Reconstruct Coastlines

Description:

http GET request to retrieve reconstructed coastline polygons

Endpoint:

https://gws.gplates.org/reconstruct/coastlines/

Parameters:

anchor_plate_id : integer value for reconstruction anchor plate id [default=0]

time : time for reconstruction [required]

model : name for reconstruction model [defaults to default model from web service settings]

fmt : if set this parameter to "png", this function will return a png image

facecolor : such as "black", "blue", etc

edgecolor : such as "black", "blue", etc

alpha : such as 1, 0.5, etc

extent : such as extent=-180,180,-90,90

central_meridian : central meridian -- useful when wrap to dateline and plot png map

wrap flag to indicate if wrap the coastlines along dateline, true or false

Returns:

GeoJSON/PNG data containing reconstructed coastline features

Examples:

🟢 E1: Reconstruct the coastlines back to 140Ma using SETON2012 model.

See the result in an interactive map.

🟢 E2: Return a png map https://gws.gplates.org/reconstruct/coastlines/?&time=140&model=SETON2012&fmt=png&facecolor=lime&edgecolor=black&alpha=0.5

🟢 E3: Return a png map within an extent https://gws.gplates.org/reconstruct/coastlines/?&time=140&model=SETON2012&fmt=png&facecolor=lime&edgecolor=black&alpha=0.5&extent=-50,50,-50,50