<s>
GPlates	B-Operating_System
is	O
open-source	B-Application
application	I-Application
software	O
offering	O
a	O
novel	O
combination	O
of	O
interactive	O
plate-tectonic	O
reconstructions	O
,	O
geographic	B-Application
information	I-Application
system	I-Application
(	O
GIS	B-Application
)	O
functionality	O
and	O
raster	O
data	O
visualization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GPlates	B-Operating_System
project	O
was	O
started	O
by	O
Professor	O
Dietmar	O
Müller	O
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
GPlates	B-Operating_System
1.0.0	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
release	O
is	O
GPlates	B-Operating_System
2.3	O
in	O
September	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GPlates	B-Operating_System
enables	O
both	O
the	O
visualization	O
and	O
the	O
manipulation	O
of	O
plate-tectonic	O
reconstructions	O
and	O
associated	O
data	O
through	O
geological	O
time	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Visualize	O
vector	O
and	O
raster	O
data	O
on	O
the	O
globe	O
or	O
in	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
map	B-Application
projections	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
GPlates	B-Operating_System
is	O
developed	O
by	O
an	O
international	O
team	O
of	O
scientists	O
and	O
professional	O
software	O
developers	O
at	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
GPlates	B-Operating_System
is	O
used	O
by	O
geophysicists	O
,	O
students	O
and	O
researchers	O
in	O
academic	O
institutions	O
,	O
government	O
departments	O
and	O
industry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
two	O
Australian	O
researchers	O
used	O
the	O
software	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
tectonic	O
map	B-Application
of	O
the	O
continents	O
within	O
the	O
fictional	O
Game	B-Application
of	I-Application
Thrones	I-Application
universe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GPlates	B-Operating_System
runs	O
on	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
GPlates	B-Operating_System
is	O
written	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
and	O
uses	O
OpenGL	B-Application
to	O
render	O
its	O
3D	O
globe	O
and	O
2D	O
map	B-Application
views	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
Qt	B-Language
as	O
a	O
GUI	O
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Boost	B-Language
C++	I-Language
library	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
widely	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
libraries	O
include	O
GDAL	B-Language
,	O
CGAL	B-Language
,	O
proj	B-Language
,	O
qwt	B-Language
and	O
GLEW	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GPlates	B-Operating_System
uses	O
the	O
(	O
GPGIM	O
)	O
to	O
represent	O
geological	O
data	O
in	O
a	O
Plate	O
tectonics	O
context	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GPlates	B-Operating_System
Python	B-Language
library	O
(	O
pyGPlates	O
)	O
enables	O
access	O
to	O
GPlates	B-Operating_System
functionality	O
via	O
the	O
Python	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
use	O
GPlates	B-Operating_System
in	O
a	O
programmatic	O
way	O
and	O
hence	O
provides	O
much	O
more	O
flexibility	O
than	O
the	O
GPlates	B-Operating_System
desktop	O
interface	O
can	O
offer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
which	O
supports	O
Python3	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
John	O
is	O
the	O
lead	O
developer	O
of	O
GPlates	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dietmar	O
is	O
the	O
founder	O
and	O
current	O
lead	O
of	O
the	O
GPlates	B-Operating_System
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
a	O
founder	O
of	O
the	O
GPlates	B-Operating_System
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GPlates	B-Operating_System
is	O
released	O
under	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
version	O
2.0	O
(	O
GPLv2	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
can	O
be	O
found	O
on	O
SourceForge	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GPlates	B-Operating_System
Web	O
Portal	O
is	O
a	O
gateway	O
to	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
GPlates-based	O
web	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
on	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
migrated	O
to	O
Amazon	B-General_Concept
Elastic	I-General_Concept
Compute	I-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Below	O
is	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
applications	O
in	O
GPlates	B-Operating_System
Web	O
Portal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Demonstrate	O
how	O
to	O
use	O
pyGPlates	O
in	O
IPython	B-Application
Notebook	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Below	O
is	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
select	O
publications	O
of	O
GPlates	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
