[GPlates-discuss] Question about gplates

[John Cannon]

Hi Sebastián,

The lat/lon position displayed in the Kinematics Tool is the present day position - it’s also the last row of the displayed table (time 0Ma). For other times (rows) it’s the present-day position reconstructed to the past time of that row (using the Plate ID). So if you click on a feature (on the globe) and then click “Use focused feature” then it will fill in the present-day lat/lon position (of the first vertex I believe) and Plate ID for that feature, and populate the table and graph with a history of velocities. Or you can type in your own Plate ID and present-day lat/lon.

Regards,
John

From: GPlates-discuss <gplates-discuss-bounces at mailman.sydney.edu.au> On Behalf Of Sebastián Cabrera Troncoso
Sent: Friday, 11 October 2019 11:50 PM
To: gplates-discuss at mailman.sydney.edu.au
Subject: [GPlates-discuss] Question about gplates

Hi,
I'm writing to you because I have two questions about "Kinematics Tool":
- When select the Plate ID, what happen if in the selected position (lat/lon) the plate changes across time? I should to change the Plate ID when it happen?
- The position lat/lon is the present or past position?

Thanks for your reply

Best regards,
Sebastián Cabrera
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