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# Changelog
## Release v0.11.0 (2024/02/01)
[](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10578540)
### Highlights
* 🎉 **Eleventh minor release of PyGMT** 🎉
* Tutorial for table inputs ([#2722](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2722)) and gallery example for choropleth map ([#2796](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2796))
* Easy access to planetary relief datasets (Mercury, Venus, Moon, Mars, Pluto) ([#3028](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/3028), [#2906](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2906), [#2674](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2674), [#2847](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2847), [#3027](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/3027))
* Faster PyGMT by ~0.1 seconds for each module call ([#2930](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2930))
### New Features
* Support timedelta64 dtype as input ([#2884](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2884))
* Figure.text: Support passing in a list of angle/font/justify values ([#2720](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2720))
* Figure.savefig: Support saving figures in PPM (.ppm) format ([#2771](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2771))
* Figure.savefig: Support generating GeoTIFF file (with extension '.tiff') ([#2698](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2698))
* Figure.savefig: Add the 'worldfile' parameter to write a companion world file for raster images ([#2766](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2766))
### Enhancements
* geopandas: Correctly handle columns with integer values bigger than the largest 32-bit integer ([#2841](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2841))
* pyarrow: Support date32[day] and date64[ms] dtypes in pandas objects ([#2845](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2845))
* datasets.load_tile_map and Figure.tilemap: Add "zoom_adjust" parameter ([#2934](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2934))
* grdlandmask: Add common alias "cores" for "x" ([#2944](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2944))
* Figure.coast: Add alias "box" for "-F" ([#2823](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2823))
* Improve the error messages for unsupported numpy dtypes ([#2856](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2856))
* Set GMT_SESSION_NAME to a unique name on Windows for multiprocessing support ([#2938](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2938))
* Figure.savefig: Support .jpeg as JPEG image extension ([#2691](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2691))
* Figure.savefig: Support uppercase file extensions (e.g., PNG, PDF) ([#2697](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2697))
### Deprecations
* Rename API function Session.open_virtual_file to Session.open_virtualfile (remove in v0.15.0) ([#2996](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2996))
* NEP29: Set minimum required version to NumPy 1.23+ ([#2991](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2991))
* Figure.timestamp: Deprecate parameter 'justification' to 'justify' (remove in v0.13.0) ([#3002](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/3002))
* Figure.grdimage: Remove the unsupported 'img_out'/'A' parameter ([#2907](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2907))
### Bug Fixes
* pygmt.which: Fix the bug when passing multiple files ([#2726](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2726))
* pygmt.filter1d: Fix the bug that the first line is read as headers ([#2780](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2780))
* clib: Fix the bug when passing multiple columns of strings with variable lengths to the GMT C API ([#2719](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2719))
* Let kwargs_to_strings work with default values and positional arguments ([#2826](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2826))
* Figure.meca: Fix typo pricipal_axis -> principal_axis ([#2940](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2940))
### Documentation
* Add gallery example "Scale bar" ([#2822](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2822))
* Add gallery example for plotting connection lines ("connection" parameter of Figure.plot) ([#2999](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2999))
* Add gallery example showing how to adjust line segment ends (caps and joints) ([#3015](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/3015))
* Gallery example "Legend": Update regarding input data and multi-column legends ([#2762](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2762))
* Add the Japanese "PyGMT-HOWTO" tutorial to "External Resources" ([#2743](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2743))
* Figure.plot: Update docstring for "connection" parameter to GMT 6.5 ([#2994](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2994))
* Use consistent description for the "outgrid" parameter ([#2874](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2874))
* Improve the onboarding access checklist for contributors, maintainers and administrators ([#2656](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2656))
* Recommend Miniforge instead of Mambaforge ([#2833](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2833))
### Maintenance
* pyarrow: Check compatibility of pyarrow-backed pandas objects with numeric dtypes ([#2774](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2774))
* Switch away from Stamen basemaps ([#2717](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2717))
* Add the "validate_output_table_type" function to check the "output_type" parameter ([#2772](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2772))
* Create "skip_if_no" helper function to skip tests when missing a package ([#2883](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2883))
* Fix "fixture_xr_image" to open "earth_day_01d_p" directly with rioxarray ([#2963](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2963))
* Improve the way to import optional modules ([#2809](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2809))
* Move variable `__gmt_version__` to pygmt.clib to avoid cyclic-import errors ([#2713](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2713))
* Refactor the internal "_load_remote_dataset function" to simplify datasets' definitions ([#2917](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2917))
