pygmt.grdlandmask: Create a "wet-dry" mask grid from shoreline database #4433

This issue serves as the central place for discussing and tracking the implementation of the <wrapper> method in PyGMT. The issue will be closed when the initial implementation is complete. Progress is tracked at PyGMT: Wrapping GMT modules.

Documentation

• GMT: https://docs.generic-mapping-tools.org/dev/grdlandmask.html
• GMT.jl: https://www.generic-mapping-tools.org/GMTjl_doc/documentation/modules/grdlandmask
• PyGMT: https://www.pygmt.org/dev/api/generated/pygmt.grdlandmask.html

GMT Option Flags and Modifiers

☑️: Implemented; ⬜: To be implemented/discussed; Strikethrough: Won't implement.

• -G: outgrid
• -I: spacing
• -R: region
• -A: area_threshold
• -D: resolution
• -E: border_values
• -N: mask_values
• -V: verbose
• -r: registration
• -x: cores
• --PAR=value: Use pygmt.config instead.

Related GMT configurations

Notes on Input Formats

Linked Pull Requests

• Initial feature implementation Wrap grdlandmask #1273
• Add a tutorial or gallery example Add gallery example for grdlandmask #1469

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