diff --git a/GeoLib/TemplateVec.h b/GeoLib/TemplateVec.h
index 61138afe0bdcdc385f4494a67c778098de69da90..e4a541053d0814f476fe1d0c93e5c5c1966312ad 100644
--- a/GeoLib/TemplateVec.h
+++ b/GeoLib/TemplateVec.h
@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@ public:
 	 */
 	std::string getName () const { return _name; }
 
+	/// Returns the begin of the name id mapping structure
+	NameIdMap::const_iterator getNameIDMapBegin() const { return _name_id_map->cbegin(); }
+	
+	/// Returns the end of the name id mapping structure
+	NameIdMap::const_iterator getNameIDMapEnd() const { return _name_id_map->cend(); }
+
 	/**
 	 * @return the number of data elements
 	 */