Reconstruct Static Plate 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 : 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=-20,20,-20,20

Returns:

GeoJSON/PNG data containing reconstructed static plate polygons.

Examples:

🟢 E1: Reconstruct the static plate polygons back to 100Ma using SETON2012 model.

https://gws.gplates.org/reconstruct/static_polygons/?time=100

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

static_polygons_140ma

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

static-polygons-50-50-50-50