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<h1 align=center>PSCOAST</h1>

<a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br>
<a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br>
<a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br>
<a href="#OPTIONS">OPTIONS</a><br>
<a href="#EXAMPLES">EXAMPLES</a><br>
<a href="#GSHHS INFORMATION">GSHHS INFORMATION</a><br>
<a href="#BUGS">BUGS</a><br>
<a href="#SEE ALSO">SEE ALSO</a><br>

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<a name="NAME"></a>
<h2>NAME</h2>


<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">pscoast &minus;
To plot land-masses, water-masses, coastlines, borders, and
rivers</p>

<a name="SYNOPSIS"></a>
<h2>SYNOPSIS</h2>


<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>pscoast
&minus;J</b><i>parameters</i>
<b>&minus;R</b><i>west</i>/<i>east</i>/<i>south</i>/<i>north</i>[<b>r</b>]
[
<b>&minus;A</b><i>min_area</i>[<i>/min_level/max_level</i>][<b>+r</b>|<b>l</b>][<b>p</b><i>percent</i>]
] [ <b>&minus;B</b>[<b>p</b>|<b>s</b>]<i>parameters</i> ] [
<b>&minus;C</b>[<b>l</b>|<b>r</b>/]<i>fill</i> ] [
<b>&minus;D</b><i>resolution</i>[<b>+</b>] ] [
<b>&minus;E</b><i>azim</i>/<i>elev</i>[<b>+w</b><i>lon</i>/<i>lat</i>[/<i>z</i>]][<b>+v</b><i>x0</i>/<i>y0</i>]
] [ <b>&minus;G</b><i>fill</i>|<b>c</b> ] [
<b>&minus;I</b><i>river</i>[/<i>pen</i>] ] [
<b>&minus;Jz</b>|<b>Z</b><i>parameters</i> ] [
<b>&minus;K</b> ] [
<b>&minus;L</b>[<b>f</b>][<b>x</b>]<i>lon0</i>/<i>lat0</i>[/<i>slon</i>]/<i>slat</i>/<i>length</i>[<b>m</b>|<b>n</b>|<b>k</b>][<b>+l</b><i>label</i>][<b>+j</b><i>just</i>][<b>+p</b><i>pen</i>][<b>+f</b><i>fill</i>][<b>+u</b>]
] ] [ <b>&minus;O</b> ] [
<b>&minus;N</b><i>border</i>[/<i>pen</i>] ] [
<b>&minus;O</b> ] [ <b>&minus;P</b> ] [ <b>&minus;Q</b> ] [
<b>&minus;S</b><i>fill</i>|<b>c</b> ] [
<b>&minus;T</b>[<b>f</b>|<b>m</b>][<b>x</b>]<i>lon0</i>/<i>lat0</i>/<i>size</i>[/<i>info</i>][<b>:</b>w,e,s,n<b>:</b>][<b>+</b><i>gint</i>[/<i>mint</i>]]
] [
<b>&minus;U</b>[<i>just</i>/<i>dx</i>/<i>dy</i>/][<b>c</b>|<i>label</i>]
] [ <b>&minus;V</b> ] [
<b>&minus;W</b>[<i>level</i>/]<i>pen</i> ] [
<b>&minus;X</b>[<b>a</b>|<b>c</b>|<b>r</b>][<i>x-shift</i>[<b>u</b>]]
] [
<b>&minus;Y</b>[<b>a</b>|<b>c</b>|<b>r</b>][<i>y-shift</i>[<b>u</b>]]
] [ <b>&minus;Z</b><i>zlevel</i> ] [
<b>&minus;c</b><i>copies</i> ] [
<b>&minus;bo</b>[<b>s</b>|<b>S</b>|<b>d</b>|<b>D</b>[<i>ncol</i>]|<b>c</b>[<i>var1</i><b>/</b><i>...</i>]]
] [ <b>&minus;m</b>[<i>flag</i>] ]</p>

<a name="DESCRIPTION"></a>
<h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>


