Index: OpenSceneGraph/trunk/examples/osgshadow/osgshadow.cpp
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--- OpenSceneGraph/trunk/examples/osgshadow/osgshadow.cpp (revision 13108)
+++ OpenSceneGraph/trunk/examples/osgshadow/osgshadow.cpp (revision 13110)
@@ -743,4 +743,5 @@
     arguments.getApplicationUsage()->addCommandLineOption("--two-pass", "Use two-pass stencil for shadow volumes.");
     arguments.getApplicationUsage()->addCommandLineOption("--near-far-mode","COMPUTE_NEAR_USING_PRIMITIVES, COMPUTE_NEAR_FAR_USING_PRIMITIVES, COMPUTE_NEAR_FAR_USING_BOUNDING_VOLUMES, DO_NOT_COMPUTE_NEAR_FAR");
+    arguments.getApplicationUsage()->addCommandLineOption("--max-shadow-distance","<float> Maximum distance that the shadow map should extend from the eye point.");
 
     // construct the viewer.
@@ -860,4 +861,12 @@
         OSG_NOTICE<<std::endl;
     }
+
+    double distance;
+    if (arguments.read("--max-shadow-distance",distance))
+    {
+        settings->setMaximumShadowMapDistance(distance);
+        OSG_NOTICE<<"MaximumShadowMapDistance set to "<<settings->getMaximumShadowMapDistance()<<std::endl;
+    }
+
     
     osg::ref_ptr<osgShadow::MinimalShadowMap> msm = NULL;