diff --git a/examples/vSLAMexample/vISAMexample.cpp b/examples/vSLAMexample/vISAMexample.cpp
index c9a656ff5..8027f3088 100644
--- a/examples/vSLAMexample/vISAMexample.cpp
+++ b/examples/vSLAMexample/vISAMexample.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ using namespace boost;
 
 using namespace std;
 using namespace gtsam;
-using namespace gtsam::visualSLAM;
+using namespace visualSLAM;
 using namespace boost;
 
 /* ************************************************************************* */
diff --git a/examples/vSLAMexample/vSFMexample.cpp b/examples/vSLAMexample/vSFMexample.cpp
index 4647bf95c..8aaf7be0a 100644
--- a/examples/vSLAMexample/vSFMexample.cpp
+++ b/examples/vSLAMexample/vSFMexample.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ using namespace boost;
 
 using namespace std;
 using namespace gtsam;
-using namespace gtsam::visualSLAM;
+using namespace visualSLAM;
 using namespace boost;
 
 /* ************************************************************************* */
diff --git a/gtsam/slam/visualSLAM.h b/gtsam/slam/visualSLAM.h
index d4d2425df..931bcfaf8 100644
--- a/gtsam/slam/visualSLAM.h
+++ b/gtsam/slam/visualSLAM.h
@@ -30,9 +30,10 @@
 #include <gtsam/nonlinear/NonlinearOptimizer.h>
 #include <gtsam/geometry/SimpleCamera.h>
 
-namespace gtsam {
 
-	namespace visualSLAM {
+namespace visualSLAM {
+
+	using namespace gtsam;
 
   /**
    * Typedefs that make up the visualSLAM namespace.
@@ -149,4 +150,4 @@ namespace gtsam {
   /// typedef for Optimizer. The current default will use the multi-frontal solver
   typedef NonlinearOptimizer<Graph, Values> Optimizer;
 
-} } // namespaces
+} // namespaces