<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>pscoast</b>
plots grayshaded, colored, or textured land-masses [or
water-masses] on maps and [optionally] draws coastlines,
rivers, and political boundaries. Alternatively, it can (1)
issue clip paths that will contain all land or all water
areas, or (2) dump the data to an ASCII table. The data
files come in 5 different resolutions: (<b>f</b>)ull,
(<b>h</b>)igh, (<b>i</b>)ntermediate, (<b>l</b>)ow, and
(<b>c</b>)rude. The full resolution files amount to more
than 55 Mb of data and provide great detail; for maps of
larger geographical extent it is more economical to use one
of the other resolutions. If the user selects to paint the
land-areas and does not specify fill of water-areas then the
latter will be transparent (i.e., earlier graphics drawn in
those areas will not be overwritten). Likewise, if the
water-areas are painted and no land fill is set then the
land-areas will be transparent. A map projection must be
supplied. The <i>PostScript</i> code is written to standard
output.</p>

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<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;J</b></p> </td>
<td width="8%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Selects the map
projection. Scale is UNIT/degree, 1:xxxxx, or width in UNIT
(upper case modifier). UNIT is cm, inch, or m, depending on
the <b><A HREF="gmtdefaults.html#MEASURE_UNIT">MEASURE_UNIT</A></b> setting in .gmtdefaults4, but this
can be overridden on the command line by appending <b>c</b>,
<b>i</b>, or <b>m</b> to the scale/width value. When central
meridian is optional, default is center of longitude range
on <b>&minus;R</b> option. Default standard parallel is the
equator. For map height, max dimension, or min dimension,
append <b>h</b>, <b>+</b>, or <b>-</b> to the width,
respectively.</p> </td>
</table>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">More details can be found in
the <b><A HREF="psbasemap.html">psbasemap</A></b> man pages.</p>

<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>CYLINDRICAL
PROJECTIONS:</b></p>


<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>&minus;Jc</b><i>lon0/lat0/scale</i>
(Cassini) <b><br>

&minus;Jcyl_stere</b>/[<i>lon0/</i>[<i>lat0/</i>]]<i>scale</i>
(Cylindrical Stereographic) <b><br>
&minus;Jj</b>[<i>lon0/</i>]<i>scale</i> (Miller) <b><br>
&minus;Jm</b>[<i>lon0</i>/[<i>lat0/</i>]]<i>scale</i>
(Mercator) <b><br>
&minus;Jm</b><i>lon0/lat0/scale</i> (Mercator - Give
meridian and standard parallel) <b><br>
&minus;Jo</b>[<b>a</b>]<i>lon0/lat0/azimuth/scale</i>
(Oblique Mercator - point and azimuth) <b><br>
&minus;Jo</b>[<b>b</b>]<i>lon0/lat0/lon1/lat1/scale</i>
(Oblique Mercator - two points) <b><br>
&minus;Joc</b><i>lon0/lat0/lonp/latp/scale</i> (Oblique
Mercator - point and pole) <b><br>
&minus;Jq</b>[<i>lon0/</i>[<i>lat0/</i>]]<i>scale</i>
(Cylindrical Equidistant) <b><br>
&minus;Jt</b><i>lon0/</i>[<i>lat0/</i>]<i>scale</i> (TM -
Transverse Mercator) <b><br>
&minus;Ju</b><i>zone/scale</i> (UTM - Universal Transverse
Mercator) <b><br>
&minus;Jy</b>[<i>lon0/</i>[<i>lat0/</i>]]<i>scale</i>
(Cylindrical Equal-Area)</p>

<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>CONIC
PROJECTIONS:</b></p>


<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>&minus;Jb</b><i>lon0/lat0/lat1/lat2/scale</i>
(Albers) <b><br>
&minus;Jd</b><i>lon0/lat0/lat1/lat2/scale</i> (Conic
Equidistant) <b><br>
&minus;Jl</b><i>lon0/lat0/lat1/lat2/scale</i> (Lambert Conic
Conformal) <b><br>
&minus;Jpoly</b>/[<i>lon0/</i>[<i>lat0/</i>]]<i>scale</i>
((American) Polyconic)</p>

