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# pssegyz

pssegyz - Create imagemasked postscript from SEGY file

## Synopsis

pssegyz SEGYfile -Jparameters -Jz|Zparameters -Rwest/east/south/north[/zmin/zmax][r] -Ddeviation -F[rgb|gray] -W [ -Bbias ] [ -Cclip ] [ -I ] [ -K ] [ -Lnsamp ] [ -Mntrace ] [ -N ] [ -O ] [ -P ] [ -Sheader_x/header_y ] [ -U[just/dx/dy/][c|label] ] [ -V[level] ] [ -Xscale ] [ -Ysample_int ] [ -Z ] [ -p[x|y|z]azim/elev[/zlevel][+wlon0/lat0[/z0]][+vx0/y0] ] [ -t[transp] ]

Note: No space is allowed between the option flag and the associated arguments.

## Description

pssegyz reads a native (IEEE) format SEGY file and produces a PostScript image of the seismic data. The imagemask operator is used so that the seismic data are plotted as a 1-bit deep bitmap in a single (user-specified) color or gray shade, with a transparent background. The bitmap resolution is taken from the current GMT defaults. The seismic traces may be plotted at their true locations using information in the trace headers (in which case order of the traces in the file is not significant). Standard GMT geometry routines are used so that in principle any map projection may be used, however it is likely that the geographic projections will lead to unexpected results. Beware also that some parameters have non-standard meanings, and a couple of the options for pssegy are not available in pssegyz.

Note that the order of operations before the seismic data are plotted is deviation*[clip]([bias]+[normalize](sample value)). Deviation determines how far in the plot coordinates a [normalized][biased][clipped] sample value of 1 plots from the trace location.

The SEGY file should be a disk image of the tape format (ie 3200 byte text header, which is ignored, 400 byte binary reel header, and 240 byte header for each trace) with samples as native real*4 (IEEE real on all the platforms to which I have access)

## Required Arguments

SEGYfile
  Seismic data set to be imaged

-Jparameters (more ...)
  Select map projection.

-Rwest/east/south/north[/zmin/zmax][r]
  west, east, south, and north specify the region of interest, and you may specify them in decimal degrees or in [+-]dd:mm[:ss.xxx][W|E|S|N] format. Append r if lower left and upper right map coordinates are given instead of w/e/s/n. The two shorthands -Rg and -Rd stand for global domain (0/360 and -180/+180 in longitude respectively, with -90/+90 in latitude). Alternatively, specify the name of an existing grid file and the -R settings (and grid spacing, if applicable) are copied from the grid. Using -Runit expects projected (Cartesian) coordinates compatible with chosen -J and we inversely project to determine actual rectangular geographic region. For perspective view (-p), optionally append /zmin/zmax. In case of perspective view (-p), a z-range (zmin, zmax) can be appended to indicate the third dimension. This needs to be done only when using the -Jz option, not when using only the -p option. In the latter case a perspective view of the plane is plotted, with no third dimension.
-Ddeviation
  gives the deviation in X units of the plot for 1.0 on the scaled trace, This may be a single number (applied equally in X and Y directions) or devX/devY
-F[rgb|gray]
  Fill trace (variable area, defaults to filling positive). rgb or gray gives the color with which the imagemask is filled.
-W
  Draw wiggle trace.

You must specify at least one of -W and -F.

## Optional Arguments

-A
  Flip the default byte-swap state (default assumes data have a bigendian byte-order).
-Cclip
  Sample value at which to clip data (clipping is applied to both positive and negative values).
-I
  Fill negative rather than positive excursions.

-K (more ...)
  Do not finalize the PostScript plot.
-Lnsamp
  Override number of samples per trace in reel header (program attempts to determine number of samples from each trace header if possible to allow for variable length traces).
-Mntrace
  Override number of traces specified in reel header. Program detects end of file (relatively) gracefully, but this parameter limits number of traces that the program attempts to read.
-N
  Normalize trace by dividing by rms amplitude over full trace length.

-O (more ...)
  Append to existing PostScript plot.

-P (more ...)
  Select “Portrait” plot orientation.
-Sheader_x/header_y
  Read trace locations from trace headers: header is either c for CDP, o for offset, b<num> to read a long starting at byte <num> in the header (first byte corresponds to num=0), or a number to fix the location. First parameter for x, second for y. Default has X and Y given by trace number.
-Uredvel
  Apply reduction velocity by shifting traces upwards by redvel/|offset|. Negative velocity removes existing reduction. Units should be consistent with offset in trace header and sample interval.

-V[level] (more ...)
  Select verbosity level [c].
-Xscale
  Multiply trace locations by scale before plotting.
-Ysample_int
  Override sample interval in reel header.
-Z
  Do not plot traces with zero rms amplitude.

-p[x|y|z]azim/elev[/zlevel][+wlon0/lat0[/z0]][+vx0/y0] (more ...)
  Select perspective view.

-t[transp] (more ...)
  Set PDF transparency level in percent.

-^
  Print a short message about the syntax of the command, then exits (NOTE: on Windows use just -).
+
  Print an extensive usage (help) message, including the explanation of any module-specific option (but not the GMT common options), then exits.
-?
  Print a complete usage (help) message, including the explanation of options, then exits.
--version
  Print GMT version and exit.
--show-datadir
  Print full path to GMT share directory and exit.

## Examples

To plot the SEGY file wa1.segy with normalized traces plotted at true offset locations, clipped at +-3 and with wiggle trace and positive variable area shading in black, use

>     pssegyz wa1.segy -JX5i/-5i -D1 -Jz0.05i -E180/5 -R0/100/0/10/0/10 \
>             -C3 -N -So -W -Fblack > segy.ps

## Bugs

Variable area involves filling four-sided figures of distressing generality. I know that some of the more complex degenerate cases are not dealt with correctly or at all; the incidence of such cases increases as viewing angles become more oblique, and particularly as the viewing elevation increases. Wiggle-trace plotting is not affected.

## See Also

gmt, pssegy

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