<p>I did a little poking around and came across a few projects that might be interesting.</p>

<p>Based on the work of <a href="https://doi.org/10.1029/2001GC000252" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Peter Bird (2003)</a> there's a github project (<a href="https://github.com/fraxen/tectonicplates" rel="nofollow noreferrer">fraxen/tectonicplates</a>) that hosts georeferenced data of most major plate boundaries.</p>

<p>Seeing as you're interested more in minor plate dynamics, there's another project called <a href="http://www.gplates.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">GPlates</a> that is an multi-OS open source visualizer for plate boundary dynamic reconstructions. While I haven't looked at the potential outputs available, I imagine you would be able to export data from this platform into a more traditional GIS data format (.shp, .gml) that could be read in GMT. </p>

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Thank you, GPlates is a great resource! This is exactly what I was looking for!
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<p>I'm working on a map in GMT and am having trouble finding lon/lat data for the minor plate boundaries (specifically the adriatic). Is there a database I can refer to?</p>

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Plate boundary lon/lat data
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# Plate boundary lon/lat data

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-06-26)

I'm working on a map in GMT and am having trouble finding lon/lat data for the minor plate boundaries (specifically the adriatic). Is there a database I can refer to?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2018-06-29. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

I did a little poking around and came across a few projects that might be interesting.

Based on the work of [Peter Bird (2003)](https://doi.org/10.1029/2001GC000252) there's a github project ([fraxen/tectonicplates](https://github.com/fraxen/tectonicplates)) that hosts georeferenced data of most major plate boundaries.

Seeing as you're interested more in minor plate dynamics, there's another project called [GPlates](http://www.gplates.org/) that is an multi-OS open source visualizer for plate boundary dynamic reconstructions. While I haven't looked at the potential outputs available, I imagine you would be able to export data from this platform into a more traditional GIS data format (.shp, .gml) that could be read in GMT.

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> **username_0**: Thank you, GPlates is a great resource! This is exactly what I was looking for!  

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