Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/classes/Vertex.cpp
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/classes/Vertex.cpp	(revision 22788)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/classes/Vertex.cpp	(revision 22789)
@@ -33,5 +33,4 @@
 
 	if(iomodel->Data("md.mesh.lat") && iomodel->Data("md.mesh.long")){
-		_assert_(iomodel->Data("md.mesh.lat") && iomodel->Data("md.mesh.long"));
 		this->latitute     = iomodel->Data("md.mesh.lat")[i];
 		this->longitude    = iomodel->Data("md.mesh.long")[i];
@@ -44,4 +43,5 @@
 			break;
 		case Domain3DsurfaceEnum:
+			_assert_(iomodel->Data("md.mesh.lat") && iomodel->Data("md.mesh.long") && iomodel->Data("md.mesh.r"));
 			this->latitute     = iomodel->Data("md.mesh.lat")[i];
 			this->longitude    = iomodel->Data("md.mesh.long")[i];