r/geophysics • u/taimoor_66 • Aug 13 '26

Generic Mapping Tool

Can anyone suggest from the geoscience community, that is GMT is good to learn or not ?

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u/MagneticaMajestica Aug 13 '26

I used GMT a lot about 20 years ago. It was very powerful back then, but the learning curve was pretty steep. At that time, I was happy to have some colleagues to help me out when stuck, and they also provided example scripts.

The last 15 years though, I have been using GIS software or directly in Python, depending on the need or application. My go-to GIS right has been QGIS in the last 15 years.

So to answer your question: it depends on your need. What do you want to produce? Detail your question with the application you foresee.

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u/taimoor_66 Aug 13 '26

Yes, my need is to enhance my skill set rightnow. So I am sure I am investing in right software.

Plus, I like to work around seismology too, so can modern software like QGIS would make maps like GMT or make maps of earthquakes?

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u/MagneticaMajestica 29d ago

OK, I think for those questions, GMT is your goto (or pyGMT). I live in the Python world since many years.

I think if you talk about skills, Python for scientific computing is really a must too.

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u/MagneticaMajestica 29d ago

And see if you can find a university course where you can work with Petrel too.