diff --git a/panda/src/collide/collisionEntry.I b/panda/src/collide/collisionEntry.I
index f6cef59a29..483e0f9f7e 100644
--- a/panda/src/collide/collisionEntry.I
+++ b/panda/src/collide/collisionEntry.I
@@ -227,6 +227,172 @@ has_interior_point() const {
   return (_flags & F_has_interior_point) != 0;
 }
 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//     Function: CollisionEntry::has_into_intersection_point
+//       Access: Published
+//  Description: Returns true if the detected collision knows its
+//               intersection point in the coordinate space of the
+//               collided-into object, false otherwise.
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+INLINE bool CollisionEntry::
+has_into_intersection_point() const {
+  return has_surface_point();
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//     Function: CollisionEntry::get_into_intersection_point
+//       Access: Published
+//  Description: Returns the intersection point in the coordinate
+//               space of the collided-into object.  It is an error to
+//               call this if has_into_intersection_point() returns
+//               false.
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+INLINE LPoint3f CollisionEntry::
+get_into_intersection_point() const {
+  nassert_raise("CollisionEntry::get_into_intersection_point() is deprecated.  Use get_surface_point() instead.");
+  return get_surface_point(get_into_node_path());
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//     Function: CollisionEntry::has_from_intersection_point
+//       Access: Published
+//  Description: Returns true if the detected collision knows its
+//               intersection point in the coordinate space of the
+//               colliding object, false otherwise.
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+INLINE bool CollisionEntry::
+has_from_intersection_point() const {
+  nassert_raise("CollisionEntry::has_from_intersection_point() is deprecated.  Use has_surface_point() instead.");
+  return has_surface_point();
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//     Function: CollisionEntry::get_from_intersection_point
+//       Access: Published
+//  Description: Returns the intersection point in the coordinate
+//               space of the colliding object.  It is an error to
+//               call this if has_from_intersection_point() returns
+//               false.
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+INLINE LPoint3f CollisionEntry::
+get_from_intersection_point() const {
+  nassert_raise("CollisionEntry::get_from_intersection_point() is deprecated.  Use get_surface_point() instead.");
+  return get_surface_point(get_from_node_path());
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//     Function: CollisionEntry::has_into_surface_normal
+//       Access: Published
+//  Description: Returns true if the detected collision knows the
+//               surface normal of the collided-into object at the
+//               point of the collision, false otherwise.
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+INLINE bool CollisionEntry::
+has_into_surface_normal() const {
+  nassert_raise("CollisionEntry::has_into_surface_normal() is deprecated.  Use has_surface_normal() instead.");
+  return has_surface_normal();
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//     Function: CollisionEntry::get_into_surface_normal
+//       Access: Published
+//  Description: Returns the surface normal of the collided-into
+//               object at the point of the collision.  It is an error
+//               to call this if has_into_surface_normal() returns
+//               false.
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+INLINE LVector3f CollisionEntry::
+get_into_surface_normal() const {
+  nassert_raise("CollisionEntry::get_into_surface_normal() is deprecated.  Use get_surface_normal() instead.");
+  return get_surface_normal(get_into_node_path());
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//     Function: CollisionEntry::has_from_surface_normal
+//       Access: Published
+//  Description: Returns true if the detected collision knows the
+//               surface normal of the collided-into object at the
+//               point of the collision, false otherwise.
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+INLINE bool CollisionEntry::
+has_from_surface_normal() const {
+  nassert_raise("CollisionEntry::has_from_surface_normal() is deprecated.  Use has_surface_normal() instead.");
+  return has_surface_normal();
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//     Function: CollisionEntry::get_from_surface_normal
+//       Access: Published
+//  Description: Returns the surface normal of the collided-into
+//               object at the point of the collision, in the space of
+//               the collided-from object.  It is an error to call
+//               this if has_from_surface_normal() returns false.
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+INLINE LVector3f CollisionEntry::
+get_from_surface_normal() const {
+  nassert_raise("CollisionEntry::get_from_surface_normal() is deprecated.  Use get_surface_normal() instead.");
+  return get_surface_normal(get_from_node_path());
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//     Function: CollisionEntry::has_into_depth
+//       Access: Published
+//  Description: Returns true if the collision entry knows how "deep"
+//               the collision was into the collided-into object; that
+//               is, how far into the surface of the collided-into
+//               object the colliding object has penetrated.
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+INLINE bool CollisionEntry::
+has_into_depth() const {
+  nassert_raise("CollisionEntry::has_into_depth() is deprecated.  Use has_interior_point() instead.");
+  return has_surface_point() && has_interior_point();
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//     Function: CollisionEntry::get_into_depth
+//       Access: Published
+//  Description: Returns how "deep" the collision was into the
+//               collided-into object; that is, how far into the
+//               surface of the collided-into object the colliding
+//               object has penetrated.  It is an error to call this
+//               if has_into_depth() returns false.
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+INLINE float CollisionEntry::
+get_into_depth() const {
+  nassert_raise("CollisionEntry::get_into_depth() is deprecated.  Use get_interior_point() instead.");
+  nassertr(has_into_depth(), 0.0);
+  return (get_surface_point(get_into_node_path()) - get_interior_point(get_into_node_path())).length();
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//     Function: CollisionEntry::has_from_depth
+//       Access: Published
+//  Description: Returns true if the collision entry knows how "deep"
+//               the collision was from the collided-from object; that
+//               is, how far from the surface of the collided-from
+//               object the colliding object has penetrated.
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+INLINE bool CollisionEntry::
+has_from_depth() const {
+  nassert_raise("CollisionEntry::has_from_depth() is deprecated.  Use has_interior_point() instead.");
+  return has_surface_point() && has_interior_point();
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//     Function: CollisionEntry::get_from_depth
+//       Access: Published
+//  Description: Returns how "deep" the collision was from the
+//               collided-from object; that is, how far from the
+//               surface of the collided-from object the colliding
+//               object has penetrated.  It is an error to call this
+//               if has_from_depth() returns false.
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+INLINE float CollisionEntry::
+get_from_depth() const {
+  nassert_raise("CollisionEntry::get_from_depth() is deprecated.  Use get_interior_point() instead.");
+  return (get_surface_point(get_from_node_path()) - get_interior_point(get_from_node_path())).length();
+}
+
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //     Function: CollisionEntry::get_wrt_space
diff --git a/panda/src/collide/collisionEntry.h b/panda/src/collide/collisionEntry.h
index 5723bbf580..b3e379d868 100644
--- a/panda/src/collide/collisionEntry.h
+++ b/panda/src/collide/collisionEntry.h
@@ -81,6 +81,28 @@ PUBLISHED:
                LVector3f &surface_normal,
                LPoint3f &interior_point) const;
 
+
+  // The following methods are all deprecated in favor of the above
+  // methods.  They are here only temporarily to ease transition.
+
+  INLINE bool has_into_intersection_point() const;
+  INLINE LPoint3f get_into_intersection_point() const;
+
+  INLINE bool has_from_intersection_point() const;
+  INLINE LPoint3f get_from_intersection_point() const;
+
+  INLINE bool has_into_surface_normal() const;
+  INLINE LVector3f get_into_surface_normal() const;
+
+  INLINE bool has_from_surface_normal() const;
+  INLINE LVector3f get_from_surface_normal() const;
+
+  INLINE bool has_into_depth() const;
+  INLINE float get_into_depth() const;
+
+  INLINE bool has_from_depth() const;
+  INLINE float get_from_depth() const;
+
   void output(ostream &out) const;
   void write(ostream &out, int indent_level = 0) const;