Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/shp/shp2exp.m
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/shp/shp2exp.m	(revision 21780)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/shp/shp2exp.m	(revision 21781)
@@ -37,5 +37,13 @@
 		expstruct(end).density=1;
 		expstruct(end).closed=1;
-		expstruct(end).name=num2str(shp(i).id);
+		if isfield(shp(i),'id'),
+			expstruct(end).name=num2str(shp(i).id);
+		elseif isfield(shp(i),'NAME'),
+			expstruct(end).name=num2str(shp(i).SUBREGION1);
+		elseif isfield(shp(i),'SUBREGION1'),
+			expstruct(end).name=num2str(shp(i).SUBREGION1);
+		else
+			expstruct(end).name='unknown';
+		end
 	elseif strcmpi(shp(i).Geometry,'Point'),
 		x=shp(i).X; y=shp(i).Y;