diff --git a/lucene/spatial3d/src/java/org/apache/lucene/spatial3d/geom/GeoBBoxFactory.java b/lucene/spatial3d/src/java/org/apache/lucene/spatial3d/geom/GeoBBoxFactory.java
index 12d479bee24..28b3a799753 100755
--- a/lucene/spatial3d/src/java/org/apache/lucene/spatial3d/geom/GeoBBoxFactory.java
+++ b/lucene/spatial3d/src/java/org/apache/lucene/spatial3d/geom/GeoBBoxFactory.java
@@ -116,4 +116,19 @@ public class GeoBBoxFactory {
     return new GeoRectangle(planetModel, topLat, bottomLat, leftLon, rightLon);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Create a geobbox of the right kind given the specified {@link LatLonBounds}.
+   *
+   * @param planetModel is the planet model
+   * @param bounds    are the bounds
+   * @return a GeoBBox corresponding to what was specified.
+   */
+  public static GeoBBox makeGeoBBox(final PlanetModel planetModel, LatLonBounds bounds) {
+    final double topLat = (bounds.checkNoTopLatitudeBound()) ? Math.PI * 0.5 : bounds.getMaxLatitude();
+    final double bottomLat = (bounds.checkNoBottomLatitudeBound()) ? -Math.PI * 0.5 : bounds.getMinLatitude();
+    final double leftLon = (bounds.checkNoLongitudeBound()) ? -Math.PI : bounds.getLeftLongitude();
+    final double rightLon = (bounds.checkNoLongitudeBound()) ? Math.PI : bounds.getRightLongitude();
+    return makeGeoBBox(planetModel, topLat, bottomLat, leftLon, rightLon);
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/lucene/spatial3d/src/java/org/apache/lucene/spatial3d/geom/XYZSolidFactory.java b/lucene/spatial3d/src/java/org/apache/lucene/spatial3d/geom/XYZSolidFactory.java
index 25ea4005044..14b9bb62a8a 100644
--- a/lucene/spatial3d/src/java/org/apache/lucene/spatial3d/geom/XYZSolidFactory.java
+++ b/lucene/spatial3d/src/java/org/apache/lucene/spatial3d/geom/XYZSolidFactory.java
@@ -64,4 +64,16 @@ public class XYZSolidFactory {
     return new StandardXYZSolid(planetModel, minX, maxX, minY, maxY, minZ, maxZ);
   }
   
+  /**
+   * Create a XYZSolid of the right kind given (x,y,z) bounds.
+   * @param planetModel is the planet model
+   * @param bounds is the XYZ bounds object.
+   * @return the solid.
+   */
+  public static XYZSolid makeXYZSolid(final PlanetModel planetModel, final XYZBounds bounds) {
+    return makeXYZSolid(planetModel, bounds.getMinimumX(), bounds.getMaximumX(),
+      bounds.getMinimumY(), bounds.getMaximumY(),
+      bounds.getMinimumZ(), bounds.getMaximumZ());
+  }
+
 }