The Generic Mapping Tools
Published July 29, 2026 | Version 6.7.0
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The Generic Mapping Tools version 6.7.0

Authors/Creators

  • 1. SOEST, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
  • 2. IDL, University of Algarve, Portugal
  • 3. School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK
  • 4. EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany
  • 5. Sea and Surf Technology GmbH, Trappenkamp, Germany
  • 6. Laboratory for Satellite ALtimetry, NOAA, College Park, MD, USA
  • 7. ROR icon China University of Geosciences
  • 8. SOEST, University of Hawaii at Manoa
  • 9. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas: Buenos Aires,, Argentina

Description

GMT is an open-source collection of command-line tools for manipulating geographic and Cartesian data sets (including filtering, trend fitting, gridding, projecting, etc.) and producing vector or raster illustrations ranging from simple x–y plots via contour maps to artificially illuminated surfaces and 3D perspective views. It supports many map projections and transformations and includes supporting data such as coastlines, rivers, and political boundaries and optionally country polygons.

The names listed above represent the long-term authors/creators of GMT. The Contributors acknowledge individuals who contributed to this specific release.

Notes

Funded by US National Science Foundation grants OCE-1558403 and EAR-1829371.

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Additional details

Funding

U.S. National Science Foundation
A Sustainable Plan for the Future of the Generic Mapping Tools 1948602

Dates

Created
2026-07-29

Software

Repository URL
https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/gmt
Programming language
C