diff --git a/BaseLib/binarySearch.cpp b/BaseLib/binarySearch.cpp
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--- a/BaseLib/binarySearch.cpp
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-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2012, OpenGeoSys Community (http://www.opengeosys.org)
- *            Distributed under a Modified BSD License.
- *              See accompanying file LICENSE.txt or
- *              http://www.opengeosys.org/project/license
- *
- *
- * \file binarySearch.cpp
- *
- * Created on 2010-09-07 by Thomas Fischer
- *
- */
-
-#include "binarySearch.h"
-
-namespace BaseLib {
-
-size_t searchElement (double const& val, size_t beg, size_t end, const std::vector<double>& array)
-{
-	if (beg >= end) return std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max();
-	size_t m ((end+beg)/2);
-
-	if (array[m] - val < 0 && array[m+1] - val > 0) {
-		return m;
-	}
-	if (val < array[m]) {
-		return searchElement (val, beg, m, array);
-	}
-	return searchElement (val, m+1, end, array);
-}
-
-} // end namespace BaseLib
diff --git a/BaseLib/binarySearch.h b/BaseLib/binarySearch.h
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-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2012, OpenGeoSys Community (http://www.opengeosys.org)
- *            Distributed under a Modified BSD License.
- *              See accompanying file LICENSE.txt or
- *              http://www.opengeosys.org/project/license
- *
- *
- * \file binarySearch.h
- *
- * Created on 2010-06-07 by Thomas Fischer
- *
- */
-
-// STL
-#include <limits>
-#include <vector>
-#include <cstddef>
-
-#ifndef BINARYSEARCH_H_
-#define BINARYSEARCH_H_
-
-namespace BaseLib {
-
-/**
- * Binary search in a sorted vector of elements to get the
- * id of an element according its key.
- * @param key the key for the element
- * @param beg beginning index in the sorted vector of elements
- * @param end ending index in the sorted vector of elements
- * @param array the vector of elements
- * @return the id of the element in the vector or, if not found,
- * the value std::numeric_limits<std::size_t>::max()
- */
-template <class T>
-std::size_t searchElement (const T& key, std::size_t beg, std::size_t end, const std::vector<T>& array)
-{
-	if (beg >= end) return std::numeric_limits<std::size_t>::max();
-	std::size_t m ((end+beg)/2);
-
-	if (key == array[m]) {
-		return m;
-	}
-	if (key < array[m]) {
-		return searchElement (key, beg, m, array);
-	}
-	return searchElement (key, m+1, end, array);
-}
-
-std::size_t searchElement (double const& val, std::size_t beg, std::size_t end, const std::vector<double>& array);
-
-} // end namespace BaseLib
-
-#endif /* BINARYSEARCH_H_ */