--- git/minetest/src/environment.h	2012-01-07 15:00:59.000000000 +0100
+++ minetest/src/environment.h	2012-01-07 14:41:16.000000000 +0100
@@ -270,6 +270,9 @@
 		-------------------------------------------
 	*/

+	// Find all nodes inside a radius around a point
+	core::list<MapNode> getNodesInsideRadius(v3s16 pos, float radius);
+
 	// Find all active objects inside a radius around a point
 	std::set<u16> getObjectsInsideRadius(v3f pos, float radius);

--- git/minetest/src/environment.cpp	2012-01-07 15:00:59.000000000 +0100
+++ minetest/src/environment.cpp	2012-01-07 14:42:47.000000000 +0100
@@ -765,6 +766,32 @@
 	abmhandler.apply(block);
 }

+core::list<MapNode> ServerEnvironment::getNodesInsideRadius(v3s16 pos, float radius)
+{
+	core::list<MapNode> nodes;
+
+
+	for (int i = pos.X - radius; i < pos.X + radius; i ++) {
+
+		for (int j = pos.Y - radius; j <pos.Y + radius; j ++)  {
+
+			for (int k = pos.Z - radius; k < pos.Z + radius; k ++) {
+				v3s16 current_pos = v3s16(i,j,k);
+
+				if (current_pos.getDistanceFrom(pos) < radius) {
+
+					MapNode n = m_map->getNodeNoEx(current_pos);
+
+					nodes.push_back(n);
+				}
+
+			}
+		}
+
+	}
+	return nodes;
+}
+
 void ServerEnvironment::addActiveBlockModifier(ActiveBlockModifier *abm)
 {
 	m_abms.push_back(ABMWithState(abm));
--- git/minetest/src/scriptapi.cpp	2012-01-07 15:01:00.000000000 +0100
+++ minetest/src/scriptapi.cpp	2012-01-07 14:41:23.000000000 +0100
@@ -2543,6 +2543,35 @@
 		return 1;
 	}

+	// EnvRef:get_objects_inside_radius(pos, radius)
+	static int l_get_nodes_inside_radius(lua_State *L)
+	{
+		// Get the table insert function
+		lua_getglobal(L, "table");
+		lua_getfield(L, -1, "insert");
+		int table_insert = lua_gettop(L);
+		// Get environemnt
+		EnvRef *o = checkobject(L, 1);
+		ServerEnvironment *env = o->m_env;
+		if(env == NULL) return 0;
+		// Do it
+		v3s16 pos = read_v3s16(L, 2);
+		float radius = luaL_checknumber(L, 3);// * BS;
+		core::list<MapNode> nodes = env->getNodesInsideRadius(pos, radius);
+		lua_newtable(L);
+		int table = lua_gettop(L);
+		for(core::list<MapNode>::Iterator
+				i = nodes.begin(); i != nodes.end(); i++){
+			// Insert object reference into table
+			lua_pushvalue(L, table_insert);
+			lua_pushvalue(L, table);
+			pushnode(L, *i, env->getGameDef()->ndef());
+			if(lua_pcall(L, 2, 0, 0))
+				script_error(L, "error: %s", lua_tostring(L, -1));
+		}
+		return 1;
+	}
+
 	static int gc_object(lua_State *L) {
 		EnvRef *o = *(EnvRef **)(lua_touserdata(L, 1));
 		delete o;
@@ -2620,6 +2649,7 @@
 	method(EnvRef, get_meta),
 	method(EnvRef, get_player_by_name),
 	method(EnvRef, get_objects_inside_radius),
+	method(EnvRef, get_nodes_inside_radius),
 	{0,0}
 };