* Benchmark grdsample, grdfilter and sph2grd with fixed cores ([#2945](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2945))
* Setup Continuous Benchmarking workflow with pytest-codspeed ([#2908](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2908))
* Update output shape and mean values from some x2sys_cross tests ([#2986](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2986))
* Bump the GMT version in CI to 6.5.0 ([#2962](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2962))
* Bump ghostscript to 10.02.1 ([#2694](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2694))
* Add support for Python 3.12 ([#2711](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2711))
* NEP29: Test PyGMT on NumPy 1.26 ([#2692](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2692))
* CI: Trigger the cache_data workflow in PRs if cache files are added/deleted/updated ([#2939](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2939))
* CI: Test GMT dev version on Windows by building from source ([#2773](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2773))
* CI: Set cache-downloads to false to speedup the "Setup Micromamba" step ([#2946](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2946))
* CI: Run certain GitHub Actions workflows on official repo only ([#2951](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2951))
* CI: Run benchmarks if PR is labeled with "run/benchmark" ([#2958](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2958))
* CI: Run "GMT Dev Tests" if PR is labeled with "run/test-gmt-dev" ([#2960](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2960))
* CI: Require at least one code block separator for example files in the Style Checks workflow ([#2810](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2810))
* Add Mypy for static type checking ([#2808](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2808))
* TYP: Improve the doc style for type hints ([#2813](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2813))
* TYP: Add type hints support for pygmt.datasets.load_sample_data ([#2859](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2859))
* TYP: Add type hints for the "registration" parameter in pygmt.datasets.load_* functions ([#2867](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2867))
* TYP: Add type hints for "data_source" in load_earth_relief and load_earth_magnetic_anomaly functions ([#2849](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2849))
* TYP: Add type hints for parameters of Figure.timestamp([#2890](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2890))
* TYP: Add type hints for "terminator" in Figure.solar and simplify codes ([#2881](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2881))
* TYP: Add type hints for parameters of Figure.shift_origin, improve docstrings, and add inline examples ([#2879](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2879))
* doc: Convert the installation guides source code from ReST to Markdown ([#2992](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2992))
* doc: Convert overview source code from ReST to Markdown ([#2953](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2953))
* doc: Move compatibility table from README to separate file ([#2862](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2862))
* Enable the PDF format documentation in the ReadTheDocs site ([#2876](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2876))
* Add the full changelog link to the release drafter template ([#2838](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2838))
* Release Drafter: Automatically replace GitHub handles with names and links ([#2777](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2777))
* Exclude CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md, AUTHORSHIP.md and pygmt/tests directory from distributions ([#2957](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2957))
* Add Zenodo's GMT community to the maintainer's onboarding list ([#2761](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2761))
* Use ruff to lint and format codes, and remove flakeheaven/isort/black/blackdoc ([#2741](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/issues/2741))
* Use codespell to check common misspellings ([#2673](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2673))
* Use "# %%" as code block separators in examples ([#2662](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2662))
**Full Changelog**: <https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/compare/v0.10.0...v0.11.0>
### Contributors
* [Dongdong Tian](https://github.com/seisman)
* [Yvonne Fröhlich](https://github.com/yvonnefroehlich)
* [Wei Ji Leong](https://github.com/weiji14)
* [Michael Grund](https://github.com/michaelgrund)
* [Max Jones](https://github.com/maxrjones)
---
## Release v0.10.0 (2023/09/02)
[](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8303186)
### Highlights
* 🎉 **Tenth minor release of PyGMT** 🎉
* Support non-ASCII characters in Figure.text ([#2638](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2638)) and other method arguments ([#2584](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2584))
* Three new tutorials and seven new gallery examples
### Enhancements
* Figure.colorbar: Add alias for "Q" ([#2608](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2608))
* Figure.grdimage: Allow passing RGB xarray.DataArray images ([#2590](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2590))
* Figure.image: Add alias for "G" ([#2615](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2615))
* Figure.meca: Add aliases for "L", "T", and "Fr" ([#2546](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2546))
* clib.Session: Wrap the GMT_Get_Common API function ([#2500](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2500))
* pygmt.grdfill: Add alias for "N" ([#2618](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2618))
* pygmt.select: Add aliases for "C", "F", and "L" ([#2466](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2466))
* pygmt.show_versions: Show versions of IPython and rioxarray ([#2492](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2492))
* Better handling of optional virtual files (e.g., shading in Figure.grdimage) ([#2493](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2493))
### Deprecations
* Remove the unused pygmt.test() function ([#2652](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2652))
