diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/render/terrainstorage.cpp b/apps/opencs/view/render/terrainstorage.cpp
index c63d41be3..51c9dd009 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/render/terrainstorage.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/render/terrainstorage.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #include "terrainstorage.hpp"
 
+#include "../../model/world/land.hpp"
+#include "../../model/world/landtexture.hpp"
+
 namespace CSVRender
 {
 
@@ -11,12 +14,9 @@ namespace CSVRender
 
     osg::ref_ptr<const ESMTerrain::LandObject> TerrainStorage::getLand(int cellX, int cellY)
     {
-        std::ostringstream stream;
-        stream << "#" << cellX << " " << cellY;
-
         // The cell isn't guaranteed to have Land. This is because the terrain implementation
         // has to wrap the vertices of the last row and column to the next cell, which may be a nonexisting cell
-        int index = mData.getLand().searchId(stream.str());
+        int index = mData.getLand().searchId(CSMWorld::Land::createUniqueRecordId(cellX, cellY));
         if (index == -1)
             return NULL;
 
@@ -26,16 +26,11 @@ namespace CSVRender
 
     const ESM::LandTexture* TerrainStorage::getLandTexture(int index, short plugin)
     {
-        int numRecords = mData.getLandTextures().getSize();
-
-        for (int i=0; i<numRecords; ++i)
-        {
-            const CSMWorld::LandTexture* ltex = &mData.getLandTextures().getRecord(i).get();
-            if (ltex->mIndex == index && ltex->mPluginIndex == plugin)
-                return ltex;
-        }
+        int row = mData.getLandTextures().searchId(CSMWorld::LandTexture::createUniqueRecordId(plugin, index));
+        if (row == -1)
+            return nullptr;
 
-        return NULL;
+        return &mData.getLandTextures().getRecord(row).get();
     }
 
     void TerrainStorage::getBounds(float &minX, float &maxX, float &minY, float &maxY)
diff --git a/components/esm/loadland.cpp b/components/esm/loadland.cpp
index 72c3eb98d..7d48dd037 100644
--- a/components/esm/loadland.cpp
+++ b/components/esm/loadland.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ namespace ESM
         , mX(0)
         , mY(0)
         , mPlugin(0)
+        , mNoFile(false)
         , mDataTypes(0)
         , mLandData(NULL)
     {
@@ -175,6 +176,47 @@ namespace ESM
 
     }
 
+    void Land::blank()
+    {
+        if (mLandData)
+        {
+            delete mLandData;
+        }
+
+        mPlugin = 0;
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < LAND_GLOBAL_MAP_LOD_SIZE; ++i)
+            mWnam[0] = 0;
+
+        mLandData = new LandData;
+        mLandData->mHeightOffset = 0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < LAND_NUM_VERTS; ++i)
+            mLandData->mHeights[i] = 0;
+        mLandData->mMinHeight = 0;
+        mLandData->mMaxHeight = 0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < LAND_NUM_VERTS; ++i)
+        {
+            mLandData->mNormals[i*3+0] = 0;
+            mLandData->mNormals[i*3+1] = -1;
+            mLandData->mNormals[i*3+2] = 0;
+        }
+        for (int i = 0; i < LAND_NUM_TEXTURES; ++i)
+            mLandData->mTextures[i] = 0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < LAND_NUM_VERTS; ++i)
+        {
+            mLandData->mColours[i*3+0] = -1;
+            mLandData->mColours[i*3+1] = -1;
+            mLandData->mColours[i*3+2] = -1;
+        }
+        mLandData->mUnk1 = 0;
+        mLandData->mUnk2 = 0;
+        mLandData->mDataLoaded = Land::DATA_VNML | Land::DATA_VHGT | Land::DATA_WNAM |
+            Land::DATA_VCLR | Land::DATA_VTEX;
+        mDataTypes = mLandData->mDataLoaded;
+
+        mNoFile = true;
+    }
+
     void Land::loadData(int flags, LandData* target) const
     {
         // Create storage if nothing is loaded
@@ -193,6 +235,13 @@ namespace ESM
             return;
         }
 
+        // Copy data to target if no file
+        if (mNoFile)
+        {
+            *target = *mLandData;
+            return;
+        }
+
         ESM::ESMReader reader;
         reader.restoreContext(mContext);
 
@@ -271,7 +320,7 @@ namespace ESM
 
     Land::Land (const Land& land)
     : mFlags (land.mFlags), mX (land.mX), mY (land.mY), mPlugin (land.mPlugin),
-      mContext (land.mContext), mDataTypes (land.mDataTypes),
+      mContext (land.mContext), mNoFile(land.mNoFile), mDataTypes (land.mDataTypes),
       mLandData (land.mLandData ? new LandData (*land.mLandData) : 0)
     {}
 
@@ -288,6 +337,7 @@ namespace ESM
         std::swap (mY, land.mY);
         std::swap (mPlugin, land.mPlugin);
         std::swap (mContext, land.mContext);
+        std::swap (mNoFile, land.mNoFile);
         std::swap (mDataTypes, land.mDataTypes);
         std::swap (mLandData, land.mLandData);
     }
diff --git a/components/esm/loadland.hpp b/components/esm/loadland.hpp
index a7b97a465..223b7975a 100644
--- a/components/esm/loadland.hpp
+++ b/components/esm/loadland.hpp
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ struct Land
     // location later when we are ready to load the full data set.
     ESM_Context mContext;
 
+    // In the editor, a new Land is not associated with a file, thus mContext should not be accessed
+    // when land data is being requested. Instead simply copy over the data.
+    bool mNoFile;
+
     int mDataTypes;
 
     enum
@@ -116,7 +120,7 @@ struct Land
     void load(ESMReader &esm, bool &isDeleted);
     void save(ESMWriter &esm, bool isDeleted = false) const;
 
-    void blank() {}
+    void blank();
 
     /**
      * Actually loads data into target