[udig-devel] Loading map from file system

["Kelly, Brendon (SAPOL)" <Brendon.Kelly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

We have an existing RCP application in which I want to display a map in
a ViewPart (tiffs and ESRI shape files).  I've gone through the
quickstart tutorials and have played around with the uDig application,
but looking at the Javadoc I can't see what object is responsible for
loading a map from the file system.

I have a ViewPart with the following code:

public void createPartControl(Composite parent) {

    ViewportPane viewportPane = new ViewportPaneSWT(parent, new
MapEditor());

    // load map from file system somehow
    IMap map = ????;

    map.setRenderManagerInternal(new RenderManagerDynamic());
    renderManager = map.getRenderManagerInternal();
    viewportPane.setRenderManager(renderManager);
}

There's probably some intermediate steps I'm missing.  Do I load a map
directly from the file system, or do I add layers to a newly constructed
map?  Any pointers would be great as I'm new to GIS (if you couldn't
tell).

Regards

Brendon Kelly
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Application Programmer
Information Systems & Technology Service
South Australia Police