diff --git a/src/include/helper_tools.cc.h b/src/include/helper_tools.cc.h
index d051e1d..7a50193 100644
--- a/src/include/helper_tools.cc.h
+++ b/src/include/helper_tools.cc.h
@@ -215,17 +215,17 @@ namespace MultiArrayTools
 
     template <class Range>
     auto metaSlice(const std::shared_ptr<Range>& r)
-        -> ConstSlice<typename Range::value_type,ClassicRange>
+        -> ConstSlice<typename Range::MetaType,ClassicRange>
     {
         ClassicRF crf(r->size());
-        return ConstSlice<typename Range::value_type,ClassicRange>( createExplicit(crf), &r->get(0) );
+        return ConstSlice<typename Range::MetaType,ClassicRange>( createExplicit(crf), &r->get(0) );
     }
 
     template <class Range, class ORange>
     auto metaSlice(const std::shared_ptr<Range>& r, const std::shared_ptr<ORange>& ro)
-        -> ConstSlice<typename Range::value_type,ORange>
+        -> ConstSlice<typename Range::MetaType,ORange>
     {
-        return ConstSlice<typename Range::value_type,ORange>( ro, &r->get(0) );
+        return ConstSlice<typename Range::MetaType,ORange>( ro, &r->get(0) );
     }
 
 
diff --git a/src/include/helper_tools.h b/src/include/helper_tools.h
index 58a74f5..895baee 100644
--- a/src/include/helper_tools.h
+++ b/src/include/helper_tools.h
@@ -97,11 +97,11 @@ namespace MultiArrayTools
 
     template <class Range>
     auto metaSlice(const std::shared_ptr<Range>& r)
-        -> ConstSlice<typename Range::value_type,ClassicRange>;
+        -> ConstSlice<typename Range::MetaType,ClassicRange>;
 
     template <class Range, class ORange>
     auto metaSlice(const std::shared_ptr<Range>& r, const std::shared_ptr<ORange>& ro)
-        -> ConstSlice<typename Range::value_type,ORange>;
+        -> ConstSlice<typename Range::MetaType,ORange>;
 
     template <class IndexType>
     inline void For(const std::shared_ptr<IndexType>& ind, const std::function<void(void)>& ll)
diff --git a/src/include/map_range.cc.h b/src/include/map_range.cc.h
index 595e710..10a3402 100644
--- a/src/include/map_range.cc.h
+++ b/src/include/map_range.cc.h
@@ -563,10 +563,10 @@ namespace MultiArrayTools
     }
 
     template <class MapF, SpaceType XSTYPE, class... Ranges>
-    std::vector<size_t> GenMapRange<MapF,XSTYPE,Ranges...>::mapPos() const
+    vector<size_t> GenMapRange<MapF,XSTYPE,Ranges...>::mapPos() const
     {
         auto i = mMapf.begin();
-        std::vector<size_t> out(i.max());
+        vector<size_t> out(i.max());
         for(; i.pos() != i.max(); ++i){
             out[i.pos()] = mOutRange->getMeta( mMapf[i] );
         }
diff --git a/src/include/map_range.h b/src/include/map_range.h
index 0902fde..2bc9642 100644
--- a/src/include/map_range.h
+++ b/src/include/map_range.h
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ namespace MultiArrayTools
 	const MultiArray<size_t,ORType>& mapMultiplicity() const;
 	MultiArray<size_t,GenMapRange> explMapMultiplicity() const;
 
-        std::vector<size_t> mapPos() const;
+        vector<size_t> mapPos() const;
         
 	/*
 	template <class... ERanges>