diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Land/LandManagementModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Land/LandManagementModule.cs
index 7ba4a4875c..c32de62afc 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Land/LandManagementModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Land/LandManagementModule.cs
@@ -2033,25 +2033,18 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Land
                     {
                         UUID parcel = UUID.Zero;
                         UUID.TryParse(id, out parcel);
-
                         // assume we've got the parcelID we just computed in RemoteParcelRequest
                         ExtendedLandData extLandData = new ExtendedLandData();
                         if(!Util.ParseFakeParcelID(parcel, out extLandData.RegionHandle,
                                                out extLandData.X, out extLandData.Y))
                             return null;
-                        m_log.DebugFormat("[LAND MANAGEMENT MODULE] : Got parcelinfo request for regionHandle {0}, x/y {1}/{2}",
+                        m_log.DebugFormat("[LAND MANAGEMENT MODULE]: Got parcelinfo request for regionHandle {0}, x/y {1}/{2}",
                                           extLandData.RegionHandle, extLandData.X, extLandData.Y);
 
                         // for this region or for somewhere else?
                         if (extLandData.RegionHandle == m_scene.RegionInfo.RegionHandle)
                         {
-                            ILandObject extLandObject = this.GetLandObject(extLandData.X, extLandData.Y);
-                            if(extLandObject == null)
-                            {
-                                m_log.DebugFormat("[LAND MANAGEMENT MODULE]: ParcelInfoRequest: a FakeParcelID points to outside the region");
-                                return null; 
-                            }
-                            extLandData.LandData = extLandObject.LandData;
+                            extLandData.LandData = this.GetLandObject(extLandData.X, extLandData.Y).LandData;
                             extLandData.RegionAccess = m_scene.RegionInfo.AccessLevel;
                         }
                         else
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Land/LandObject.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Land/LandObject.cs
index 51e60716c5..cbe8a2e344 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Land/LandObject.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Land/LandObject.cs
@@ -1460,9 +1460,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Land
             for (int i = 0; i < bitmapLen; i++)
             {
                 tempByte = LandData.Bitmap[i];
-                for (int bitNum = 0; bitNum < 8; bitNum++)
+                for (int bitmask = 0x80; bitmask > 0; bitmask = bitmask >> 1)
                 {
-                    bool bit = Convert.ToBoolean(Convert.ToByte(tempByte >> bitNum) & (byte) 1);
+                    bool bit = (tempByte & bitmask) == bitmask;
                     try
                     {
                         tempConvertMap[x, y] = bit;