart p;
                 SceneObjectPart[] parts;
                 float partR;
@@ -1613,12 +1623,19 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
                     }
                     if(partR > res)
                         res = partR;
+                    if(p.maxSimpleArea() > areaF)
+                        areaF = p.maxSimpleArea();
                 }
                 if(parts.Length > 1)
                 {
                     offset /= parts.Length; // basicly geometric center
                     offset = offset * RootPart.RotationOffset;
                 }
+
+                areaF = 10.0f / areaF;  // scale it
+                areaF = Util.Clamp(areaF, 0.001f, 1000f); // clamp it
+
+                m_areaFactor = (float)Math.Sqrt(areaF);
                 m_boundsCenter = offset;
                 m_boundsRadius = res;
                 return res;
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs
index 90be18f5e7..bc603aead0 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs
@@ -1191,24 +1191,28 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
         public float maxSimpleArea()
         {
             float a,b;
-            if(m_shape.Scale.X  > m_shape.Scale.Y)
+            float sx = m_shape.Scale.X;
+            float sy = m_shape.Scale.Y;
+            float sz = m_shape.Scale.Z;
+
+            if( sx > sy)
             {
-                a = m_shape.Scale.X;
-                if(m_shape.Scale.Y  > m_shape.Scale.Z)
-                    b = m_shape.Scale.Y;
+                a = sx;
+                if(sy  > sz)
+                    b = sy;
                 else
-                    b = m_shape.Scale.Z;
+                    b = sz;
             }
             else
             {
-                a = m_shape.Scale.Y;
-                if(m_shape.Scale.X  > m_shape.Scale.Z)
-                    b = m_shape.Scale.X;
+                a = sy;
+                if(sx  > sz)
+                    b = sx;
                 else
-                    b = m_shape.Scale.Z;
+                    b = sz;
             }
             
-            return a*b;       
+            return a * b;       
         }
 
         public UpdateRequired UpdateFlag { get; set; }