* Figure.image: Deprecate parameter "bit_color" to "bitcolor" (remove in v0.12.0) ([#2635](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2635))
* Figure.text: Remove the deprecated "incols" parameter (deprecated since v0.8.0) ([#2473](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2473))
* NEP29: Set minimum required version to Python 3.9+ ([#2487](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2487))
* NEP29: Set minimum required version to NumPy 1.22+ ([#2586](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2586))
### Bug Fixes
* load_earth_mask: Keep data's encoding to correctly infer data's registration and gtype information ([#2632](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2632))
* Geopandas integration: Mapping int/int64 to int32 for OGR_GMT format ([#2592](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2592))
* Figure.meca: Let the "scale" parameter accept int/float/str values ([#2566](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2566))
* Figure.meca: Fix beachball offsetting for ndarray input (requires GMT>6.4.0) ([#2576](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2576))
### Documentation
* Document the default CPT for GMT remote datasets ([#2573](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2573))
* Add tutorial to explain naming of PyGMT figure elements ([#2383](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2383))
* Add tutorial to show interactive data visualization via `panel` ([#2498](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2498))
* Add tutorial for cartesian histograms ([#2445](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2445))
* Add gallery example to show usage of dcw parameter in Figure.coast ([#2428](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2428))
* Add gallery example to show usage of tile maps ([#2585](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2585))
* Add gallery example showing how to build an envelope around a curve ([#2587](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2587))
* Add gallery example for plotting an RGB image from an xarray.DataArray ([#2641](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2641))
* Add gallery example "Quoted lines" (`style="q"`) ([#2563](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2563))
* Add gallery example "Decorated lines" (`style="~"`) ([#2564](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2564))
* Add gallery example "Cross-section along a transect" ([#2515](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2515))
### Maintenance
* Use substitutions to show the minimum required Python and GMT versions dynamically in installation guides ([#2488](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2488))
* Use np.asarray to convert a 1-D array to datetime type in array_to_datetime ([#2481](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2481))
* Use consistent docstrings for test files ([#2578](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2578))
* Use concurrency to cancel previous runs ([#2589](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2589))
* Set date_format to ISO8601 to silence pandas 2.0 UserWarning on read_csv ([#2569](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2569))
* Remove dummy_context and use contextlib.nullcontext instead ([#2491](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2491))
* NEP29: Test PyGMT on NumPy 1.25 ([#2581](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2581))
* Fix tests for Aug 2023 updated remote datasets ([#2636](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2636))
* Figure.meca: Refactor the two tests for offsetting beachballs ([#2572](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2572))
* Figure.meca: Refactor tests for plotting multiple focal mechanisms ([#2565](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2565))
* Figure.meca: Refactor tests for plotting a single focal mechanism ([#2533](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2533))
* Figure.meca: Add a test for passing event names via pandas.DataFrame ([#2582](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2582))
* Exclude bots from contributors in release drafter ([#2484](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2484))
* Exclude DVC files from source/binary distributions ([#2634](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2634))
* CI: Use mamba-org/provision-with-micromamba to setup micromamba ([#2435](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2435))
* CI: Migrate provision-with-micromamba to setup-micromamba ([#2536](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2536))
* CI: Run dev tests on Scientific Python nightly wheels ([#2612](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2612))
* CI: Remove the deprecated cml-publish command from the dvc-diff workflow ([#2559](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2559))
* CI: Fix and simplify the dvc-diff workflow ([#2549](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2549))
* CI: Add the "Doctests" workflow to run doctests weekly ([#2456](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2456))
* CI: Add detailed descriptions in the workflow files and update maintainer guides ([#2496](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2496))
* Add private function _validate_data_input to validate input data ([#2595](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2595))
### Contributors
* [Dongdong Tian](https://github.com/seisman)
* [Yvonne Fröhlich](https://github.com/yvonnefroehlich)
* [Wei Ji Leong](https://github.com/weiji14)
* [Michael Grund](https://github.com/michaelgrund)
* [Jing-Hui Tong](https://github.com/JingHuiTong)
* [Max Jones](https://github.com/maxrjones)
---
## Release v0.9.0 (2023/03/31)
[](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7772533)
### Highlights
* 🎉 **Ninth minor release of PyGMT** 🎉
* Add Figure.tilemap to plot XYZ tile maps ([#2394](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2394))
* Add function to load raster tile maps using contextily ([#2125](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2125))
* Eleven new/updated gallery and inline examples
### New Features
* Add load_earth_mask function for GSHHG Global Earth Mask dataset ([#2310](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2310))
* Add Figure.timestamp to plot the GMT timestamp logo ([#2208](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2208), [#2425](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2425))
