.. Automatically generated by src/gmt_make_module_purpose.sh.

.. |batch_purpose| replace:: Automate batch job processing

.. |begin_purpose| replace:: Initiate a new GMT modern mode session

.. |blockmean_purpose| replace:: Block average (x,y,z) data tables by mean estimation

.. |blockmedian_purpose| replace:: Block average (x,y,z) data tables by median estimation

.. |blockmode_purpose| replace:: Block average (x,y,z) data tables by mode estimation

.. |clear_purpose| replace:: Delete current default settings, or the cache, data, geography or sessions directories

.. |dimfilter_purpose| replace:: Directional filtering of grids in the space domain

.. |docs_purpose| replace:: Show HTML documentation of specified module

.. |end_purpose| replace:: Terminate GMT modern mode session and produce optional graphics

.. |figure_purpose| replace:: Set attributes for the current modern mode session figure

.. |filter1d_purpose| replace:: Time domain filtering of 1-D data tables

.. |fitcircle_purpose| replace:: Find mean position and great [or small] circle fit to points on sphere

.. |gmt2kml_purpose| replace:: Convert GMT data table to Google Earth KML file

.. |gmtbinstats_purpose| replace:: Bin spatial data and determine statistics per bin

.. |gmtconnect_purpose| replace:: Connect individual lines whose end points match within tolerance

.. |gmtconvert_purpose| replace:: Convert, paste, or extract columns from data tables

.. |gmtdefaults_purpose| replace:: List current GMT default settings

.. |gmtget_purpose| replace:: Get individual GMT default settings or download data sets

.. |gmtinfo_purpose| replace:: Get information about data tables

.. |gmtlogo_purpose| replace:: Plot the GMT logo

.. |gmtmath_purpose| replace:: Reverse Polish Notation (RPN) calculator for data tables

.. |gmtread_purpose| replace:: Read GMT objects into external API

.. |gmtregress_purpose| replace:: Linear regression of 1-D data sets

.. |gmtselect_purpose| replace:: Select data table subsets based on multiple spatial criteria

.. |gmtset_purpose| replace:: Change individual GMT default settings

.. |gmtsimplify_purpose| replace:: Line reduction using the Douglas-Peucker algorithm

.. |gmtspatial_purpose| replace:: Geospatial operations on points, lines and polygons

.. |gmtsplit_purpose| replace:: Split xyz[dh] data tables into individual segments

.. |gmtvector_purpose| replace:: Operations on Cartesian vectors in 2-D and 3-D

.. |gmtwhich_purpose| replace:: Find full path to specified files

.. |gmtwrite_purpose| replace:: Write GMT objects from external API

.. |grd2cpt_purpose| replace:: Make linear or histogram-equalized color palette table from grid

.. |grd2kml_purpose| replace:: Create KML image quadtree from single grid

.. |grd2xyz_purpose| replace:: Convert grid to data table

.. |grdblend_purpose| replace:: Blend several partially overlapping grids into one larger grid

.. |grdclip_purpose| replace:: Clip the range of grid values

.. |grdcontour_purpose| replace:: Make contour map using a grid

.. |grdconvert_purpose| replace:: Convert between different grid formats

.. |grdcut_purpose| replace:: Extract subregion from a grid or image or a slice from a cube

.. |grdedit_purpose| replace:: Modify header or content of a grid

.. |grdfft_purpose| replace:: Mathematical operations on grids in the spectral domain

.. |grdfill_purpose| replace:: Interpolate across holes in a grid

.. |grdfilter_purpose| replace:: Filter a grid in the space (or time) domain

.. |grdgdal_purpose| replace:: Execute GDAL raster programs from GMT

.. |grdgradient_purpose| replace:: Compute directional gradients from a grid

.. |grdhisteq_purpose| replace:: Perform histogram equalization for a grid

.. |grdimage_purpose| replace:: Project and plot grids or images

.. |grdinfo_purpose| replace:: Extract information from 2-D grids or 3-D cubes

.. |grdinterpolate_purpose| replace:: Interpolate a 3-D cube, 2-D grids or 1-D series from a 3-D data cube or stack of 2-D grids

.. |grdlandmask_purpose| replace:: Create a \"wet-dry\" mask grid from shoreline data base

.. |grdmask_purpose| replace:: Create mask grid from polygons or point coverage

.. |grdmath_purpose| replace:: Reverse Polish Notation (RPN) calculator for grids (element by element)

.. |grdmix_purpose| replace:: Blending and transforming grids and images

.. |grdpaste_purpose| replace:: Join two grids along their common edge

.. |grdproject_purpose| replace:: Forward and inverse map transformation of grids

.. |grdsample_purpose| replace:: Resample a grid onto a new lattice

.. |grdselect_purpose| replace:: Make selections or determine common regions from 2-D grids, images or 3-D cubes

