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diff --git a/gis/GMT/README b/gis/GMT/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..9a505f283e --- /dev/null +++ b/gis/GMT/README @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +GMT is an open source collection of about 80 command-line tools for +manipulating geographic and Cartesian data sets (including filtering, +trend fitting, gridding, projecting, etc.) and producing PostScript +illustrations ranging from simple x-y plots via contour maps to +artificially illuminated surfaces and 3D perspective views; the GMT +supplements add another 40 more specialized and discipline-specific +tools. + +By default, GMT will use Dave Watson's Delaunay triangulation routine. +However, a much faster alternative is available from Jonathan Shewchuk, +but his routine is not distributed under the GNU Public License. +In order to use the Shewchuk's routine you have to launch the script +by passing the SHEWCHUK parameter: + + SHEWCHUK=yes ./GMT.SlackBuild + +For more details refer to the README and LICENSE.TXT files contained +into the GMT sources. |