= 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 [[http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/|GMT]].

 * Use SRTM30, (GTOPO30), ETOPO5, and ETOPO2
 * User can provide higher resolution DEM files
 * Download data (high resolution) from the [[http://seamless.usgs.gov/|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 [[http://www.gimp.org/|GIMP]]; pov2cpt for GMT colorbar output) 

== 3-D Gridding ==

 * Extend GridML to cover 3-D grids
 * Convert 3-D grids to VTK for [[http://www.paraview.org/HTML/Index.html|Paraview]] or [[http://mayavi.sourceforge.net/|Mayavi]]
 * Explore use of [[https://svn.enthought.com/enthought/wiki/TVTK|TVTK]]

== Miscellaneous ==

 * Export any plot directly into [[http://www.inkscape.org/|Inkscape]]