Index: /issm/branches/trunk-larour-NatGeoScience2016/src/m/exp/exp2shp.m
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--- /issm/branches/trunk-larour-NatGeoScience2016/src/m/exp/exp2shp.m	(revision 21371)
+++ /issm/branches/trunk-larour-NatGeoScience2016/src/m/exp/exp2shp.m	(revision 21372)
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
 		elseif length(shp(1).x) < 3
 			geometry = 'Line';
-		else
-			geometry = 'Polygon';
+		else 
+			if (shp(1).x(end)==shp(1).x(1) && shp(1).y(end)==shp(1).y(1)),
+				geometry = 'Polygon'
+			else
+				geometry = 'Line'
+			end
 		end
 	end