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GEBCO Grid display

Viewing data from the GEBCO_08 Grid ©

The GEBCO grid display software allows you to view and access data from GEBCO's gridded bathymetric data sets

the GEBCO One Minute Grid — a global one arc-minute grid
the GEBCO_08 Grid — a global 30 arc-second grid

The software is available to download under licence and can be used with either or both gridded data sets. Please note that the software is designed for use with the complete, global data files. It will not work with subsets of the full global data sets.

It provides the means for displaying the data and accessing the data in netCDF and also in simple ASCII formats, including one suitable for conversion to a raster file which can be used with ESRI ArcGIS products.

The software has been developed by BODC to run on a PC running Microsoft Windows 95 or later. It is controlled by a series of drop-down menus and toolbar buttons. The current version is 2.13 and was released in April 2010.

Find out more about the GEBCO Grid display software and updates included in this release. (27 KB)

Features of the GEBCO Grid display software

Display GEBCO's gridded bathymetric data sets on your PC screen, colour coded for depth/elevation.
Export data in simple ASCII formats including a format that can be converted to a raster file, which can be used with ESRI ArcGIS products.
Export data in netCDF.
Choice of five map projections for display — Equidistant Cylindrical, Mercator, Miller Cylindrical, Lambert Cylindrical Equal-Area and Polar Stereographic.
Import your own file(s) of data points to display in the map area.
Select your geographic area of interest either by chart number, by latitude and longitude limits, or by an on-screen zoom box.
Zoom into and pan across your selected area.
Overlay a geographic grid for reference.

Software download

To download a compressed zip file containing the software, user guide and help files — gridview_software.zip (3090 KB), you need to be a registered BODC web user. If you have already registered please log in, alternatively, please register to become a new user and log in. Once you have logged in you must also familiarise yourself with the terms and conditions of use before downloading the software.

To download a compressed zip file containing the software, user guide and help files — gridview_software.zip (3090 KB), please click on the button below. You must read and agree to the terms and conditions of use before downloading the software.

Related GEBCO pages at BODC

Access GEBCO's gridded bathymetric data sets		The GEBCO Digital Atlas
GEBCO at BODC		Order the GEBCO Digital Atlas

Related BODC pages

BODC data products		Collaborative data products
BODC software products		External data products
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