Research Highlight
Nicolas Flament's paper "Linking plate tectonics and mantle flow to Earth's topography" was in the Top 5 most read Geology papers of 2014!
Download the open access paper.
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New Release: GPlates 1.5!
This latest version includes new functionality:
Project Files that allow users to save and reload GPlates sessions
A kinematics tool that can be used to create graphs of velocities and to export both tables and graphs.
New compatibility for import and export of GeoJSON files. 
Experimental release: 1.5+ Hellinger-tool
 A tool to calculate the Hellinger best-fitting rotation pole for segmented magnetic pick data has been added to an experimental release of GPlates that can be downloaded with all other 1.5 functionality. The tool uses a Python implementation of the FORTRAN program (Chang and others) and can import FORTRAN compatible data files.
 Download GPlates Version 1.5 or 1.5+Hellinger
GPlates Portal
Launched in late 2014, the Portal offers GPlates visualisation using your web browser. The tool was developed using Cesium opensource software. Recently added interactive datasets include the SRTM 15 Plus Topography dataset with adjustable scaling of terrain as well as the published magnetic isochron pick database (GSFML). PyGPlates powers some of the Portal functionality and some demonstrations are available on the site.
Visit the portal at http://portal.gplates.org
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Updated GPlates 1.5 Sample Data
The included Feature Collections and Rasters have been updated for release of GPlates 1.5.
New datasets include:
- Hotpots
- Large Igneous Provinces
- Continental polygons
- Flowlines and
- New Gravity and Vertical Gravity Gradient grid rasters Sandwell et al. 2014
Read more here. Compilation of the new data was primarily funded by 
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