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GPlates
Original author(s)EarthByte Group
Developer(s)The GPlates Development Team
Initial releaseJanuary 2006; 19 years ago (2006-01)
Stable release
1.50 / February 14, 2015; 10 years ago (2015-02-14)..
Repository
Written inC++
Operating systemLinux, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows
Available inEnglish
TypeDesktop software application
LicenseGNU GPL version 2+
Websitewww.gplates.org

The GPlates is an open-source desktop software application for the interactive visualization of Plate tectonics reconstruction. GPlates is developed by a group of international scientists and software developers which includes the EarthByte group in the school of Geosciences at the University of Sydney, the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences (GPS) at CalTech, the Geodynamics Team at the Geological Survey of Norway (NGU), and the Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics (CEED) at the University of Oslo. GPlates can be used in plate tectonics reconstruction research and education. User manual and tutorial are avaliable online.[1] [2]

GPlates uses GPlates Geological Information Model (GPGIM) to represent geological data in the Plate tectonics context. The GPlates Markup Language (GPML) is an XML implementation of GPGIM[3] The GPML is derived from Geography Markup Language (GML).

GPlates is written in C++ and uses OpenGL to render 3D globe. It uses Qt (software) as GUI framework. The Boost C++ library has also been used widely in GPlates development. Other libraries include GDAL, CGAL, proj, qwt and GLEW. GPlates runs on Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows and Ubuntu.

Currently, the GPlates development team consists of two developers in Sydney, John Cannon and Michael Chin[4][5], one developer in USA, Mark Turner[6] and one in Norway Robin Watson[7].

GPlates is released under GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2) and the source code can be found on SourceForge[8]

In 2014, the GPlates Web Portal, a website built upon GPlates technology, was launched[9][10]. The GPlates Portal uses Cesium Javascript library to render 3D globe in web browser[11]. The portal got lots of attention from scientists and media since then[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19].

The GPlates desktop version software and python API binding are widely used by geophysicists, students and researchers[20][21][22][23]. Lots of academic publications are directly or indirectly related to GPlates software and technology, including papers published in Nature (journal) and Science (journal)[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32].

Professor Dietmar Müller is leading the GPlates project[33]. The GPlates project also got support from AuScope[34].

References

  1. ^ https://sites.google.com/site/gplatestutorials/
  2. ^ http://freeware.epsc.wustl.edu/GPlates/GPlates_User_Manual-2010-12-22.pdf
  3. ^ http://www.geosci-instrum-method-data-syst.net/1/111/2012/gi-1-111-2012.html
  4. ^ http://www.geosci.usyd.edu.au/people/st_cannon.shtml
  5. ^ http://www.geosci.usyd.edu.au/people/st_chin.shtml
  6. ^ http://www.seismolab.caltech.edu/turner_m.html
  7. ^ http://www.geodynamics.no/watson/robin.html
  8. ^ http://sourceforge.net/projects/gplates/
  9. ^ http://www.earthbyte.org/gplates-portal/
  10. ^ http://www.scoop.it/t/technologies/p/4029561596/2014/10/10/gplates-web-portal
  11. ^ http://cesiumjs.org/demos/GPlates.html
  12. ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3192653/The-Earth-stripped-oceans-digital-map-sea-floor-reveals-planet-s-alien-landscape.html
  13. ^ http://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2014/oct/03/the-most-detailed-map-of-the-ocean-floor-ever-seen
  14. ^ http://topex.ucsd.edu/grav_outreach/
  15. ^ http://www.wired.com/2014/10/science-graphic-week-super-detailed-interactive-3-d-sea-floor-map/
  16. ^ http://www.gebco.net/about_us/gebco_science_day/documents/muller_etal_agu14_presentation.pdf
  17. ^ https://www.nicta.com.au/media-release/nicta-and-university-of-sydney-creates-world-first-digital-map-of-seafloor-geology/
  18. ^ https://industryadvocate.com.au/seafloor-mapping-first/
  19. ^ http://orma.com/news/earth-without-oceans/
  20. ^ http://web.gps.caltech.edu/~gurnis/GPlates/gplates.html
  21. ^ http://www.mn.uio.no/ceed/om/aktuelt/i-media/2015/gplates-1.5-plate-modelling-software-has-been-rele.html
  22. ^ http://www.geodynamics.no/projects/gplates.html
  23. ^ https://portal.pawsey.org.au/docs/SoftwareMap/Gplates
  24. ^ http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2014/140917/ncomms5923/fig_tab/ncomms5923_F6.html
  25. ^ http://www.sciencemag.org/content/346/6205/65
  26. ^ http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2015/session/19051
  27. ^ http://www.solid-earth.net/5/741/2014/se-5-741-2014.html
  28. ^ http://ebooks.cambridge.org/chapter.jsf?bid=CBO9780511976308&cid=CBO9780511976308A017
  29. ^ http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/early/2015/07/28/G36883.1.abstract
  30. ^ http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v523/n7562/full/nature14598.html#contrib-auth
  31. ^ http://www.earthbyte.org/Resources/Pdf/Muller_Seton_plate_motion_Encyclopedia_Mar_Geosci_Springer2015.pdf
  32. ^ http://www.earthbyte.org/Resources/Pdf/Whittaker_etal_PlumesMORs_NatGeo_2015.pdf
  33. ^ http://sydney.edu.au/science/people/dietmar.muller.php
  34. ^ http://auscope.org.au/site/tectonics_and_geodynamics.php


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