Downloads

Download GPlates

The current release of GPlates is GPlates 0.9.2, released in May 2008. You can download the GPlates 0.9.2 source code and a Windows installer from SourceForge: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=74515&package_id=74881

GPlates 0.9.2 compiles and runs on Linux and Windows XP. Qt 4.3 or above is required.

GPlates is free software (also known as open-source software), licensed for distribution under the GNU General Public License (GPL), version 2.

Download GPlates-compatible data

The following GPlates-compatible data have been made available for use with GPlates:

• A global coastline file (in the Plates4 line-format) and a rotation file (in the Plates4 rotation-format) may be downloaded from the EarthByte Project Resources page. Thanks to the EarthByte Project for making these data-files available!
• A sequence of time-dependent global raster images (JPEG images, generated from GMT grid files of dynamic topography created by Bernhard Steinberger at NGU) may be downloaded from the NGU FTP site. Thanks to Bernhard Steinberger for making these raster images available!
   
  To load this sequence of images in GPlates:
  1. Download the file “dynamic-topography.zip” from the NGU FTP site and unzip the file.
  2. Pull down the GPlates File menu and select the operation Open Time Dependent Global Raster Set….
  3. Choose the “jpg” folder inside the “dynamic topography” folder.

An animated screenshot of these data-sets may be found on the Screenshots page.