String updateString = "Drawing " + panelName + "...";
mMainScreen.updateProgressBar(updateString, featurePanel.getProgress());
//initialize the panel here
//System.out.println("about to call initialize..." + panelName);
featurePanel.initialize(featureFile, featureName);
//System.out.println("done initialize!");
featurePanel.updateData();
//repaint the feature panel after we add it
featurePanel.repaint();