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2020 The Generic Mapping Tools (GMT) for Geodesy

Course Information

  • Dates: June 30; July 1, 6, 13, 20-21, and 28, 2020
  • Times: Varies per day, see Agenda below
  • Location: Online via Zoom
  • Registration: Registration is closed

More Information

Information on UNAVCO's response to COVID-19

This short course will be offered in a virtual format only.

This course will cover the use of GMT 6 in geodesy using UNIX shell scripting. Lectures and exercises will be given to teach the basic conventions of using GMT, such as plotting grids, images, and vector data (points, lines, polygons). Labs will include both processing and mapping of various data sets relevant to geodesy.

This course does not have a registration fee.

Participants will apply to participate as we expect demand to exceed capacity. Decisions will be made on responses to prompts in the application. Priority will be given to applicants from UNAVCO member institutions and who need the training to conduct research in the next year. (Check to see if your institution is a member of the UNAVCO consortium.)

Agenda

  • June 30: Introductions I [0630-1200 HST]
  • July 1: Introductions II [1730-2300 UK/Portugal]
  • July 13: Installing I [0630-1200 HST (anticipated)]
  • July 13: Installing II [1730-2300 UK/Portugal]
  • July 20: Intro and Basic Skills [1700-2200 UTC]
    1. Layout, objectives, organisation of workshop [how we will run this workshop]
    2. GMT basics, command line, unix skills
    3. Plot points, lines, polygons, text
    4. Plot grids, contours, shading, remote files
  • July 21: GMT for Geodesy [1700-2200 UTC]
    1. Plot focal mechanisms
    2. Plot GPS vectors
    3. Generate animations
    4. Final projects
  • July 28: Student presentations and graduation

Computers

    Students will use their own laptop capable of running GMT (macOS, Linux, or Windows; including variants like ubuntu bash for Windows, or Cygwin). Those who also intend to take the GMTSAR course should check the additional requirements for that course.

Instructors

  • Paul Wessel, University of Hawaii at Manoa
  • Joaquim Luis, University of Algarve, Portugal
  • Leonardo Uieda, University of Liverpool, UK
  • Dongdong Tian, Michigan State University
  • Xiaohua Xu, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Other Activities

  • Students will present final workflow of a publication-quality geodesy-related illustration.

Questions

Please contact Paul Wessel: pwesselhawaii.edu.

 

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