diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Util.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Util.cs
index 1b9777f10b..5c7797a95e 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Util.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Util.cs
@@ -533,6 +533,19 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
             return (x + y - (min >> 1) - (min >> 2) + (min >> 4));
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Determines whether a point is inside a bounding box.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name='v'>/param>
+        /// <param name='min'></param>
+        /// <param name='max'></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static bool IsInsideBox(Vector3 v, Vector3 min, Vector3 max)
+        {
+            return v.X >= min.X & v.Y >= min.Y && v.Z >= min.Z
+                && v.X <= max.X && v.Y <= max.Y && v.Z <= max.Z;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Are the co-ordinates of the new region visible from the old region?
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Objects/Commands/ObjectCommandsModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Objects/Commands/ObjectCommandsModule.cs
index e96dc3e87d..5ecf5a1e27 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Objects/Commands/ObjectCommandsModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Objects/Commands/ObjectCommandsModule.cs
@@ -123,6 +123,25 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Objects.Commands
                 "If --regex is specified then the name is treatead as a regular expression",
                 HandleShowObjectByName);
 
+            m_console.Commands.AddCommand(
+                "Objects",
+                false,
+                "show object pos",
+                "show object pos <start-coord> to <end-coord>",
+                "Show details of scene objects within the given area.",
+                "Each component of the coord is comma separated.  There must be no spaces between the commas.\n"
+                    + "If you don't care about the z component you can simply omit it.\n"
+                    + "If you don't care about the x or y components then you can leave them blank (though a comma is still required)\n"
+                    + "If you want to specify the maxmimum value of a component then you can use ~ instead of a number\n"
+                    + "If you want to specify the minimum value of a component then you can use -~ instead of a number\n"
+                    + "e.g.\n"
+                    + "show object pos 20,20,20 to 40,40,40\n"
+                    + "show object pos 20,20 to 40,40\n"
+                    + "show object pos ,20,20 to ,40,40\n"
+                    + "show object pos ,,30 to ,,~\n"
+                    + "show object pos ,,-~ to ,,30\n",
+                HandleShowObjectByPos);
+
             m_console.Commands.AddCommand(
                 "Objects",
                 false,
@@ -228,6 +247,54 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Objects.Commands
             m_console.OutputFormat(sb.ToString());
         }
 
+        private void HandleShowObjectByPos(string module, string[] cmdparams)
+        {
+            if (!(m_console.ConsoleScene == null || m_console.ConsoleScene == m_scene))
+                return;
+
+            if (cmdparams.Length < 5)
+            {
+                m_console.OutputFormat("Usage: show object pos <start-coord> to <end-coord>");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            string rawConsoleStartVector = cmdparams[3];
+            Vector3 startVector;
+
+            if (!ConsoleUtil.TryParseConsoleMinVector(rawConsoleStartVector, out startVector))
+            {
+                m_console.OutputFormat("Error: Start vector {0} does not have a valid format", rawConsoleStartVector);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            string rawConsoleEndVector = cmdparams[5];
+            Vector3 endVector;
+
+            if (!ConsoleUtil.TryParseConsoleMaxVector(rawConsoleEndVector, out endVector))
+            {
+                m_console.OutputFormat("Error: End vector {0} does not have a valid format", rawConsoleEndVector);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            List<SceneObjectGroup> sceneObjects = new List<SceneObjectGroup>();
+            Action<SceneObjectGroup> searchAction
+                = so => { if (Util.IsInsideBox(so.AbsolutePosition, startVector, endVector)) { sceneObjects.Add(so); }};
+
+            m_scene.ForEachSOG(searchAction);
+
+            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+
+            foreach (SceneObjectGroup so in sceneObjects)
+            {
+                AddSceneObjectReport(sb, so);
+                sb.Append("\n");
+            }
+
+            sb.AppendFormat("{0} objects found in {1}\n", sceneObjects.Count, m_scene.Name);
+
+            m_console.OutputFormat(sb.ToString());
+        }
+
         private void HandleShowPartByUuid(string module, string[] cmd)
         {
             if (!(m_console.ConsoleScene == null || m_console.ConsoleScene == m_scene))