Index: mitkPointSet.cpp
===================================================================
--- mitkPointSet.cpp	(revision 21972)
+++ mitkPointSet.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@
   defaultPointData.id = id;
   defaultPointData.selected = false;
   defaultPointData.pointSpec = mitk::PTUNDEFINED;
+
   m_PointSetSeries[t]->SetPointData( id, defaultPointData );
   //boundingbox has to be computed anyway
   m_CalculateBoundingBox = true;
@@ -370,6 +371,7 @@
     return false;
   }
 }
+
   
 void mitk::PointSet::SetSelectInfo( int position, bool selected, int t )
 {
@@ -395,8 +397,20 @@
   }
 }
 
+mitk::PointSpecificationType mitk::PointSet::GetSpecificationTypeInfo( int position, int t ) const
+{
+  if ( this->IndexExists( position, t ) )
+  {
+    PointDataType pointData = { 0, false, PTUNDEFINED };
+    m_PointSetSeries[t]->GetPointData( position, &pointData );
+    return pointData.pointSpec;
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    return PTUNDEFINED;
+  }
+}
 
-
 int mitk::PointSet::GetNumberOfSelected( int t ) const
 {
   if ( (unsigned int) t >= m_PointSetSeries.size() )
Index: mitkPointSet.h
===================================================================
--- mitkPointSet.h	(revision 21972)
+++ mitkPointSet.h	(working copy)
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
  *     PointSetAddEvent <i>issued when a point is added to the PointSet</i>
  *     PointSetRemoveEvent <i>issued when a point is removed from the PointSet</i>
  * </tt>
- *
+ * \ingroup PSIO
  * \ingroup Data
  */
 class MITK_CORE_EXPORT PointSet : public BaseData
@@ -209,6 +209,9 @@
 
   virtual void SetSelectInfo( int position, bool selected, int t = 0 );
 
+  /** \brief to get the type of the point at the position and the moment */
+  virtual mitk::PointSpecificationType mitk::PointSet::GetSpecificationTypeInfo( int position, int t ) const;
+
   /** \brief returns the number of selected points */
   virtual int GetNumberOfSelected( int t = 0 ) const;