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GPlates Sample Data

If you are looking for the official Sample Data for GPlates, included automatically with the Linux installation but not for OS X or Windows, it is available from the Sourceforge site.

GPlates 1.2 download folder – gplates-1.2-sample-data.zip

I am including a list of files here (below the break) in case others like me were wondering where they got some data.  I am not responsible for these data, I just needed to re-download them and couldn’t find the source.

SampleData

CptFiles
DataBundleForNovices
FeatureCollections
LICENSE.txt
Rasters
contents.txt

./CptFiles:
feature_age.cpt
isochrons_and_ridges.cpt
plate_id_categorical.cpt
plate_id_regular.cpt

./DataBundleForNovices:
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_Coastlines_20111013.gpml
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_Coastlines_GridMarks_20110624.gpml
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_PresentDay_COBs_20110610.gpml
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_PresentDay_Isochrons_20100927.gpml
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_PresentDay_Ridges_20100927.gpml
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_Rotation_20100927.rot
README

./FeatureCollections:
COBs
Coastlines
Isochrons
Palaeomagnetism
Rotations
SpreadingRidges
StaticPolygons

./FeatureCollections/COBs:
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_PresentDay_COBs_20110610.dat
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_PresentDay_COBs_20110610.gpml
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_PresentDay_COBs_20110610.xy
README
Shapefile

./FeatureCollections/COBs/Shapefile:
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_PresentDay_COBs_20110610.dbf
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_PresentDay_COBs_20110610.prj
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_PresentDay_COBs_20110610.shp
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_PresentDay_COBs_20110610.shp.gplates.xml
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_PresentDay_COBs_20110610.shx

./FeatureCollections/Coastlines:
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_Coastlines_20111013.dat
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_Coastlines_20111013.gmt
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_Coastlines_20111013.gpml
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_Coastlines_20111013.xy
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_Coastlines_GridMarks_20110624.dat
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_Coastlines_GridMarks_20110624.gpml
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_Coastlines_GridMarks_20110624.xy
README
Shapefile

./FeatureCollections/Coastlines/Shapefile:
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_Coastlines_20111013.dbf
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_Coastlines_20111013.prj
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_Coastlines_20111013.sbn
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_Coastlines_20111013.sbx
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_Coastlines_20111013.shp
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_Coastlines_20111013.shp.gplates.xml
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_Coastlines_20111013.shp.xml
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_Coastlines_20111013.shx

./FeatureCollections/Isochrons:
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_PresentDay_Isochrons_20100927.dat
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_PresentDay_Isochrons_20100927.gpml
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_PresentDay_Isochrons_20100927.xy
README
Shapefile

./FeatureCollections/Isochrons/Shapefile:
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_PresentDay_Isochrons_20100927_polyline.dbf
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_PresentDay_Isochrons_20100927_polyline.prj
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_PresentDay_Isochrons_20100927_polyline.shp
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_PresentDay_Isochrons_20100927_polyline.shp.gplates.xml
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_PresentDay_Isochrons_20100927_polyline.shx

./FeatureCollections/Palaeomagnetism:
LICENSE.txt
README
gpml
vgp

./FeatureCollections/Palaeomagnetism/gpml:
Europe2004_RM_Npoles.vgp.gpml
Gondwana2010_RM_NPoles.vgp.gpml
Laurussia2010_RM_NPoles.vgp.gpml
NorthAmerica2004_RM_Npoles.vgp.gpml

./FeatureCollections/Palaeomagnetism/vgp:
Europe2004_RM_Npoles.vgp
Gondwana2010_RM_NPoles.vgp
Laurussia2010_RM_NPoles.vgp
NorthAmerica2004_RM_Npoles.vgp

./FeatureCollections/Rotations:
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_Rotation_20100927.rot
Global_EarthByte_PlateIDs_20071218.pdf

./FeatureCollections/SpreadingRidges:
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_PresentDay_Ridges_20100927.dat
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_PresentDay_Ridges_20100927.gpml
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_PresentDay_Ridges_20100927.xy
README
Shapefile

./FeatureCollections/SpreadingRidges/Shapefile:
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_PresentDay_Ridges_20100927.dbf
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_PresentDay_Ridges_20100927.prj
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_PresentDay_Ridges_20100927.shp
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_PresentDay_Ridges_20100927.shx

./FeatureCollections/StaticPolygons:
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_PresentDay_StaticPlatePolygons_20111012.gmt
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_PresentDay_StaticPlatePolygons_20111012.gpml
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_PresentDay_StaticPlatePolygons_20111012.xy
Shapefile

./FeatureCollections/StaticPolygons/Shapefile:
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_PresentDay_StaticPlatePolygons_20111012.dbf
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_PresentDay_StaticPlatePolygons_20111012.prj
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_PresentDay_StaticPlatePolygons_20111012.sbn
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_PresentDay_StaticPlatePolygons_20111012.sbx
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_PresentDay_StaticPlatePolygons_20111012.shp
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_PresentDay_StaticPlatePolygons_20111012.shp.gplates.xml
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_PresentDay_StaticPlatePolygons_20111012.shp.xml
Global_EarthByte_GPlates_PresentDay_StaticPlatePolygons_20111012.shx

