The Generic Mapping Tools Version 6
The Generic Mapping Tools Version 6
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DOI：
10.1029/2019gc008515
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发表时间：
2019-11-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Tian, D.
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作者：
Wessel, P.;Luis, J. F.;Tian, D.
通用制图工具（GMT）软件在地球和海洋科学中无处不在。作为一个跨平台的工具，它可以生成高质量的地图和数字，被世界各地成千上万的科学家使用。自20世纪90年代以来，GMT脚本的基本语法发展非常缓慢，尽管GMT通常被认为具有陡峭的学习曲线，对于初学者和经验丰富的用户来说都有许多陷阱。减少这些缺陷意味着改变界面，这将破坏与数千个现有脚本的兼容性。在最新的GMT版本6中，我们通过引入新的“现代模式”来解决这个难题，以补充以前版本中使用的界面，GMT 6现在称之为“经典模式”。“GMT 6默认为经典模式，因此建议所有GMT 5用户升级。尽管如此，新用户应该利用现代模式制作更短的脚本，快速访问常用的全局数据集，并充分利用新工具绘制子图，放置插图和创建动画。
The Generic Mapping Tools (GMT) software is ubiquitous in the Earth and ocean sciences. As a cross-platform tool producing high-quality maps and figures, it is used by tens of thousands of scientists around the world. The basic syntax of GMT scripts has evolved very slowly since the 1990s, despite the fact that GMT is generally perceived to have a steep learning curve with many pitfalls for beginners and experienced users alike. Reducing these pitfalls means changing the interface, which would break compatibility with thousands of existing scripts. With the latest GMT version 6, we solve this conundrum by introducing a new "modern mode" to complement the interface used in previous versions, which GMT 6 now calls "classic mode." GMT 6 defaults to classic mode and thus is a recommended upgrade for all GMT 5 users. Nonetheless, new users should take advantage of modern mode to make shorter scripts, quickly access commonly used global data sets, and take full advantage of the new tools to draw subplots, place insets, and create animations.