<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>AZIMUTHAL
PROJECTIONS:</b></p>


<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>&minus;Ja</b><i>lon0/lat0</i>[<i>/horizon</i>]<i>/scale</i>
(Lambert Azimuthal Equal-Area) <b><br>
&minus;Je</b><i>lon0/lat0</i>[<i>/horizon</i>]<i>/scale</i>
(Azimuthal Equidistant) <b><br>
&minus;Jf</b><i>lon0/lat0</i>[<i>/horizon</i>]<i>/scale</i>
(Gnomonic) <b><br>
&minus;Jg</b><i>lon0/lat0</i>[<i>/horizon</i>]<i>/scale</i>
(Orthographic) <b><br>

&minus;Jg</b><i>lon0/lat0/altitude/azimuth/tilt/twist/Width/Height/scale</i>
(General Perspective). <b><br>
&minus;Js</b><i>lon0/lat0</i>[<i>/horizon</i>]<i>/scale</i>
(General Stereographic)</p>


<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>MISCELLANEOUS
PROJECTIONS:</b></p>


<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>&minus;Jh</b>[<i>lon0/</i>]<i>scale</i>
(Hammer) <b><br>
&minus;Ji</b>[<i>lon0/</i>]<i>scale</i> (Sinusoidal) <b><br>
&minus;Jkf</b>[<i>lon0/</i>]<i>scale</i> (Eckert IV) <b><br>
&minus;Jk</b>[<b>s</b>][<i>lon0/</i>]<i>scale</i> (Eckert
VI) <b><br>
&minus;Jn</b>[<i>lon0/</i>]<i>scale</i> (Robinson) <b><br>
&minus;Jr</b>[<i>lon0/</i>]<i>scale</i> (Winkel Tripel)
<b><br>
&minus;Jv</b>[<i>lon0/</i>]<i>scale</i> (Van der Grinten)
<b><br>
&minus;Jw</b>[<i>lon0/</i>]<i>scale</i> (Mollweide)</p>


<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>NON-GEOGRAPHICAL
PROJECTIONS:</b></p>


<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>&minus;Jp</b>[<b>a</b>]<i>scale</i>[<i>/origin</i>][<b>r</b>|<b>z</b>]
(Polar coordinates (theta,r)) <b><br>

&minus;Jx</b><i>x-scale</i>[<b>d</b>|<b>l</b>|<b>p</b><i>pow</i>|<b>t</b>|<b>T</b>][<i>/y-scale</i>[<b>d</b>|<b>l</b>|<b>p</b><i>pow</i>|<b>t</b>|<b>T</b>]]
(Linear, log, and power scaling)</p>

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<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;R</b></p> </td>
<td width="8%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><i>west, east,
south,</i> and <i>north</i> specify the Region of interest,
and you may specify them in decimal degrees or in
[+-]dd:mm[:ss.xxx][W|E|S|N] format. Append <b>r</b> if lower
left and upper right map coordinates are given instead of
w/e/s/n. The two shorthands <b>&minus;Rg</b> and
<b>&minus;Rd</b> stand for global domain (0/360 and
-180/+180 in longitude respectively, with -90/+90 in
latitude). Alternatively, specify the name of an existing
grid file and the <b>&minus;R</b> settings (and grid
spacing, if applicable) are copied from the grid.</p></td>
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<a name="OPTIONS"></a>
<h2>OPTIONS</h2>


<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">No space
between the option flag and the associated arguments.</p>

