The Generic Mapping Tools Documentation

Welcome to the GMT Docs! Here you’ll find resources for using GMT and examples of what it can do.

Quick Links

Common Options Projections Specifications Default Settings (gmt.conf) Color Codes and Lists Interactive Color Picker

35 Postscript Fonts Using LaTeX in Text Built-in CPTs Built-in Patterns Octal Codes of Characters

Character Escape Sequences Pen Syntax Fill Syntax Grid Format Specifications GMT Themes

Getting started

• Introduction
• Installing GMT
• Illustration Gallery
• Animation Gallery
• Tutorials

Reference documentation

• Modules
• Technical Reference
• Datasets
• Modules (Classic Mode)

Resources

• Changelog
• Users Symbol Contributions
• Deprecated GMT Defaults Names
• Switching between Different Versions
• Migrating from an Earlier Version

Development

• Code of Conduct
• Contributors Guide
• Maintainers Guide
• Team Gallery
• reStructuredText Cheatsheet
• Debugging GMT
• GMT C API
• PostScriptLight C API
• GMT Enhancement Proposals