diff --git a/examples/Pose3SLAMExample_initializePose3.cpp b/examples/Pose3SLAMExample_initializePose3.cpp
index b4bcf970c..bd46bb917 100644
--- a/examples/Pose3SLAMExample_initializePose3.cpp
+++ b/examples/Pose3SLAMExample_initializePose3.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ int main(const int argc, const char *argv[]) {
     initialization.print("initialization");
   } else {
     const string outputFile = argv[2];
-    std::cout << "Writing results to file: " << outputFile << argc << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Writing results to file: " << outputFile  << std::endl;
     writeG2o(*graph, initialization, outputFile);
     std::cout << "done! " << std::endl;
 
diff --git a/examples/Pose3SLAMExample_rotOnly.cpp b/examples/Pose3SLAMExample_rotOnly.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..293fa1a09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/Pose3SLAMExample_rotOnly.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ * GTSAM Copyright 2010, Georgia Tech Research Corporation,
+ * Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0415
+ * All Rights Reserved
+ * Authors: Frank Dellaert, et al. (see THANKS for the full author list)
+
+ * See LICENSE for the license information
+
+ * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+/**
+ * @file Pose3SLAMExample_initializePose3.cpp
+ * @brief A 3D Pose SLAM example that reads input from g2o, and initializes the Pose3 using InitializePose3
+ * Syntax for the script is ./Pose3SLAMExample_initializePose3 input.g2o output.g2o
+ * @date Aug 25, 2014
+ * @author Luca Carlone
+ */
+
+#include <gtsam/slam/InitializePose3.h>
+#include <gtsam/slam/dataset.h>
+#include <gtsam/slam/BetweenFactor.h>
+#include <gtsam/slam/PriorFactor.h>
+#include <gtsam/nonlinear/GaussNewtonOptimizer.h>
+#include <fstream>
+
+using namespace std;
+using namespace gtsam;
+
+int main(const int argc, const char *argv[]) {
+
+  // Read graph from file
+  string g2oFile;
+  if (argc < 2)
+    g2oFile = findExampleDataFile("pose3example.txt");
+  else
+    g2oFile = argv[1];
+
+  NonlinearFactorGraph::shared_ptr graph;
+  Values::shared_ptr initial;
+  bool is3D = true;
+  boost::tie(graph, initial) = readG2o(g2oFile, is3D);
+
+  Values initialRot;
+  BOOST_FOREACH(const Values::ConstKeyValuePair& key_value, *initial) {
+    Key key = key_value.key;
+    Pose3 pose = initial->at<Pose3>(key);
+    Rot3 R = pose.rotation();
+    initialRot.insert(key,R);
+  }
+
+  noiseModel::Unit::shared_ptr identityModel = noiseModel::Unit::Create(3);
+  NonlinearFactorGraph graphRot;
+  BOOST_FOREACH(const NonlinearFactor::shared_ptr& factor, *graph) {
+    boost::shared_ptr<BetweenFactor<Pose3> > pose3Between =
+        boost::dynamic_pointer_cast<BetweenFactor<Pose3> >(factor);
+    if(pose3Between){
+      Key key1 = pose3Between->key1();
+      Key key2 = pose3Between->key2();
+      Pose3 Pij = pose3Between->measured();
+      Rot3 Rij = Pij.rotation();
+      NonlinearFactor::shared_ptr factorRot(new BetweenFactor<Rot3>(key1, key2, Rij, identityModel));
+      graphRot.add(factorRot);
+    }else{
+      std::cout << "Found a factor that is not a Between<Pose3>: not admitted" << std::endl;
+      return 1;
+    }
+  }
+  // Add prior on the first key
+  graphRot.add(PriorFactor<Rot3>(0, Rot3(), identityModel));
+
+  std::cout << "Optimizing Rot3 via GN" << std::endl;
+  // GaussNewtonParams params;
+  GaussNewtonOptimizer optimizer(graphRot, initialRot);
+  Values GNrot = optimizer.optimize();
+  std::cout << "done!" << std::endl;
+
+  // Wrap estimate as poses to write in g2o format
+  Values GNposes;
+  BOOST_FOREACH(const Values::ConstKeyValuePair& key_value, GNrot) {
+    Key key = key_value.key;
+    Rot3 R = GNrot.at<Rot3>(key);
+    GNposes.insert(key,Pose3(R,Point3()));
+  }
+
+  if (argc < 3) {
+    GNrot.print("initialization");
+  } else {
+    const string outputFile = argv[2];
+    std::cout << "Writing results to file: " << outputFile << std::endl;
+    writeG2o(*graph, GNposes, outputFile);
+    std::cout << "done! " << std::endl;
+  }
+  return 0;
+}