Reconstruct Static Polygons

Reconstruct Static Plate Polygons

HTTP GET request to retrieve reconstructed static plate polygons

Endpoint:

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

Parameters:

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

  • time : geologic time(Ma) [required]

  • model : name for the reconstruction model (if not specified, will use the default model)

  • 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=-20,20,-20,20

Return:

GeoJSON/PNG data containing reconstructed static plate polygons.

Examples:

🟢 E1: Reconstruct the static plate polygons back to 100Ma using ZAHIROVIC2022 model.

Click this link to try this example in a web browser.

Alternatively, use curl command.

curl "https://gws.gplates.org/reconstruct/static_polygons/?time=100&model=ZAHIROVIC2022"

🟢 E2: Return a PNG map for the whole world

Click this link to try this example in a web browser.

Alternatively, use curl command.

curl --output static-polygons.png "https://gws.gplates.org/reconstruct/static_polygons/?&time=140&model=ZAHIROVIC2022&fmt=png&facecolor=lime&edgecolor=black&alpha=0.5"

static_polygons_140ma

🟢 E3: Return a PNG map within an extent

Click this link to try this example in a web browser.

Alternatively, use curl command.

curl --output static-polygons.png "https://gws.gplates.org/reconstruct/static_polygons/?&time=140&model=ZAHIROVIC2022&fmt=png&facecolor=lime&edgecolor=black&alpha=0.5&&extent=-50,50,-50,50"

static-polygons-50-50-50-50