:Author: Hamish Bowman
:Author: Paul Wessel
:Reviewer: Cameron Shorter, LISAsoft
:Version: osgeo-live6.0
:License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported  (CC BY 3.0)

.. image:: ../../images/project_logos/logo-GMT.png
  :alt: project logo
  :align: right
  :target: http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu


GMT
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The Generic Mapping Tools
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GMT is a collection of tools that allow users to manipulate (x,y) and
(x,y,z) data sets (including filtering, trend fitting, gridding,
projecting, etc.) and produce Encapsulated PostScript File (EPS)
illustrations ranging from simple x-y plots through contour maps to
artificially illuminated surfaces and 3-D perspective views in black and
white, gray tone, hachure patterns, and 24-bit color.

GMT supports many common map projections plus linear, log, and power
scaling, and comes with support data such as coastlines, rivers, and
political boundaries.


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  :scale: 50 %
  :alt: screenshot
  :align: right

Core Features
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* Journal quality cartography.
* Gridding and contouring functions.

Details
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**Website:** http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu

**Licence:** GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2

**Software Version:** 4.5.11

**Supported Platforms:** GNU/Linux, Mac OSX, MS Windows

**API Interfaces:** Command line

**Support:** http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt/gmt_maillist.html


Quickstart
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* :doc:`Quickstart documentation <../quickstart/gmt_quickstart>`