List of Ideas

Seismicity Map

• Function: AddCatalog(catalog, display parameters)

• Colorize earthquakes by magnitude, depth, time, catalog (if multiple catalogs are shown)
• Plot earthquake locations with uncertainties (based on the provided uncertainty in the catalog: horizontal error, ellipsoid, etc.)
• Function: Export to Google Earth
• Special plot: Earthquake density
• Plot earthquakes semitransparent as overlay over topography
• Function: Topography via TopoAPI

TopoAPI

Class to provide plots with topographical images. This API should also be accessible from GMT.

• Use SRTM30, (GTOPO30), ETOPO5, and ETOPO2
• User can provide higher resolution DEM files

• Download data (high resolution) from the Seamless Data Distribution System

• Function: GetTopoImage(min/max lat/lon, topo-source, colormap, light-gradient)

• Function: GetTopoData(min/max lat/lon, topo-source)

GMTAPI

Provides Functions for exporting of data and figures to GMT

• Function: ExportCatalog(catalog, parameters)

  • Export only locations (lon/lat)
  • Export locations with color-coded value, e.g., magnitude (lon/lat/value)
  • Export locations and focal mechanisms

• Function: ExportGrid(grid, parameters)

• Function: GetCoastlines (from pscoast)

• Function: GetNationalBoundaries (from pscoast)

• Function: GetRivers (from pscoast)

Display Grid Dialog

Displays values computed on a grid (like ZMAP's gui_result.m)

• Large dialog box with plot area (right) and control area (left)
• Offers list of computed values to choose from
• Offers list of grids to choose from
• Overlay seismicity
• Overlay geographical information (coastlines, faults, highways, etc.)
• Export grid to Google Earth including a selection of geographical information (e.g., faults)
• Export a SVG plot
• Export a EPS plot
• Export data to GMT (see GMTAPI)
• Mask colored data on a map with, e.g., national boundaries (usecase: display hazard values only for one country)

• Read *.pov (PovRay files) as colormaps (exported from GIMP; pov2cpt for GMT colorbar output)

3-D Gridding

• Extend GridML to cover 3-D grids

• Convert 3-D grids to VTK for Paraview or Mayavi

• Explore use of TVTK

Miscellaneous

• Export any plot directly into Inkscape