updated some docstrings

geoarray/baseclasses.py

@@ -929,7 +929,8 @@ class GeoArray(object):
         :param vmax:
         :param cmap:
         :param nodataVal:
-        :param res_factor:
+        :param res_factor:      <float> resolution factor for downsampling of the image to be plotted in order to save
+                                plotting time and memory (default=None -> downsampling is performed to 1000x1000)
         :param interactive:     <bool> activates interactive plotting based on 'holoviews' library.
                                 NOTE: this deactivates the magic '% matplotlib inline' in Jupyter Notebook
         :return:
@@ -939,9 +940,9 @@ class GeoArray(object):
 
         # get image to plot
         nodataVal           = nodataVal if nodataVal is not None else self.nodata
-        image2plot, gt, prj = self._get_plottable_image(xlim, ylim, band, boundsMap=boundsMap,
-                                                        boundsMapPrj=boundsMapPrj, res_factor=res_factor,
-                                                        nodataVal=nodataVal)
+        image2plot, gt, prj = \
+            self._get_plottable_image(xlim, ylim, band, boundsMap=boundsMap, boundsMapPrj=boundsMapPrj,
+                                      res_factor=res_factor, nodataVal=nodataVal)
 
         # set color palette
         palette   = cmap if cmap else plt.cm.gray
@@ -1006,7 +1007,8 @@ class GeoArray(object):
         :param vmax:
         :param cmap:
         :param nodataVal:
-        :param res_factor:
+        :param res_factor:      <float> resolution factor for downsampling of the image to be plotted in order to save
+                                plotting time and memory (default=None -> downsampling is performed to 1000x1000)
         :param return_map:
         :param zoomable:        <bool> enable or disable zooming via mpld3
         :return:
@@ -1225,12 +1227,12 @@ class GeoArray(object):
     def get_subset(self, xslice=None, yslice=None, zslice=None, return_GeoArray=True):
         # type: (slice, slice, slice, bool) -> GeoArray
         """Returns a new instatnce of GeoArray representing a subset of the initial one wit respect to given array position.
-        
+
         :param xslice:          a slice providing the X-position for the subset in the form slice(xstart, xend, xstep)
         :param yslice:          a slice providing the Y-position for the subset in the form slice(ystart, yend, ystep)
         :param zslice:          a slice providing the Z-position for the subset in the form slice(zstart, zend, zstep)
         :param return_GeoArray: whether to return an instance of GeoArray (default) or a tuple(np.ndarray, gt, prj)
-        :return: 
+        :return:
         """
 
         sub_arr = self[xslice if xslice else slice(None),