ICHEC Software

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GMT: Generic Mapping Tools

Versions Installed

Stokes: 4.5.3

Description

GMT is an open source collection of ~60 tools for manipulating geographic and Cartesian data sets (including filtering, trend fitting, gridding, projecting, etc.) and producing Encapsulated PostScript File (EPS) illustrations ranging from simple x-y plots via contour maps to artificially illuminated surfaces and 3-D perspective views. GMT supports ~30 map projections and transformations and comes with support data such as GSHHS coastlines, rivers, and political boundaries. GMT is developed and maintained by Paul Wessel and Walter H. F. Smith with help from a global set of volunteers, and is supported by the National Science Foundation.

License

GMT is available under the GNU General Public License, v2.0.

Benchmarks

N/A.

Additional Notes

To use GMT load the relevant environment module:

module load gmt

Further information can be obtained at http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/.

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