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Desktop software for the interactive visualization of plate-tectonics GPlates offers a novel combination of interactive plate-tectonic reconstructions, geographic information system (GIS) functionality and raster data visualisation. GPlates enables both the visualisation and the manipulation of plate-tectonic reconstructions and associated data through geological time. GPlates runs on Mac OS X, Windows and Linux.The goals of GPlates are:· to handle and visualise data in a variety of geometries and formats, including raster data· to link plate kinematics to geodynamic models· to serve as an interactive client in a grid-computing network· to facilitate the production of high-quality paleo-geographic maps. Here are some key features of "GPlates": loading and saving data: loading geological feature data from the following formats: · GPML / compressed GPML · Plates4 line-format · ESRI Shapefile (including the ability to map shape attributes in a Shapefile to feature properties in GPlates on a user-specified, per-Shapefile basis) loading reconstruction poles (finite rotations which enable geological features to be reconstructed through geological time) from the following formats: · GPML / compressed GPML · Plates4 rotation-format · loading global raster images in JPEG format, including time-sequences of raster images, to enable visualisation of “gridded” geophysical data such as mantle density anomalies and mantle-convection-driven dynamic surface topography saving geological feature data in the following formats: · GPML / compressed GPML · Plates4 line-format saving reconstruction poles in the following formats: · GPML / compressed GPML · Plates4 rotation-format viewing data in a graphical display: · displaying a 3-D orthographic projection of geological, geographic and tectonic features, and raster images, on the globe · reconstructing features to a desired geological time-instant, or animating over a period of geological time · moving and re-orienting the camera (the viewpoint of the user), by “dragging” the mouse on the globe, using the keyboard arrow keys, or specifying the desired viewpoint in a dialog box · zooming the camera, using the scroll-wheel of the mouse, the click-to-zoom tool, the slider on the right-hand-side of the reconstruction view, or the zoom buttons in the toolbar · choice of different colouring schemes for features · exporting a 2-D geometry snapshot of the current orthogonal-projected contents of the reconstruction view in Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format, for later viewing in a web-browser or vector-graphics editor such as Adobe Illustrator interacting with features graphically: · querying the properties (attributes) of features, and editing the properties of features, by clicking upon their displayed geometries · digitisation of geometries for the creation of new features tabular display of reconstruction poles (finite rotations): listing tables of reconstruction poles for the current reconstruction time: · relative and equivalent rotations for each plate · a tree-like representation of the rotation hierarchy · the circuit between any plate and the stationary reference frame · exporting tables of reconstruction poles in CSV (comma-separated value) format, for later viewing in a spreadsheet such as Microsoft Excel. modifying reconstructions graphically: · manipulation of reconstruction poles by dragging the mouse cursor to move plates Requirements: · CMake What's New in This Release: · Shapefile export (in addition to existing Shapefile import) · Shapefile export of reconstructed geometries at reconstruction time · GMT export of reconstructed geometries at reconstruction time · Map projections: Rectangular, Mercator, Mollweide, Robinson (in addition to existing 3-D Orthographic Globe projection) · SVG export of map projections · Animation Export for exporting a sequence of frames from an animation · Integrated animation time-slider · Improved main-window design · MacOS X binary bundles in .dmg files · New Canvas Tools (with accompanying Task Panel widgets): delete vertex; insert vertex · Better handling of multi-geometries (multiple-geometries per feature): reading and writing pen-up/pen-down commands in the PLATES4 line format as multi-geometries in GPlates; improved feature focus and Canvas Tool handling of multi-geometries · Responsive, interactive highlight of geometries during Canvas Tool use (red highlight of vertices for deletion, yellow highlight of vertices for moving, yellow highlight of line-segments for vertex-insertion, etc.) · General user-interface processing optimisations for improved response time · Further development in the Model: internal feature-referencing data-structures for O(1) look-up; unloading feature collections to reclaim memory · GPlates User-Manual

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