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data. Besides its strong support for the visualization of geographic data sets, the software includes tools for processing and manipulating multi-dimensional datasets. GMT is most widely used by
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collection of computer software tools for processing and displaying xy and xyz datasets, including
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Wessel, P.; Luis, J. F.; Uieda, L.; Scharroo, R.; Wobbe, F.; Smith, W. H. F.; Tian, D. (2019).
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Open source collection of mapping tools for manipulating geographic and Cartesian data sets
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Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, USC
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An example of a map created with GMT, illustrating the empire of
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of other geographic objects. Users convert further data (like
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Information on how to use OpenStreetMap data within GMT.
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files and comes with a comprehensive collection of free
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Original author(s)
Paul Wessel
Walter H. F. Smith
Developer(s)
Stable release
Repository
github.com/GenericMappingTools/gmt
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C
C++
Operating system
Unix-like
Mac OS
Windows
Type
License
GNU Lesser General Public License
www.generic-mapping-tools.org
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open-source
rasterization
image processing
map projections
netCDF
GIS
coast
rivers
borders
coordinates

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