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GSHHS2GRASS(1gmt)					       Generic Mapping Tools						 GSHHS2GRASS(1gmt)

NAME
gshhs2grass - Extracting GSHHS and WDBII data in GRASS-compatible ASCII format SYNOPSIS
gshhs2grass -i gshhs_[f|h|i|l|c].b [ -xminx ] [-Xmaxx ] [ -yminy ] [ -Ymaxy ] DESCRIPTION
gshhs2grass reads the binary coastline (GSHHS) and and translates it into an ASCII format suitable for import into GRASS. It automatically handles byte-swabbing between different architectures. gshhs_[f|h|i|l|c].b One of the GSHHS binary data file as distributed with the GSHHS data supplement. Any of the 5 standard resolutions (full, high, intermediate, low, crude) can be used. The resulting files are called dig_[ascii|att|cats].gshhs_[f|h|i|l|c]. OPTIONS
-x Specify a minimum (west) longitude. -X Specify a maximum (east) longitude. -y Specify a minimum (south) latitude. -Y Specify a maximum (north) latitude. EXAMPLES
To convert the full GSHHS data set , try gshhs2grass gshhs_f.b BUGS
Not updated to handle the WDBII line data (borders or rivers). AUTHOR
Original version by Simon Cox (simon@ned.dem.csiro.au) with some maintenance by Paul Wessel (pwessel@hawaii.edu). SEE ALSO
GMT(1), gshhs(1) gshhs_dp(1) GMT 4.5.7 15 Jul 2011 GSHHS2GRASS(1gmt)

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GMT2DAT(1gmt)						       Generic Mapping Tools						     GMT2DAT(1gmt)

NAME
gmt2dat - Convert a binary gmt file to an ASCII file SYNOPSIS
gmt2dat gmtfile DESCRIPTION
gmt2dat reads a <legid>.gmt file and converts it to a regular ASCII text file that can be edited using the text editor. The ASCII text is sent to standard output and can be redirected to a file/program/printer, etc. EXAMPLES
To convert c2104.gmt to ASCII: gmt2dat c2104.gmt > c2104.ascii SEE ALSO
dat2gmt(1), GMT(1) REFERENCES
Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith, 2011, The Generic Mapping Tools (GMT) version 4.5.7 Technical Reference & Cookbook, SOEST/NOAA. Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith, 1998, New, Improved Version of Generic Mapping Tools Released, EOS Trans., AGU, 79(47), p. 579. Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith, 1995, New Version of the Generic Mapping Tools Released, EOS Trans., AGU, 76(33), p. 329. Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith, 1995, New Version of the Generic Mapping Tools Released, http://www.agu.org/eos_elec/95154e.html, Copyright 1995 by the American Geophysical Union. Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith, 1991, Free Software Helps Map and Display Data, EOS Trans., AGU, 72(41), p. 441. GMT 4.5.7 15 Jul 2011 GMT2DAT(1gmt)
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