---
name: "bat2gts"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gerris"
version: "20131206+dfsg-21+b3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/bat2gts"
---

# bat2gts(1)

takes a bathymetry file (three columns: longitude, latitude (degree), depth (meters)) and generates a GTS depth file for the given domain.

## NAME

bat2gts - takes a bathymetry file (three columns: longitude, latitude (degree), depth (meters)) and generates a GTS depth file for the given domain.

## SYNOPSIS

**bat2gts** \[OPTIONS\]*\<*BATHY

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **bat2gts** command.

## OPTIONS

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (\`-'). A summary of options is included below.

- **--long=V**

  Set reference longitude to V (default 174 deg)

- **--lat=V**

  Set reference latitude  to V (default -41 deg)

- **--width=V**

  Set domain width (default is 500 km)

- **--depth=V**

  Set reference depth to V (default is 5000 meters)

- **--coast=V**

  Set coastline reference depth to V (default is 0.1 meters)

- **--rel=T**

  Set relative error allowed on bathymetry (default is 0.05)

- **--angle=V**

  Rotation of V degrees (default is 0)

- **-v, --verbose**

  Display info about the process

- **-h, --help**

  Display the help and exit.

## AUTHOR

bat2gts was written by Stephane Popinet \<s.popinet@niwa.co.nz\>.

This manual page was written by Ruben Molina \<rmolina@udea.edu.co\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).