diff --git a/Common/DataModel/vtkDataSetCellIterator.cxx b/Common/DataModel/vtkDataSetCellIterator.cxx
index 1d18866091625b62896726eb258aa5e953063fef..de233f50c710892c92d3e96898e717b00bfe3483 100644
--- a/Common/DataModel/vtkDataSetCellIterator.cxx
+++ b/Common/DataModel/vtkDataSetCellIterator.cxx
@@ -15,13 +15,105 @@
 
 #include "vtkDataSetCellIterator.h"
 
-#include "vtkDataSet.h"
+#include "vtkHyperTreeGrid.h"
+#include "vtkIdList.h"
 #include "vtkObjectFactory.h"
 #include "vtkPoints.h"
-#include "vtkIdList.h"
+#include "vtkRectilinearGrid.h"
 
 vtkStandardNewMacro(vtkDataSetCellIterator)
 
+namespace
+{
+  template<typename T>
+  void SetArrayType(T* grid, vtkPoints* points)
+  {
+    // check all directions to see if any of them are doubles and
+    // if they are we set the points data type to double. If the
+    // data types are all the same then we set it to the common
+    // data type. Otherwise we give up and just keep the default
+    // float data type.
+    int xType = -1, yType = -1, zType = -1;
+    if (vtkDataArray* x = grid->GetXCoordinates())
+      {
+      xType = x->GetDataType();
+      if (xType == VTK_DOUBLE)
+        {
+        points->SetDataType(VTK_DOUBLE);
+        return;
+        }
+      }
+    if (vtkDataArray* y = grid->GetYCoordinates())
+      {
+      yType = y->GetDataType();
+      if (yType == VTK_DOUBLE)
+        {
+        points->SetDataType(VTK_DOUBLE);
+        return;
+        }
+      }
+    if (vtkDataArray* z = grid->GetZCoordinates())
+      {
+      zType = z->GetDataType();
+      if (zType == VTK_DOUBLE)
+        {
+        points->SetDataType(VTK_DOUBLE);
+        return;
+        }
+      }
+    if (xType != -1 || yType != -1 || zType != -1)
+      {
+      if(xType == yType && xType == zType)
+        {
+        points->SetDataType(xType);
+        return;
+        }
+      if (xType == -1)
+        {
+        if (yType == -1)
+          {
+          points->SetDataType(zType);
+          return;
+          }
+        else if (zType == -1 || yType == zType)
+          {
+          points->SetDataType(yType);
+          return;
+          }
+        }
+      if (yType == -1)
+        {
+        if (xType == -1)
+          {
+          points->SetDataType(zType);
+          return;
+          }
+        else if (zType == -1 || xType == zType)
+          {
+          points->SetDataType(xType);
+          return;
+          }
+        }
+      if (zType == -1)
+        {
+        if (xType == -1)
+          {
+          points->SetDataType(yType);
+          return;
+          }
+        else if (yType == -1 || xType == yType)
+          {
+          points->SetDataType(xType);
+          return;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+    // Set it to the default since it may have gotten set to something else
+    points->SetDataType(VTK_FLOAT);
+  }
+}
+
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void vtkDataSetCellIterator::PrintSelf(ostream &os, vtkIndent indent)
 {
@@ -35,6 +127,21 @@ void vtkDataSetCellIterator::SetDataSet(vtkDataSet *ds)
 {
   this->DataSet = ds;
   this->CellId = 0;
+  cerr << "setting data set\n";
+  if (vtkRectilinearGrid* rg = vtkRectilinearGrid::SafeDownCast(ds))
+    {
+    SetArrayType(rg, this->Points);
+    }
+  else if (vtkHyperTreeGrid* htg = vtkHyperTreeGrid::SafeDownCast(ds))
+    {
+    SetArrayType(htg, this->Points);
+    }
+  else if (ds->IsA("vtkImageData") || ds->IsA("vtkHyperOctree"))
+    {
+    // ImageData and HyperOctree Origin and Spacing are doubles so
+    // the data type for this should also be double
+    this->Points->SetDataType(VTK_DOUBLE);
+    }
 }
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------