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4.4.2 Coordinate Transformations and Map Projections: The -J option

Figure 4.5: The 29 map projections and coordinate transformations available in GMT.
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This option selects the coordinate transformation or map projection. The general format is

The projections avaiable in GMT are presented in Figure 4.5. For details on all GMT projections and the required parameters, see the psbasemap man page. We will also show examples of every projection in the next chapter, and a quick summary of projection syntax was given in Chapter 3.


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Paul Wessel 2004-10-01