PlotMap

Generates a map using the GMT Generic Mapping Tools (https://www.generic-mapping-tools.org). A variety of image file formats are supported (e.g. png, jpg, eps) determined by the extension of outputfile.

The base map is defined by a projection of an ellipsoid (R, inverseFlattening). The content of the map itself is defined by one or more layers.

The plot programs create a temporary directory in the path of outputfile, writes all needed data into it, generates a batch/shell script with the GMT commands, execute it, and remove the temporary directory. With setting options:removeFiles=false the last step is skipped and it is possible to adjust the plot manually to specific publication needs. Individual GMT settings are adjusted with options:options="FORMAT=value", see https://docs.generic-mapping-tools.org/latest/gmt.conf.html.

See also: PlotDegreeAmplitudes, PlotGraph, PlotMatrix, PlotSphericalHarmonicsTriangle.

Name	Type	Annotation
outputfile	filename	*.png, *.jpg, *.eps, ...
title	string
statisticInfos	boolean
layer	plotMapLayer
R	double	reference radius for ellipsoidal coordinates on output
inverseFlattening	double	reference flattening for ellipsoidal coordinates on output, 0: spherical coordinates
minLambda	angle	min. longitude (default: compute from input data)
maxLambda	angle	max. longitude (default: compute from input data)
minPhi	angle	min. latitude (default: compute from input data)
maxPhi	angle	max. latitude (default: compute from input data)
majorTickSpacing	angle	boundary annotation
minorTickSpacing	angle	frame tick spacing
gridLineSpacing	angle	gridline spacing
colorbar	plotColorbar
projection	plotMapProjection	map projection
options	sequence	further options...
width	double	in cm
height	double	in cm
titleFontSize	uint	in pt
marginTitle	double	between title and figure [cm]
drawGridOnTop	boolean	grid lines above all other lines/points
options	string
transparent	boolean	make background transparent
dpi	uint	use this resolution when rasterizing postscript file
removeFiles	boolean	remove .gmt and script files