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lines changed Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change 1+ The border/coastline data used by basemap can be updated it two ways:
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3+ A) Download the GSHHS shapefiles and use them
4+ B) Use GMT if you already have it installed, and avoid the download.
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6+ The preferred method is to use the GSHHS shapefiles.
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8+ Option A - GSHHS Shapefiles
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11+ 1) Download the shapefile formatted versions of GSHHS and extract them in the
12+ "utils" directory. The data is available at:
13+ https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pwessel/gshhg/
14+ (Last updated with: ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/gshhg/gshhg-shp-2.3.5-1.zip)
15+ 2) Run readboundaries_shp.py.
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17+ Option B - Generic Mapping Tools
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1201) Install GMT. Note that you may need to install a separate gmt-suplemental
221 package to get "gmt gshhg" on some systems.
3222) Download gshhg native binary-formatted data from
6253) run dumpbounds.sh to create states, countries, rivers text files.
7264) run readboundaries.py to process into binary files, with metadata in
827 separate text files.
9- 5) run plotgrdlandmask.py to verify results.
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