This repository contains various agegrid-related things that can be used for outreach (or just for fun)!
A small present-day agegrid globe (1 pg of printing) can be downloaded here.
A much more intricate globe (14 pgs of printing) is here.
See below on details on how these were made.
Most (but not all) of this is based on the latest present-day agegrid from Seton et al. 2020, that can be downloaded from the EarthByte website here.
Palaeo-agegrids are based on the GPlates 2.3 GeoData.
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If you have ever wanted to make your own personal present-day agegrid paper globe almost from scratch, visit here to see how.
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If you have ever wanted to make your own personal suite of palaeo-agegrid paper globes (or a cool animation like the one above), visit here.
This whole repository relies on a little help from a few of key packages.
I like to plot everything using pygmt. GPlately is also handy for plotting reconstruction-y things.
To convert things into a globe for assembling, there are two python-based packages you can use (that I know of). They're also super easy to use:
- If you have a spare few hours and want a slightly more globe-looking thing (and have some heavier weight paper available to print on),
paper-globeeasily allows you to make a paper globe! - Otherwise,
pydymaxallows you to plot using a dymaxion projection, which looks pretty cool, and you can also assemble into a little triangle-faced globe.