diff --git a/src/main/java/org/orekit/rugged/api/Rugged.java b/src/main/java/org/orekit/rugged/api/Rugged.java
index 410fc69635cc105d8ebff2f918ba89d4ef1b5034..819ab58cf695b866c70603d937a9b90776803dfe 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/orekit/rugged/api/Rugged.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/orekit/rugged/api/Rugged.java
@@ -121,6 +121,13 @@ public class Rugged {
}
+ /** Get the DEM intersection algorithm.
+ * @return DEM intersection algorithm
+ */
+ public IntersectionAlgorithm getAlgorithm() {
+ return algorithm;
+ }
+
/** Get flag for light time correction.
* @return true if the light time between ground and spacecraft is
* compensated for more accurate location
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/changes.xml b/src/site/xdoc/changes.xml
index 97deeea4df0136af80ea4a0394e00ddc4825bcae..b30a574af4f44930d41c7dbad708f2a7fbb4dd1e 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/changes.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/changes.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
<body>
<release version="1.0" date="TBD"
description="TBD">
+ <action dev="luc" type="add">
+ Added a getAlgorithm method at Rugged level. This allows for example to
+ retrieve the DEM elevation for a latitude/longitude pair.
+ </action>
<action dev="luc" type="add" >
Added a utility to help estimate visibility and set up min/max search lines.
</action>