diff --git a/simgear/nasal/cppbind/Ghost.hxx b/simgear/nasal/cppbind/Ghost.hxx
index 9c2de3a3..88133e9d 100644
--- a/simgear/nasal/cppbind/Ghost.hxx
+++ b/simgear/nasal/cppbind/Ghost.hxx
@@ -197,12 +197,14 @@ namespace nasal
       BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT( internal::has_element_type<T>::value );
 
     public:
-      typedef typename T::element_type                            raw_type;
-      typedef T                                                   pointer;
+      typedef typename T::element_type                              raw_type;
+      typedef T                                                     pointer;
       typedef naRef (raw_type::*member_func_t)(const CallContext&);
       typedef naRef (*free_func_t)(raw_type&, const CallContext&);
-      typedef boost::function<naRef(naContext, raw_type&)>        getter_t;
-      typedef boost::function<void(naContext, raw_type&, naRef)>  setter_t;
+      typedef boost::function<naRef(naContext, raw_type&)>          getter_t;
+      typedef boost::function<void(naContext, raw_type&, naRef)>    setter_t;
+      typedef boost::function<naRef(raw_type&, const CallContext&)> method_t;
+      typedef boost::shared_ptr<method_t>                           method_ptr;
 
       /**
        * A ghost member. Can consist either of getter and/or setter functions
@@ -466,6 +468,83 @@ namespace nasal
         return *this;
       }
 
+      /**
+       * Invoke a method which returns a value and convert it to Nasal.
+       */
+      template<class Ret>
+      static
+      typename boost::disable_if<boost::is_void<Ret>, naRef>::type
+      method_invoker
+      (
+        const boost::function<Ret (raw_type&, const CallContext&)>& func,
+        raw_type& obj,
+        const CallContext& ctx
+      )
+      {
+        typedef typename boost::call_traits<Ret>::param_type param_type;
+        naRef (*to_nasal_)(naContext, param_type) = &nasal::to_nasal;
+
+        return to_nasal_(ctx.c, func(obj, ctx));
+      };
+
+      /**
+       * Invoke a method which returns void and "convert" it to nil.
+       */
+      template<class Ret>
+      static
+      typename boost::enable_if<boost::is_void<Ret>, naRef>::type
+      method_invoker
+      (
+        const boost::function<void (raw_type&, const CallContext&)>& func,
+        raw_type& obj,
+        const CallContext& ctx
+      )
+      {
+        func(obj, ctx);
+        return naNil();
+      };
+
+      /**
+       * Bind any callable entity as method callable from Nasal
+       *
+       * Does not really register method yet!!!
+       */
+      template<class Ret>
+      Ghost& method
+      (
+        const std::string& name,
+        const boost::function<Ret (raw_type&, const CallContext&)>& func
+      )
+      {
+//        _members[name].func.reset
+//        (
+          new method_t( boost::bind(method_invoker<Ret>, func, _1, _2) );
+//        );
+        return *this;
+      }
+
+      template<class Ret>
+      struct method_raw
+      {
+        typedef boost::function<Ret (raw_type&, const CallContext&)> type;
+      };
+
+      /**
+       * Bind member function as method callable from Nasal
+       *
+       * Does not really register method yet!!!
+       */
+      template<class Ret>
+      Ghost& method( const std::string& name,
+                     Ret (raw_type::*fn)() const )
+      {
+        return method<Ret>
+        (
+          name,
+          typename method_raw<Ret>::type(boost::bind(fn, _1))
+        );
+      }
+
       /**
        * Register a free function as member function. The object instance is
        * passed as additional first argument.
diff --git a/simgear/nasal/cppbind/cppbind_test.cxx b/simgear/nasal/cppbind/cppbind_test.cxx
index 18a282ce..cd80244b 100644
--- a/simgear/nasal/cppbind/cppbind_test.cxx
+++ b/simgear/nasal/cppbind/cppbind_test.cxx
@@ -23,11 +23,16 @@ struct Base
 
   std::string getString() const { return ""; }
   void setString(const std::string&) {}
+  void constVoidFunc() const {}
 
   std::string var;
   const std::string& getVar() const { return var; }
   void setVar(const std::string v) { var = v; }
 };
+
+void baseVoidFunc(Base& b) {}
+void baseConstVoidFunc(const Base& b) {}
+
 struct Derived:
   public Base
 {
@@ -51,6 +56,11 @@ typedef boost::shared_ptr<Derived> DerivedPtr;
 typedef boost::shared_ptr<DoubleDerived> DoubleDerivedPtr;
 typedef boost::shared_ptr<DoubleDerived2> DoubleDerived2Ptr;
 