.. |grdtrack_purpose| replace:: Sample one or more grids at specified locations

.. |grdtrend_purpose| replace:: Fit trend surface to grids and compute residuals

.. |grdvector_purpose| replace:: Plot vector field from two component grids

.. |grdview_purpose| replace:: Create 3-D perspective image or surface mesh from a grid

.. |grdvolume_purpose| replace:: Calculate grid volume and area constrained by a contour

.. |greenspline_purpose| replace:: Interpolate using Green's functions for splines in 1-3 dimensions

.. |inset_purpose| replace:: Manage figure inset setup and completion

.. |kml2gmt_purpose| replace:: Extract GMT table data from Google Earth KML files

.. |makecpt_purpose| replace:: Make GMT color palette tables

.. |mapproject_purpose| replace:: Forward and inverse map transformations, datum conversions and geodesy

.. |movie_purpose| replace:: Create animation sequences and movies

.. |nearneighbor_purpose| replace:: Grid table data using a \"Nearest neighbor\" algorithm

.. |project_purpose| replace:: Project data onto lines or great circles, or generate tracks

.. |basemap_purpose| replace:: Plot base maps and frames

.. |psbasemap_purpose| replace:: Plot base maps and frames

.. |clip_purpose| replace:: Initialize or terminate polygonal clip paths

.. |psclip_purpose| replace:: Initialize or terminate polygonal clip paths

.. |coast_purpose| replace:: Plot continents, countries, shorelines, rivers, and borders

.. |pscoast_purpose| replace:: Plot continents, countries, shorelines, rivers, and borders

.. |contour_purpose| replace:: Contour table data by direct triangulation

.. |pscontour_purpose| replace:: Contour table data by direct triangulation

.. |psconvert_purpose| replace:: Convert [E]PS file(s) to other formats using Ghostscript

.. |events_purpose| replace:: Plot event symbols, lines, polygons and labels for one moment in time

.. |psevents_purpose| replace:: Plot event symbols, lines, polygons and labels for one moment in time

.. |histogram_purpose| replace:: Calculate and plot histograms

.. |pshistogram_purpose| replace:: Calculate and plot histograms

.. |image_purpose| replace:: Plot raster or EPS images

.. |psimage_purpose| replace:: Plot raster or EPS images

.. |legend_purpose| replace:: Plot a legend

.. |pslegend_purpose| replace:: Plot a legend

.. |mask_purpose| replace:: Clip or mask map areas with no data table coverage

.. |psmask_purpose| replace:: Clip or mask map areas with no data table coverage

.. |rose_purpose| replace:: Plot a polar histogram (rose, sector, windrose diagrams)

.. |psrose_purpose| replace:: Plot a polar histogram (rose, sector, windrose diagrams)

.. |colorbar_purpose| replace:: Plot gray scale or color scale bar

.. |psscale_purpose| replace:: Plot gray scale or color scale bar

.. |solar_purpose| replace:: Plot day-light terminators and other sunlight parameters

.. |pssolar_purpose| replace:: Plot day-light terminators and other sunlight parameters

.. |ternary_purpose| replace:: Plot data on ternary diagrams

.. |psternary_purpose| replace:: Plot data on ternary diagrams

.. |text_purpose| replace:: Plot or typeset text

.. |pstext_purpose| replace:: Plot or typeset text

.. |wiggle_purpose| replace:: Plot z = f(x,y) anomalies along tracks

.. |pswiggle_purpose| replace:: Plot z = f(x,y) anomalies along tracks

.. |plot_purpose| replace:: Plot lines, polygons, and symbols in 2-D

.. |psxy_purpose| replace:: Plot lines, polygons, and symbols in 2-D

.. |plot3d_purpose| replace:: Plot lines, polygons, and symbols in 3-D

.. |psxyz_purpose| replace:: Plot lines, polygons, and symbols in 3-D

.. |sample1d_purpose| replace:: Resample 1-D table data using splines

.. |spectrum1d_purpose| replace:: Compute auto- [and cross-] spectra from one [or two] time series

.. |sph2grd_purpose| replace:: Compute grid from spherical harmonic coefficients

.. |sphdistance_purpose| replace:: Create Voronoi distance, node, or natural nearest-neighbor grid on a sphere

.. |sphinterpolate_purpose| replace:: Spherical gridding in tension of data on a sphere

.. |sphtriangulate_purpose| replace:: Delaunay or Voronoi construction of spherical data

.. |subplot_purpose| replace:: Manage modern mode figure subplot configuration and selection

.. |surface_purpose| replace:: Grid table data using adjustable tension continuous curvature splines

.. |trend1d_purpose| replace:: Fit [weighted] [robust] polynomial/Fourier model for y = f(x) to xy[w] data

.. |trend2d_purpose| replace:: Fit [weighted] [robust] polynomial for z = f(x,y) to xyz[w] data

.. |triangulate_purpose| replace:: Delaunay triangulation or Voronoi partitioning and gridding of Cartesian data

.. |xyz2grd_purpose| replace:: Convert data table to a grid

