	@(#)README.GMT	1.8  07/01/99

Dear potential GMT users-

Version 3.3.1 of GMT has recently been released.  If you got 3.1-3
versions of high and full coastlines you do not need to copy the
3.3 versions as only a minor cosmetic change has occured.

For new installers of GMT: The preferred way to obtain the necessary
files is to send mail to listserver@soest.hawaii.edu with the single
message

information gmtgroup

You will then receive instructions for automatic file-retrieval
and installation.  THIS IS THE RECOMMENDED WAY OF GETTING AND
INSTALLING GMT!

Alternatively, you may visit our home-page on the World Wide Web
at http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt and get the install_gmt script
from there.

Should you want to ftp the old-fashioned way then the files you
will need are (both .bz2 and .gz versions are avaiable):

GMT_progs.tar.bz2
GMT_lib.tar.bz2
install_gmt

In addition, you may want

GMT_doc.tar.bz2
GMT_web.tar.bz2
GMT_scripts.tar.bz2
GMT_suppl.tar.bz2
GMT_high.tar.bz2
GMT_full.tar.bz2

The install_gmt script can be used after manual ftp as well.
Place script in the same directory as the archives and run.

There are several mirror sites available.  Use the site that
is geographically closest to you to improve transmission
throughput:

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pahoehoe.soest.hawaii.edu	Honolulu, Hawaii, USA [GMT HOME]
raptor.grdl.noaa.gov		Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
ftp.geologi.uio.no		Oslo, Norway
ftp.iag.usp.br			Sao Paulo, Brazil
life.csu.edu.au			Albury, Australia
ftp.eos.hokudai.ac.jp.		Sapporo. Japan
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-Paul Wessel
-Walter H. F. Smith
