plate-model-manager 1.1.0

Plate Model Manager

plate-model-manager

This is a dataset manager for plate tectonic models. It is similar to NPM or Conda for software packages.

How to install

pip install plate-model-manager

How to use

Use the command line

• pmm ls This command will list all available reconstruction models, such as
  • muller2019
  • muller2022
  • muller2016
  • merdith2021
  • matthews2016
  • matthews2016_mantle_ref
  • matthews2016_pmag_ref
  • domeier2014
  • golonka
  • pehrsson2015
  • paleomap
  • torsvikcocks2017
  • rodinia
  • seton2012
• pmm ls Muller2019 This command will show the details of model 'Muller2019'.
• pmm download Muller2019 plate-models-data-dir This command will download model "Muller2019" into a folder 'plate-models-data-dir'.
• pmm download all This command will download all available models into the current working directory.

Use in Python script

The Python code below prints all available model names.

    # print all available model names
    from plate_model_manager import PlateModelManager

    m_manager = PlateModelManager()
    for name in pm_manager.get_available_model_names():
      print(name)

The Python code below downloads the "Muller2019" model into folder "plate-models-data-dir". The model.get_rotation_model() function returns the rotation file location.

    from plate_model_manager import PlateModelManager

    pm_manager = PlateModelManager()
    model = pm_manager.get_model("Muller2019",data_dir="plate-models-data-dir")
    model.download_all_layers()
    print(model.get_rotation_model())

['plate-models-data-dir/muller2019//Rotations/Muller2019-Young2019-Cao2020.rot']

Examples

This Python module is mostly used in GPlately, GPlates Web Service, PyGPlates Tutorials and GPlates Python Proxy.

A good example of using PlateModelManager with PyGPlates can be found here.

The examples of using PlateModelManager with GPlately:

• https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/blob/master/Notebooks/Examples/introducing-plate-model-manager.py
• https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/blob/master/Notebooks/Examples/working-with-plate-model-manager.py