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Plots grayshaded, colored, or textured land-masses [or
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water-masses] on maps and [optionally] draws coastlines, rivers, and
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political boundaries. Alternatively, it can (1) issue clip
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political boundaries from the Global Self-consistent, Hierarchical,
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High-resolution Geography Database (GSHHG) dataset. Alternatively, it can (1) issue clip
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paths that will contain all land or all water areas, or
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(2) dump the data to an ASCII table. The data files come
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in 5 different resolutions: (**f**)ull, (**h**)igh, (**i**)ntermediate,
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.. _-D:
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**-D**\ *resolution*\ [**+f**]
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Select the resolution of the data set to use ((**f**)ull,
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Select the resolution of the GSHHG data set to use ((**f**)ull,
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(**h**)igh, (**i**)ntermediate, (**l**)ow, and (**c**)rude). The
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resolution drops off by 80% between data sets.
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Append **+f** to automatically select a lower resolution should the one
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requested not be available [abort if not found].
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Alternatively, choose (**a**)uto to automatically select the best
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resolution given the chosen map scale. [Default is **l** in classic mode
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and **a** in modern mode].
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and **a** in modern mode]. See `GSHHG five resolutions <https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/gshhg-gmt?tab=readme-ov-file#the-five-resolutions>`_ for more details.
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.. _-E:
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are supported:
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- Append one or more comma-separated countries using either the
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`2-character ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 convention <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2>`_
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`2-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 convention <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2>`_
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(e.g., NO for Norway) or the full country name (e.g., Norway). Append .\ *state* to a country code to select a
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state of a country (if available), e.g., US.TX for Texas.
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- Append =\ *continent* to specify a continent, using the abbreviations AF (Africa),
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- **+L** to see states/territories for Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Norway, Russia and the US.
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- **+l**\|\ **+L** to **-E**\ =\ *continent* or **-E**\ *code* to only list countries or states in that continent
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or country, respectively; repeat if more than one continent or country is requested.
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- **+n** to list the named :ref:`DCW collections <dcw-collections>` or regions (**-E**\ *code*\ **+n** will list
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- **+n** to list the named :ref:`DCW collections dcw-collections>` or regions (**-E**\ *code*\ **+n** will list
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collections that contains the listed codes). All names are case-insensitive.
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- **+c** to set up an inside clip path based on your selection.
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- **+C** to set up an outside (area between selection and map boundary) clip path based on your selection.
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Without further options, draws a rectangular border around any map scale (|-L|) or map rose (|-T|) using
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:term:`MAP_FRAME_PEN`. Used in combination with |-L| or |-T|. Append **l** for map scale or **t** for map rose to
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specify which plot embellisment the |-F| parameters should be applied to [default uses the same panel parameters for
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specify which plot embellishment the |-F| parameters should be applied to [default uses the same panel parameters for
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all selected map embellishments]. The following modifiers can be appended to |-F|, with additional explanation and
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examples provided in the :ref:`Background-panel` cookbook section:
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