<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void"
       cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="3%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;A</b></p> </td>
<td width="8%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Features with an
area smaller than <i>min_area</i> in km^2 or of hierarchical
level that is lower than <i>min_level</i> or higher than
<i>max_level</i> will not be plotted [Default is 0/0/4 (all
features)]. Level 2 (lakes) contains regular lakes and wide
river bodies which we normally include as lakes; append
<b>+r</b> to just get river-lakes or <b>+l</b> to just get
regular lakes (requires GSHHS 2.0.1 or higher). Finally,
append <b>+p</b><i>percent</i> to exclude polygons whose
percentage area of the corresponding full-resolution feature
is less than <i>percent</i> (requires GSHHS 2.0 or higher).
See GSHHS INFORMATION below for more details.</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="3%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;B</b></p> </td>
<td width="8%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Sets map boundary
annotation and tickmark intervals; see the <b><A HREF="psbasemap.html">psbasemap</A></b>
man page for all the details.</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="3%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;C</b></p> </td>
<td width="8%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Set the shade,
color, or pattern for lakes and river-lakes [Default is the
fill chosen for &quot;wet&quot; areas (<b>&minus;S</b>)].
Optionally, specify separate fills by prepending <b>l</b>/
for lakes and <b>r</b>/ for river-lakes, repeating the
<b>&minus;C</b> option as needed. (See SPECIFYING FILL
below).</p> </td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="3%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;D</b></p> </td>
<td width="8%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Selects the
resolution of the data set to use ((<b>f</b>)ull,
(<b>h</b>)igh, (<b>i</b>)ntermediate, (<b>l</b>)ow, and
(<b>c</b>)rude). The resolution drops off by 80% between
data sets [Default is <b>l</b>]. Append <b>+</b> to
automatically select a lower resolution should the one
requested not be available [abort if not found].</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="3%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;E</b></p> </td>
<td width="8%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Sets the
viewpoint&rsquo;s azimuth and elevation (for perspective
view) [180/90]. For frames used for animation, you may want
to append <b>+</b> to fix the center of your data domain (or
specify a particular world coordinate point with
<b>+w</b><i>lon0</i>/<i>lat</i>[/<i>z</i>]) which will
project to the center of your page size (or specify the
coordinates of the projected view point with
<b>+v</b><i>x0</i>/<i>y0).</i></p> </td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="3%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;G</b></p> </td>
<td width="8%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Select filling or
clipping of &quot;dry&quot; areas. Append the shade, color,
or pattern (see SPECIFYING FILL below); or use
<b>&minus;Gc</b> for clipping [Default is no fill].</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="3%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;I</b></p> </td>
<td width="8%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Draw rivers.
Specify the type of rivers and [optionally] append pen
attributes [Default pen: width = 0.25p, color = black,
texture = solid]. (See SPECIFYING PENS below).</p></td>
</table>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">Choose from the list of river
types below. Repeat option <b>&minus;I</b> as often as
necessary.</p>

<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void"
       cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="18%"></td>
<td width="82%">


<p valign="top">1 = Permanent major rivers</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="18%"></td>
<td width="82%">


<p valign="top">2 = Additional major rivers</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="18%"></td>
<td width="82%">


<p valign="top">3 = Additional rivers</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="18%"></td>
<td width="82%">


<p valign="top">4 = Minor rivers</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="18%"></td>
<td width="82%">


<p valign="top">5 = Intermittent rivers - major</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="18%"></td>
<td width="82%">


<p valign="top">6 = Intermittent rivers - additional</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="18%"></td>
<td width="82%">


<p valign="top">7 = Intermittent rivers - minor</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="18%"></td>
<td width="82%">


<p valign="top">8 = Major canals</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="18%"></td>
<td width="82%">


<p valign="top">9 = Minor canals</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="18%"></td>
<td width="82%">


<p valign="top">10 = Irrigation canals</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="18%"></td>
<td width="82%">


<p valign="top">a = All rivers and canals (1-10)</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="18%"></td>
<td width="82%">


<p valign="top">r = All permanent rivers (1-4)</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="18%"></td>
<td width="82%">


<p valign="top">i = All intermittent rivers (5-7)</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="18%"></td>
<td width="82%">


