diff -r c2de2ed28e59 -r 15cf1fd6a505 gui/mapstorage.cc
--- a/gui/mapstorage.cc	Mon Dec 19 14:58:09 2005 +0000
+++ b/gui/mapstorage.cc	Mon Dec 19 16:59:05 2005 +0000
@@ -212,6 +212,22 @@
     ContentReader content(lreader);
     lreader.run();
 
+    if (content.nodeSetNum() < 1)
+    {
+      Gtk::MessageDialog mdialog("No nodeset found in file.");
+      mdialog.run();
+      clear();
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+    if (content.edgeSetNum() < 1)
+    {
+      Gtk::MessageDialog mdialog("No edgeset found in file.");
+      mdialog.run();
+      clear();
+      return 1;
+    }
+
     const std::vector<std::string>& nodeMapNames = content.nodeSetMaps(0);
     const std::vector<std::string>& edgeMapNames = content.edgeSetMaps(0);
 
@@ -256,7 +272,7 @@
     }
     GuiReader gui_reader(greader, this);
     greader.run();
-  } catch (DataFormatError& error) {
+  } catch (Exception& error) {
     Gtk::MessageDialog mdialog(error.what());
     mdialog.run();
     clear();