Index: trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/osm/OsmUtils.java
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--- trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/osm/OsmUtils.java	(revision 7797)
+++ trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/osm/OsmUtils.java	(revision 7798)
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import org.openstreetmap.josm.data.coor.LatLon;
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.tools.CheckParameterUtil;
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.tools.TextTagParser;
@@ -65,5 +66,5 @@
         final String[] x = assertion.split("\\s+", 2);
         final OsmPrimitive p = "n".equals(x[0]) || "node".equals(x[0])
-                ? new Node()
+                ? new Node(LatLon.ZERO)
                 : "w".equals(x[0]) || "way".equals(x[0])
                 ? new Way()