<p valign="top">c = All canals (8-10)</p></td>
</table>

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       cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="4%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;Jz</b></p> </td>
<td width="7%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Sets the vertical
scaling (for 3-D maps). Same syntax as <b>&minus;Jx</b>.</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="4%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;K</b></p> </td>
<td width="7%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">More
<i>PostScript</i> code will be appended later [Default
terminates the plot system].</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="4%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;L</b></p> </td>
<td width="7%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Draws a simple map
scale centered on <i>lon0/lat0</i>. Use <b>&minus;Lx</b> to
specify x/y position instead. Scale is calculated at
latitude <i>slat</i> (optionally supply longitude
<i>slon</i> for oblique projections [Default is central
meridian]), <i>length</i> is in km [miles if <b>m</b> is
appended; nautical miles if <b>n</b> is appended]. Use
<b>&minus;Lf</b> to get a &quot;fancy&quot; scale [Default
is plain]. Append <b>+l</b> to select the default label
which equals the distance unit (km, miles, nautical miles)
and is justified on top of the scale [t]. Change this by
giving your own label (append <b>+l</b><i>label</i>). Change
label justification with <b>+j</b><i>justification</i>
(choose among l(eft), r(ight), t(op), and b(ottom)). Apply
<b>+u</b> to append the unit to all distance annotations
along the scale. If you want to place a rectangle behind the
scale, specify suitable <b>+p</b><i>pen</i> and/or
<b>+f</b><i>fill</i> parameters. (See SPECIFYING PENS and
SPECIFYING FILL below).</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="4%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;N</b></p> </td>
<td width="7%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Draw political
boundaries. Specify the type of boundary and [optionally]
append pen attributes [Default pen: width = 0.25p, color =
black, texture = solid]. (See SPECIFYING PENS below). (See
SPECIFYING PENS below).</p></td>
</table>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">Choose from the list of
boundaries below. Repeat option <b>&minus;N</b> as often as
necessary.</p>

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       cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="18%"></td>
<td width="82%">


<p valign="top">1 = National boundaries</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="18%"></td>
<td width="82%">


<p valign="top">2 = State boundaries within the
Americas</p> </td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="18%"></td>
<td width="82%">


<p valign="top">3 = Marine boundaries</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="18%"></td>
<td width="82%">


