diff --git a/dune/gfe/realtuple.hh b/dune/gfe/realtuple.hh
index e1b7f4de92b518fa2f23a4c554c38fcdbac58fbc..a45e027efd0481974c303f80c847c6d1108045ed 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/realtuple.hh
+++ b/dune/gfe/realtuple.hh
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ public:
 
     typedef double ctype;
 
+    /** \brief Global coordinates wrt an isometric embedding function are available */
+    static const bool globalIsometricCoordinates = true;
+
     typedef Dune::FieldVector<double,N> EmbeddedTangentVector;
 
     typedef Dune::FieldVector<double,N> TangentVector;
diff --git a/dune/gfe/rotation.hh b/dune/gfe/rotation.hh
index 6961fb7e6c2a31d0baf3355e1c8f1fc75276949a..8ee5be0ea5708b2b95f4a0df60d6e2e2f4777ffe 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/rotation.hh
+++ b/dune/gfe/rotation.hh
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ public:
     /** \brief The type used for coordinates */
     typedef T ctype;
 
+    /** \brief Global coordinates wrt an isometric embedding function are available */
+    static const bool globalIsometricCoordinates = false;
+
     /** \brief Member of the corresponding Lie algebra.  This really is a skew-symmetric matrix */
     typedef Dune::FieldVector<T,1> TangentVector;
 
@@ -130,6 +133,9 @@ public:
     /** \brief The type used for coordinates */
     typedef T ctype;
 
+    /** \brief Global coordinates wrt an isometric embedding function are available */
+    static const bool globalIsometricCoordinates = false;
+
     /** \brief Member of the corresponding Lie algebra.  This really is a skew-symmetric matrix */
     typedef Dune::FieldVector<T,3> TangentVector;
 
diff --git a/dune/gfe/unitvector.hh b/dune/gfe/unitvector.hh
index 8491f688470f1542931c87241e810873e372e610..e0eab8e2726c1aacc7c2f7cd9e0ec12776973ec1 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/unitvector.hh
+++ b/dune/gfe/unitvector.hh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public:
     typedef double ctype;
 
     /** \brief Global coordinates wrt an isometric embedding function are available */
-    static const bool isometricallyEmbedded = true;
+    static const bool globalIsometricCoordinates = true;
 
     typedef Dune::FieldVector<double,dim-1> TangentVector;