./Rasters:
DNSC08GRA_6m.gpml
DNSC08GRA_6m.jpg
Time-dependent raster sequences
agegrid_6m.gpml
agegrid_6m.nc
agegrid_6m.nc.aux.xml
color_etopo1_ice_low.gpml
color_etopo1_ice_low.jpg

./Rasters/Time-dependent raster sequences:
dynamic topography

./Rasters/Time-dependent raster sequences/dynamic topography:
LICENSE.txt
README.txt
jpg

./Rasters/Time-dependent raster sequences/dynamic topography/jpg:
credits.txt
dynto-0.jpg
dynto-1.jpg
dynto-10.jpg
dynto-100.jpg
dynto-11.jpg
dynto-12.jpg
dynto-13.jpg
dynto-14.jpg
dynto-15.jpg
dynto-16.jpg
dynto-17.jpg
dynto-18.jpg
dynto-19.jpg
dynto-2.jpg
dynto-20.jpg
dynto-21.jpg
dynto-22.jpg
dynto-23.jpg
dynto-24.jpg
dynto-25.jpg
dynto-26.jpg
dynto-27.jpg
dynto-28.jpg
dynto-29.jpg
dynto-3.jpg
dynto-30.jpg
dynto-31.jpg
dynto-32.jpg
dynto-33.jpg
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dynto-35.jpg
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dynto-37.jpg
dynto-38.jpg
dynto-39.jpg
dynto-4.jpg
dynto-40.jpg
dynto-41.jpg
dynto-42.jpg
dynto-43.jpg
dynto-44.jpg
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dynto-5.jpg
dynto-50.jpg
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dynto-6.jpg
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dynto-64.jpg
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dynto-7.jpg
dynto-70.jpg
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dynto-8.jpg
dynto-80.jpg
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dynto-98.jpg
dynto-99.jpg
dynto.gpml
 

“Improving” GPlates output with Automator and Applescript

When you export reconstructed shapefiles from GPlates, you get two options: either dump all the shapefiles into one (but then not include an attribute field that can be used to separate the input files, or dump each shapefile into a folder named for its input file.  Since I’ve been working with multiple input shapefiles, this results in multiple folders of output:

Folder_Top
--my_first_shapefile
----reconstruction.00Ma.dbf
----reconstruction.00Ma.prj
----reconstruction.00Ma.shp
----reconstruction.00Ma.shx
--my_second_shapefile
----reconstruction.00Ma.dbf
----reconstruction.00Ma.prj
----reconstruction.00Ma.shp
----reconstruction.00Ma.s
etc.

I would rather have this:

Folder_Top
–my_first_shapefile.dbf
–my_first_shapefile.prj
–my_first_shapefile.shp
–my_first_shapefile.shx
–my_second_shapefile.dbf
–my_second_shapefile.prj
–my_second_shapefile.shp
–my_second_shapefile.shx
etc.

The attached [email me if you need it, I need a reason to dig it up and share it again. 2014-02-18] Automator script (Mac only) takes whatever folders you input (e.g., my_first_shapefile and my_second_shapefile), renames the contents of each to match the folder name, and then moves all of these files to the parent of the input folders (e.g., Folder_Top).  It has a bit of applescript based on this post and this one.

Tested on: Mac OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard)
Requires: Dispense Items Incrementally Automator action
Input: One or more folders, dragged onto script icon (can be modified in Automator to pop up a dialog box)
Released under: CRAPL
Download: rename files to folder name automator.zip
Installation: Unzip file.  I think you need ro run Automator, open the unzipped file, and then “Save As” to hook everything up to your system correctly.

 

 

List of GPlates rotation files

My dissertation is on BIOgeography, I swear!  I’ve had a hard time finding plate tectonic reconstructions (rotation files, .rot or .grot) to use in GPlates (hopefully a post on that sometime soon), so I will try to add to this list as I learn more.

Global rotation files:

  • First, the main GPlates Download page.  Scroll down to the “Download GPlates-compatible data” section, which contains some of what is listed here.
  • GPlates official sample data was commented on here.
  • Earthbyte rotations go back to 140 Ma.
  • CalTech rotations (which may or may not be different from EarthByte) go back to 140 Ma. 
  • Seton et al. (2012) rotations go back to 200 Ma.
  • Golonka (2007) has global rotation data in the supporting online material for the Late Triassic-Early Jurassic.
  • Supporting data for Williams et al. (2012), available from an FTP link in the text, has a rotation file from 1100 Ma to 530 Ma based on “the model of all Rodinia described by Li et al. (2008)” (SupplementaryTutorial2.pdf, p. 5).

Regional rotation files:

  • Australia
    • A rotation file for Australia (~1100 Ma – 530 Ma) by Giles et al. (2003) is included in the Williams et al. (2012) supporting data, above. 
    • A rotation file for Australia (~1100 Ma – 530 Ma) by Henson et al. (2011) is included in the Williams et al. (2012) supporting data, above.
    • A rotation file for Australia (~1100 Ma – 530 Ma) by Li and Evans (2011) is included in the Williams et al. (2012) supporting data, above.