code: def mp_icon(filename):
          '''load an icon from the data directory'''
          # we have to jump through a lot of hoops to get an OpenCV image
          # when we may be in a package zip file
          try:
                  import pkg_resources
                  name = __name__
                  if name == "__main__":
                          name = "MAVProxy.modules.mavproxy_map.mp_tile"
                  raw = pkg_resources.resource_stream(name, "data/%s" % filename).read()
          except Exception:
                  raw = open(os.path.join(__file__, 'data', filename)).read()
          imagefiledata = cv.CreateMatHeader(1, len(raw), cv.CV_8UC1)
          cv.SetData(imagefiledata, raw, len(raw))
          img = cv.DecodeImage(imagefiledata, cv.CV_LOAD_IMAGE_COLOR)
          return imf mp_icon(filename):
          '''load an icon from the data directory'''
          # we have to jump through a lot of hoops to get an OpenCV image
          # when we may be in a package zip file
          try:
                  import pkg_resources
                  name = __name__
                  if name == "__main__":
                          name = "MAVProxy.modules.mavproxy_map.mp_tile"
                  raw = pkg_resources.resource_stream(name, "data/%s" % filename).read()
          except Exception:
                  raw = open(os.path.join(__file__, 'data', filename)).read()
          imagefiledata = cv.CreateMatHeader(1, len(raw), cv.CV_8UC1)
          cv.SetData(imagefiledata, raw, len(raw))
          img = cv.DecodeImage(imagefiledata, cv.CV_LOAD_IMAGE_COLOR)
          return img
docs: load an icon from the data directory