diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index b5c62d63e..7941594ff 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ Developers: Please commit along with changes.
 For a complete change history, see the SVN log.
 
 
-Current Version (0.5.2-dev, SVN trunk):
+Current Version (0.6.0-dev, SVN trunk):
 ---------------------------------------
 
+- python/mapnik_map.cpp: Added ability to resize map and clear all layers and styles from python (r792)
+
 - load_map.cpp and save_map.cpp: Added xml serialization for abstract, title, minzoom, maxzoom, and queryable attributes (r787)
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diff --git a/bindings/python/mapnik_map.cpp b/bindings/python/mapnik_map.cpp
index 84d54cf6c..d819d31e5 100644
--- a/bindings/python/mapnik_map.cpp
+++ b/bindings/python/mapnik_map.cpp
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ void export_map()
            ">>> m.append_style('Style Name', sty)\n"
            "False # you can only append styles with unique names\n"
          )
-        
+
       .def("envelope",
            make_function(&Map::getCurrentExtent,
                          return_value_policy<copy_const_reference>()),
@@ -218,6 +218,13 @@ void export_map()
            ">>> feat.next()\n"
            ">>> <mapnik._mapnik.Feature object at 0x5fe1b0>\n"
          )
+
+      .def("remove_all",&Map::remove_all,
+           "Remove all Mapnik Styles and Layers from the Map.\n"
+           "\n"
+           "Usage:\n"
+           ">>> m.remove_all()\n"
+         )
         
       .def("remove_style",&Map::remove_style,
            "Remove a Mapnik Style from the map.\n"
@@ -225,6 +232,13 @@ void export_map()
            "Usage:\n"
            ">>> m.remove_style('Style Name')\n"
          )
+
+      .def("resize",&Map::resize,
+           "Resize a Mapnik Map.\n"
+           "\n"
+           "Usage:\n"
+           ">>> m.resize(64,64)\n"
+         )
         
       .def("scale", &Map::scale,
            "Return the Map Scale.\n"
@@ -279,6 +293,15 @@ void export_map()
                     "2\n"
          )
         
+
+      .add_property("view_transform",make_function(&Map::getCurrentExtent,
+                         return_value_policy<copy_const_reference>()),
+                   "View the Map CoordinateTransform Envelope.\n"
+                   "\n"
+                   "Usage:\n"
+                   ">>> m.view_transform\n"         
+         )
+         
       .add_property("height",
                     &Map::getHeight,
                     &Map::setHeight,