diff --git a/Modules/Visualization/MonteverdiGui/src/mvdImageViewWidget.cxx b/Modules/Visualization/MonteverdiGui/src/mvdImageViewWidget.cxx
index 8e2fd736d10bb07373fb79e177e8d8d3f2f0e595..eb2f3f6485ac31e98f5ffea8a558e19fc16ae254 100644
--- a/Modules/Visualization/MonteverdiGui/src/mvdImageViewWidget.cxx
+++ b/Modules/Visualization/MonteverdiGui/src/mvdImageViewWidget.cxx
@@ -2352,8 +2352,11 @@ ImageViewWidget
 
     assert( m_Manipulator!=NULL );
 
+    // Update the Manipulator reference projection.
+    // Then all view manipulation will use this projection reference.
     m_Manipulator->SetWkt( image->GetProjectionRef() );
     m_Manipulator->SetKeywordList( image->GetImageKeywordlist() );
+    m_Manipulator->SetNativeSpacing( imageModel->GetNativeSpacing() );
     }
   else
     {