<p valign="top">a = All boundaries (1-3)</p></td>
</table>

<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void"
       cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;O</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Selects Overlay
plot mode [Default initializes a new plot system].</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;P</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Selects Portrait
plotting mode [Default is Landscape, see <b><A HREF="gmtdefaults.html">gmtdefaults</A></b>
to change this].</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;Q</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Mark end of
existing clip path. No projection information is needed.
However, you must supply <b>&minus;Xa</b> and
<b>&minus;Ya</b> settings if you are using absolute
positioning.</p> </td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;S</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Select filling or
clipping of &quot;wet&quot; areas. Append the shade, color,
or pattern (see SPECIFYING FILL below); or use
<b>&minus;Sc</b> for clipping [Default is no fill].</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;T</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Draws a simple map
directional rose centered on <i>lon0/lat0</i>. Use
<b>&minus;Tx</b> to specify x/y position instead. The
<i>size</i> is the diameter of the rose, and optional label
information can be specified to override the default values
of W, E, S, and N (Give <b>::</b> to suppress all labels).
The default [plain] map rose only labels north. Use
<b>&minus;Tf</b> to get a &quot;fancy&quot; rose, and
specify in <i>info</i> what you want drawn. The default [1]
draws the two principal E-W, N-S orientations, 2 adds the
two intermediate NW-SE and NE-SW orientations, while 3 adds
the eight minor orientations WNW-ESE, NNW-SSE, NNE-SSW, and
ENE-WSW. For a magnetic compass rose, specify
<b>&minus;Tm</b>. If given, <i>info</i> must be the two
parameters <i>dec/dlabel</i>, where <i>dec</i> is the
magnetic declination and <i>dlabel</i> is a label for the
magnetic compass needle (specify <b>-</b> to format a label
from <i>dec</i>). Then, both directions to geographic and
magnetic north are plotted [Default is geographic only]. If
the north label is <b>*</b> then a north star is plotted
instead of the north label. Annotation and two levels of
tick intervals for geographic and magnetic directions are
10/5/1 and 30/5/1 degrees, respectively; override these
settings by appending <b>+</b><i>gints</i>[/<i>mints</i>].
Color and pen attributes are taken from
<b><A HREF="gmtdefaults.html#COLOR_BACKGROUND">COLOR_BACKGROUND</A></b> and <b><A HREF="gmtdefaults.html#TICK_PEN">TICK_PEN</A></b>, respectively,
while label fonts and sizes follow the usual annotation,
label, and header font settings.</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;U</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Draw Unix System
time stamp on plot. By adding <i>just/dx/dy/</i>, the user
may specify the justification of the stamp and where the
stamp should fall on the page relative to lower left corner
of the plot. For example, BL/0/0 will align the lower left
corner of the time stamp with the lower left corner of the
plot. Optionally, append a <i>label</i>, or <b>c</b> (which
will plot the command string.). The <b><A HREF="GMT.html">GMT</A></b> parameters
<b><A HREF="gmtdefaults.html#UNIX_TIME">UNIX_TIME</A></b>, <b><A HREF="gmtdefaults.html#UNIX_TIME_POS">UNIX_TIME_POS</A></b>, and
<b><A HREF="gmtdefaults.html#UNIX_TIME_FORMAT">UNIX_TIME_FORMAT</A></b> can affect the appearance; see the
<b><A HREF="gmtdefaults.html">gmtdefaults</A></b> man page for details. The time string
will be in the locale set by the environment variable
<b>TZ</b> (generally local time).</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;V</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Selects verbose
mode, which will send progress reports to stderr [Default
runs &quot;silently&quot;].</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;W</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Draw shorelines
[Default is no shorelines]. Append pen attributes [Defaults:
width = 0.25p, color = black, texture = solid] which apply
to all four levels. To set the pen for each level
differently, prepend <i>level</i>/, where <i>level</i> is
1-4 and represent coastline, lakeshore, island-in-lake
shore, and lake-in-island-in-lake shore. Repeat
<b>&minus;W</b> as needed. When specific level pens are set,
those not listed will not be drawn [Default draws all
levels; but see <b>&minus;A</b>]. (See SPECIFYING PENS
below).</p> </td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;X
&minus;Y</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Shift plot origin
relative to the current origin by (<i>x-shift,y-shift</i>)
and optionally append the length unit (<b>c</b>, <b>i</b>,
<b>m</b>, <b>p</b>). You can prepend <b>a</b> to shift the
origin back to the original position after plotting, or
prepend <b>r</b> [Default] to reset the current origin to
the new location. If <b>&minus;O</b> is used then the
default (<i>x-shift,y-shift</i>) is (0,0), otherwise it is
(r1i, r1i) or (r2.5c, r2.5c). Alternatively, give <b>c</b>
to align the center coordinate (x or y) of the plot with the
center of the page based on current page size.</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;Z</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">For 3-D
projections: Sets the z-level of the coastlines [Default is
the bottom of the z-axis].</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;bo</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Selects binary
output. Append <b>s</b> for single precision [Default is
<b>d</b> (double)]. Uppercase <b>S</b> or <b>D</b> will
force byte-swapping. Optionally, append <i>ncol</i>, the
number of desired columns in your binary output file.</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;c</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Specifies the
number of plot copies. [Default is 1].</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;m</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Dumps a single
multisegment ASCII (or binary, see <b>&minus;bo</b>) file to
standard output. No plotting occurs. Specify any combination
of <b>&minus;W</b>, <b>&minus;I</b>, <b>&minus;N</b>.
Optionally, you may append the <i>flag</i> character that is
written at the start of each segment header
[&rsquo;&gt;&rsquo;].</p> </td>
</table>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>SPECIFYING
PENS</b></p>

