diff --git a/src/main/java/org/orekit/rugged/api/Rugged.java b/src/main/java/org/orekit/rugged/api/Rugged.java
index 7426efcaab765af4d30a431a35b68f1fa6b684ab..f8b109b4cf21cb39b9b0d40fe83b0a8e99629511 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/orekit/rugged/api/Rugged.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/orekit/rugged/api/Rugged.java
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ public class Rugged {
         // set up the starting point of the fixed point method
         final double pixel0 = sp0.getPixelNumber();
         final double line0 = sp0.getLineNumber();
-        // Needed data for the dump 
+        // Needed data for the dump
         sensor.dumpRate(line0);
 
         // Apply fixed point method until convergence in pixel and line
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/orekit/rugged/errors/DumpManager.java b/src/main/java/org/orekit/rugged/errors/DumpManager.java
index 78e0f2a803a8efc9f7de650cc47534477bb775ab..7fc33bf5bd552e4597739f08aa56f52209fbd767 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/orekit/rugged/errors/DumpManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/orekit/rugged/errors/DumpManager.java
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ public class DumpManager {
             isSuspended = false;
         }
     }
-    
-    /** In case dump is suspended and an exception is thrown, 
-     * allow the dump to end nicely.
+
+    /** In case dump is suspended and an exception is thrown,
+     * allows the dump to end nicely.
      */
     public static void endNicely() {
         isSuspended = false;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/orekit/rugged/linesensor/LineSensor.java b/src/main/java/org/orekit/rugged/linesensor/LineSensor.java
index 9963174f5ca43ef7b132bf3c655e762e99e88ce9..9f4569b4833c4c9945633a3a137620977699a253 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/orekit/rugged/linesensor/LineSensor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/orekit/rugged/linesensor/LineSensor.java
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ public class LineSensor {
     public Vector3D getPosition() {
         return position;
     }
-    
-    /** Dump the rate for the current line number
+
+    /** Dump the rate for the current line number.
      * @param lineNumber line number
      */
     public void dumpRate(final double lineNumber) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/orekit/rugged/raster/TilesCache.java b/src/main/java/org/orekit/rugged/raster/TilesCache.java
index 6e487987487563aaf6911174a6405686032756ab..528048e17c4297f8fb9609498e1429e14de3d2fd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/orekit/rugged/raster/TilesCache.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/orekit/rugged/raster/TilesCache.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.orekit.rugged.raster;
 import org.hipparchus.util.FastMath;
 import java.lang.reflect.Array;
 
+import org.orekit.rugged.errors.DumpManager;
 import org.orekit.rugged.errors.RuggedException;
 import org.orekit.rugged.errors.RuggedMessages;
 
@@ -86,7 +87,16 @@ public class TilesCache<T extends Tile> {
 
         // create the tile and retrieve its data
         final T tile = factory.createTile();
+
+        // In case dump is asked for, suspend the dump manager as we don't need to dump anything here
+        // For instance for SRTM DEM, the user needs to read Geoid data that are not useful in the dump
+        final Boolean wasSuspended = DumpManager.suspend();
+
         updater.updateTile(latitude, longitude, tile);
+
+        // Resume the dump manager if necessary
+        DumpManager.resume(wasSuspended);
+
         tile.tileUpdateCompleted();
 
         if (tile.getLocation(latitude, longitude) != Tile.Location.HAS_INTERPOLATION_NEIGHBORS) {