[GPlates-discuss] Problem viewing total reconstruction poles

[Oliver Strimpel]

Thanks, John and Sabin.  Indeed, I did not have a rotation file loaded,
having mistaken the coastline file for the rotation file.  It's all working
properly now.

PS The tutorials are really helpful, and well designed.

On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 10:59 PM, John Cannon <john.cannon at sydney.edu.au>
wrote:

> Hi Oliver,
>
> Thanks Sabin. Yes the 'Show Reconstruction Tree Layer' in your screenshot
> is empty - which can happen when no rotation files are loaded.
>
>
> > Sam and Lena, would either of you be able to check that the
> instructions in this tutorial are clear? If not, please make changes as
> needed. Thanks so much!
>
>
> The first step says...
>
>
> 1. Make sure the rotation file (‘Seton_etal_ESR2012_2012.1’) is loaded in
> GPlates.
>
> Regards,
> John
>
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> *Cc:* Samantha Ross; Lena O'toole
> *Subject:* Re: [GPlates-discuss] Problem viewing total reconstruction
> poles
>
> Hi Oliver,
>
>
>
> That window will only be populated if you have a rotation file loaded
> (.rot). You should be able to load it from the SampleData or from the
> Tutorial Dataset.
>
>
>
> Sam and Lena, would either of you be able to check that the instructions
> in this tutorial are clear? If not, please make changes as needed. Thanks
> so much!
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Sabin
>
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> *Subject: *[GPlates-discuss] Problem viewing total reconstruction poles
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> Hi,
>
>
>
> I am working through the GPlates Tutorials (on a Windows 7 machine).  In
> Tutorial 2.2, Exercise 3, one needs to select "View total Reconstruction
> Poles."  I have the Seton et al ESR2012 Coastlines file loaded, but nothing
> shows up in the window.
>
>
>
> [image: nline image 1]
>
>
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> I'd be very grateful for suggestions on how to fix this.
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Oliver Strimpel
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