<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void"
       cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="4%">


<p valign="top"><i>pen</i></p></td>
<td width="7%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p valign="top">The attributes of lines and symbol outlines
as defined by <i>pen</i> is a comma delimetered list of
<i>width</i>, <i>color</i> and <i>texture</i>, each of which
is optional. <i>width</i> can be indicated as a measure
(points, centimeters, inches) or as <b>faint</b>,
<b>thin</b>[<b>ner</b>|<b>nest</b>],
<b>thick</b>[<b>er</b>|<b>est</b>],
<b>fat</b>[<b>ter</b>|<b>test</b>], or <b>obese</b>.
<i>color</i> specifies a gray shade or color (see SPECIFYING
COLOR below). <i>texture</i> is a combination of dashes
&lsquo;-&rsquo; and dots &lsquo;.&rsquo;.</p></td>
</table>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>SPECIFYING
FILL</b></p>

<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void"
       cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="6%">


<p valign="top"><i>fill</i></p></td>
<td width="5%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p valign="top">The attribute <i>fill</i> specifies the
solid shade or solid <i>color</i> (see SPECIFYING COLOR
below) or the pattern used for filling polygons. Patterns
are specified as <b>p</b><i>dpi/pattern</i>, where
<i>pattern</i> gives the number of the built-in pattern
(1-90) <i>or</i> the name of a Sun 1-, 8-, or 24-bit raster
file. The <i>dpi</i> sets the resolution of the image. For
1-bit rasters: use <b>P</b><i>dpi/pattern</i> for inverse
video, or append
<b>:F</b><i>color</i>[<b>B</b>[<i>color</i>]] to specify
fore- and background colors (use <i>color</i> = - for
transparency). See <b><A HREF="GMT.html">GMT</A></b> Cookbook &amp; Technical
Reference Appendix E for information on individual
patterns.</p> </td>
</table>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>SPECIFYING
COLOR</b></p>

<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void"
       cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">


<p valign="top"><i>color</i></p></td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p valign="top">The <i>color</i> of lines, areas and
patterns can be specified by a valid color name; by a gray
shade (in the range 0&minus;255); by a decimal color code
(r/g/b, each in range 0&minus;255; h-s-v, ranges
0&minus;360, 0&minus;1, 0&minus;1; or c/m/y/k, each in range
0&minus;1); or by a hexadecimal color code (#rrggbb, as used
in HTML). See the <b><A HREF="gmtcolors.html">gmtcolors</A></b> manpage for more
information and a full list of color names.</p></td>
</table>

<a name="EXAMPLES"></a>
<h2>EXAMPLES</h2>


<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">To plot a green
Africa with white outline on blue background, with permanent
major rivers in thick blue pen, additional major rivers in
thin blue pen, and national borders as dashed lines on a
Mercator map at scale 0.1 inch/degree, use</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>pscoast
&minus;R</b>-30/30/-40/40 <b>&minus;Jm</b> 0.1<b>i
&minus;B</b> 5 <b>&minus;I</b> 1/1p,blue <b>&minus;I</b>
2/0.25p,blue <b>&minus;N</b> 1/0.25p,- <b>&minus;W</b>
0.25p,white <b>&minus;G</b> green <b>&minus;S</b> blue
<b>&minus;P</b> &gt; africa.ps</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">To plot Iceland
using the lava pattern (# 28) at 100 dots per inch, on a
Mercator map at scale 1 cm/degree, run</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>pscoast
&minus;R</b>-30/-10/60/65 <b>&minus;Jm</b> 1<b>c
&minus;B</b> 5 <b>&minus;Gp</b> 100/28 &gt; iceland.ps</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">To initiate a
clip path for Africa so that the subsequent colorimage of
gridded topography is only seen over land, using a Mercator
map at scale 0.1 inch/degree, use</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>pscoast
&minus;R</b>-30/30/-40/40 <b>&minus;Jm</b> 0.1<b>i
&minus;B</b> 5 <b>&minus;Gc &minus;P &minus;K</b> &gt;
africa.ps <b><br>
grdimage &minus;Jm</b> 0.1<b>i</b> etopo5.grd
<b>&minus;C</b> colors.cpt <b>&minus;O &minus;K</b> &gt;&gt;
africa.ps <b><br>
pscoast &minus;Q &minus;O</b> &gt;&gt; africa.ps</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>pscoast</b>
will first look for coastline files in directory
<b>$GMT_SHAREDIR</b>/coast If the desired file is not found,
it will look for the file
<b>$GMT_SHAREDIR</b>/coastline.conf. This file may contain
any number of records that each holds the full pathname of
an alternative directory. Comment lines (#) and blank lines
are allowed. The desired file is then sought for in the
alternate directories.</p>

