gmt-docker

gmt-docker is docker image project that provides latest GMT Builds, DCW and GSHHG Data pre-installed. Standard extensions with pre-installed versions of GMT/Python and jupyter notebook are provided for the convenience of the developer community

To use the latest docker image from your machine

docker run nc5ng/gmt --version

A specific version and revision can be used instead,

docker run nc5ng/gmt:6.0.0_r20005 --version

To use gmt with GMT/Python in a jupyter notebook

docker run nc5ng/gmt:jupyter

Specific versions and revisions are provided as well for evaluation and comparison.

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Tutorial
  3. Important Links

Introduction

Docker containers provide a convenient way to use different versions of GMT Tools easily, and to evaluate development versions without needing to pollute the local system with complex build requirements. Images integrate well into many Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment pipelines and allow you to use latest GMT builds as part of your automated data processing or build pipeline.

nc5ng.org maintains precompiled images with latest Trunk GMT code, Up to date DCW Boundary Data and GSHHG Coastal Data pre-downloaded. Releases with stable versions are also avaialable based on tagged releases.

Tutorial

A quick tutorial for evaluating gmt in a sandboxxed environment, with visualization courtest of GMT/Python and jupyter notebook

  1. Start the gmt-docker jupyter image on the standard port 8888 
     $ docker run -p "8888:8888" nc5ng/gmt:jupyter
  2. Copy the token printed in the log message and navigate to the url 
     http://127.0.0.1:8888/?token=TOKEN_HERE

  3. You will see the built-in example notebook listed in the directory

    Notebook List

  4. Open the Example Notebook by clicking on it

    Example.ipynb

  5. Run through the notebook to get the example plot. A map of the contiguous state of the USA with rivers, lakes, state and national boundaries, and the geographic center of the contiguous states marked.

    Example.ipynb

From here you can proceed to execute GMT/Python commands in the example notebook.

To save your work externally, or to import other notebooks and packages additional knowledge of docker functionality is needed. For some examples see the Readme

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