org.esa.beam.framework.ui
Class WorldMapImageLoader

java.lang.Object
  org.esa.beam.framework.ui.WorldMapImageLoader

public class WorldMapImageLoader
extends Object

This utility class is responsible for loading the world map image.

Version:

$Revision$ $Date$

Author:

Marco Peters

Method Summary

static BufferedImage

getWorldMapImage(boolean highRes) Reads the world map image from disk if not yet loaded, otherwise it is just returning the image.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getWorldMapImage

public static BufferedImage getWorldMapImage(boolean highRes)

Reads the world map image from disk if not yet loaded, otherwise it is just returning the image.

If the world map image cannot be read an image with an error message is returned.

Parameters:

highRes - specifies if the high-resolution image shall be returned,

Returns:

the world map image