+naRef to_nasal(naContext c, const BasePtr& base)
+{
+  return nasal::Ghost<BasePtr>::create(c, base);
+}
+
 naRef member(Derived&, const nasal::CallContext&) { return naNil(); }
 naRef f_derivedGetX(naContext c, const Derived& d)
 {
@@ -140,9 +150,12 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
   Ghost<BasePtr>::init("BasePtr")
     .method<&Base::member>("member")
     .member("str", &Base::getString, &Base::setString)
+    .method("str_m", &Base::getString)
+    .method("void", &Base::constVoidFunc)
     .member("var_r", &Base::getVar)
     .member("var_w", &Base::setVar)
-    .member("var", &Base::getVar, &Base::setVar);
+    .member("var", &Base::getVar, &Base::setVar)
+    /*.method("void", &baseVoidFunc)*/;
   Ghost<DerivedPtr>::init("DerivedPtr")
     .bases<BasePtr>()
     .member("x", &Derived::getX, &Derived::setX)
@@ -180,6 +193,18 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
           == boost::dynamic_pointer_cast<DoubleDerived2>(d3) );
   VERIFY( !Ghost<DoubleDerivedPtr>::fromNasal(c, derived) );
 
+  std::map<std::string, BasePtr> instances;
+  VERIFY( naIsHash(to_nasal(c, instances)) );
+
+  std::map<std::string, DerivedPtr> instances_d;
+  VERIFY( naIsHash(to_nasal(c, instances_d)) );
+
+  std::map<std::string, int> int_map;
+  VERIFY( naIsHash(to_nasal(c, int_map)) );
+
+  std::map<std::string, std::vector<int> > int_vector_map;
+  VERIFY( naIsHash(to_nasal(c, int_vector_map)) );
+
   // Check converting to Ghost if using Nasal hashes with actual ghost inside
   // the hashes parents vector
   std::vector<naRef> parents;
diff --git a/simgear/nasal/cppbind/to_nasal.hxx b/simgear/nasal/cppbind/to_nasal.hxx
index 20d989c6..c6a80863 100644
--- a/simgear/nasal/cppbind/to_nasal.hxx
+++ b/simgear/nasal/cppbind/to_nasal.hxx
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@
 #include <simgear/nasal/nasal.h>
 
 #include <boost/utility/enable_if.hpp>
+#include <boost/call_traits.hpp>
 #include <boost/type_traits.hpp>
 
+#include <map>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -74,18 +76,24 @@ namespace nasal
     return naNum(num);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Convert a 2d vector to Nasal vector with 2 elements
+   */
+  template<class Vec2>
+  typename boost::enable_if<is_vec2<Vec2>, naRef>::type
+  to_nasal(naContext c, const Vec2& vec);
+
+  /**
+   * Convert a std::map to a Nasal Hash
+   */
+  template<class Value>
+  naRef to_nasal(naContext c, const std::map<std::string, Value>& map);
+
   /**
    * Convert a fixed size array to a Nasal vector
    */
   template<class T, size_t N>
-  naRef to_nasal(naContext c, const T(&array)[N])
-  {
-    naRef ret = naNewVector(c);
-    naVec_setsize(c, ret, N);
-    for(size_t i = 0; i < N; ++i)
-      naVec_set(ret, i, to_nasal(c, array[i]));
-    return ret;
-  }
+  naRef to_nasal(naContext c, const T(&array)[N]);
 
   /**
    * Convert std::vector to Nasal vector
@@ -108,9 +116,7 @@ namespace nasal
     return ret;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Convert a 2d vector to Nasal vector with 2 elements
-   */
+  //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   template<class Vec2>
   typename boost::enable_if<is_vec2<Vec2>, naRef>::type
   to_nasal(naContext c, const Vec2& vec)
@@ -121,6 +127,37 @@ namespace nasal
     return to_nasal(c, nasal_vec);
   }
 
+  //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  template<class Value>
+  naRef to_nasal(naContext c, const std::map<std::string, Value>& map)
+  {
+    naRef hash = naNewHash(c);
+
+    typedef typename boost::call_traits<Value>::param_type param_type;
+    typedef typename std::map<std::string, Value>::const_iterator map_iterator;
+
+    for( map_iterator it = map.begin(); it != map.end(); ++it )
+      naHash_set
+      (
+        hash,
+        to_nasal(c, it->first),
+        to_nasal(c, static_cast<param_type>(it->second))
+      );
+
+    return hash;
+  }
+
+  //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  template<class T, size_t N>
+  naRef to_nasal(naContext c, const T(&array)[N])
+  {
+    naRef ret = naNewVector(c);
+    naVec_setsize(c, ret, N);
+    for(size_t i = 0; i < N; ++i)
+      naVec_set(ret, i, to_nasal(c, array[i]));
+    return ret;
+  }
+
 } // namespace nasal
 
 #endif /* SG_TO_NASAL_HXX_ */