<a name="GSHHS INFORMATION"></a>
<h2>GSHHS INFORMATION</h2>


<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The coastline
database is GSHHS which is compiled from two sources: World
Vector Shorelines (WVS) and CIA World Data Bank II (WDBII).
In particular, all level-1 polygons (ocean-land boundary)
are derived from the more accurate WVS while all higher
level polygons (level 2-4, representing land/lake,
lake/island-in-lake, and
island-in-lake/lake-in-island-in-lake boundaries) are taken
from WDBII. Much processing has taken place to convert WVS
and WDBII data into usable form for <b><A HREF="GMT.html">GMT</A></b>: assembling
closed polygons from line segments, checking for duplicates,
and correcting for crossings between polygons. The area of
each polygon has been determined so that the user may choose
not to draw features smaller than a minimum area (see
<b>&minus;A</b>); one may also limit the highest
hierarchical level of polygons to be included (4 is the
maximum). The 4 lower-resolution databases were derived from
the full resolution database using the Douglas-Peucker
line-simplification algorithm. The classification of rivers
and borders follow that of the WDBII. See the <b><A HREF="GMT.html">GMT</A></b>
Cookbook and Technical Reference Appendix K for further
details.</p>

<a name="BUGS"></a>
<h2>BUGS</h2>


<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The options to
fill (<b>&minus;C &minus;G &minus;S</b>) may not always work
if the Azimuthal equidistant projection is chosen
(<b>&minus;Je</b>|<b>E</b>). If the antipole of the
projection is in the oceans it will most likely work. If
not, try to avoid using projection center coordinates that
are even multiples of the coastline bin size (1, 2, 5, 10,
and 20 degrees for <b>f, h, i, l, c</b>, respectively). This
projection is not supported for clipping. <br>
The political borders are for the most part 1970s-style but
have been updated to reflect more recent border
rearrangements in Europe and elsewhere. Let us know if you
find something out of date. <br>
Some users of <b>pscoast</b> will not be satisfied with what
they find for the Antarctic shoreline. In Antarctica, the
boundary between ice and ocean varies seasonally and
inter-annually. There are some areas of permanent sea ice.
In addition to these time-varying ice-ocean boundaries,
there are also ice grounding lines where ice goes from
floating on the sea to sitting on land, and lines delimiting
areas of rock outcrop. For consistency&rsquo;s sake, we have
used the World Vector Shoreline throughout the world in
pscoast, as described in the <b><A HREF="GMT.html">GMT</A></b> Cookbook Appendix K.
Users who need specific boundaries in Antarctica should get
the Antarctic Digital Database, prepared by the British
Antarctic Survey, Scott Polar Research Institute, World
Conservation Monitoring Centre, under the auspices of the
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research. This data base
contains various kinds of limiting lines for Antarctica and
is available on CD-ROM. It is published by the Scientific
Committee on Antarctic Research, Scott Polar Research
Institute, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1ER, United
Kingdom.</p>

<a name="SEE ALSO"></a>
<h2>SEE ALSO</h2>



<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><i><A HREF="gmtcolors.html">gmtcolors</A></i>(5),
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<i><A HREF="psbasemap.html">psbasemap</A></i>(1)</p>
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