### Enhancements
* pygmt.surface: Add aliases for "C", "L", "M", and "T" ([#2321](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2321))
* Figure.meca: Add aliases for "C", "E", "G", and "W" ([#2345](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2345))
* Figure.colorbar: Add aliases for "L" and "Z" ([#2357](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2357))
### Deprecations
* NEP29: Set minimum required version to NumPy 1.21+ ([#2389](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2389))
* Recommend Figure.timestamp and remove timestamp (U) alias from all plotting methods ([#2135](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2135))
* Remove the deprecated load_fractures_compilation function (deprecated since v0.6.0) ([#2303](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2303))
* Remove the deprecated load_hotspots function (deprecated since v0.6.0) ([#2309](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2309))
* Remove the deprecated load_japan_quakes function (deprecated since v0.6.0) ([#2301](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2301))
* Remove the deprecated load_mars_shape function (deprecated since v0.6.0) ([#2304](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2304))
* Remove the deprecated load_ocean_ridge_points function (deprecated since v0.6.0) ([#2308](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2308))
* Remove the deprecated load_sample_bathymetry function (deprecated since v0.6.0) ([#2305](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2305))
* Remove the deprecated load_usgs_quakes function (deprecated since v0.6.0) ([#2306](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2306))
* pygmt.grdtrack: Remove the warning about the incorrect parameter order of 'points, grid' (warned since v0.7.0) ([#2312](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2312))
### Bug Fixes
* GMTDataArrayAccessor: Fallback to default grid registration and gtype if the grid source file doesn't exist ([#2009](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2009))
* Figure.subplot: Fix setting "sharex", "sharey", and "frame" in combination with Figure.basemap ([#2417](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2417))
* Figure.subplot: Fix strange positioning issues after exiting subplot ([#2427](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2427))
* pygmt.config: Correctly reset to default values that contain whitespaces ([#2331](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2331))
* pygmt.set_display: Do nothing when the display method is set to 'none' ([#2450](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2450))
### Documentation
* GMTDataArrayAccessor: Add inline examples for setting GMT specific properties ([#2370](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2370))
* Document limitations of GMT xarray accessors ([#2375](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2375))
* Revise the notes about registration and gtype of remote datasets ([#2384](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2384))
* Add project keywords to the pyproject.toml file ([#2315](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2315))
* Add inline example for colorbar ([#2373](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2373))
* Add inline example for grdview ([#2381](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2381))
* Add inline example for load_earth_mask ([#2355](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2355))
* Add inline example for load_earth_vertical_gravity_gradient ([#2356](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2356))
* Add inline examples and improve documentation for pygmt.set_display ([#2458](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2458))
* Add gallery example showing how to use patterns via the "fill" parameter (or similar parameters) ([#2329](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2329))
* Add gallery example for scatter plot with histograms on sides ([#2410](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2410))
* Add gallery example showing how to use advanced grdgradient via the "azimuth" & "normalize" parameters ([#2354](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2354))
* Add gallery example for the Figure.timestamp method ([#2391](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2391))
* Expand gallery example "Colorbar" for categorical data ([#2395](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2395))
* Expand gallery example "Focal mechanisms" to use "*fill" and "pen" ([#2433](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2433))
* Add working example to quickstart section of README ([#2369](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2369))
* Recommend Mambaforge and mamba in the installation and contributing guides ([#2385](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2385))
### Maintenance
* Add the GMTSampleData class to simplify the load_sample_data and list_sample_data functions ([#2342](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2342))
* Add a new target 'doctest' to run doctests only and simplify Makefile ([#2443](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2443))
* Add a package-level variable `__gmt_version__` for development use ([#2366](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2366))
* Allow printing show_versions() to in-memory buffer to enable testing ([#2399](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2399))
* Accept a dict containing configurable GMT parameters in build_arg_string ([#2324](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2324))
* Publish to TestPyPI and PyPI via OpenID Connect token ([#2453](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2453))
* Remove --sdist --wheel flags from the build command ([#2420](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2420))
* Replace ModuleNotFoundError with the more general ImportError ([#2441](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2441))
### Contributors
* [Dongdong Tian](https://github.com/seisman)
* [Yvonne Fröhlich](https://github.com/yvonnefroehlich)
* [Wei Ji Leong](https://github.com/weiji14)
* [Michael Grund](https://github.com/michaelgrund)
* [Will Schlitzer](https://github.com/willschlitzer)
* [Jing-Hui Tong](https://github.com/JingHuiTong)
* [Max Jones](https://github.com/maxrjones)
---
## Release v0.8.0 (2022/12/30)
[](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7481934)
### Highlights
* 🎉 **Eighth minor release of PyGMT** 🎉
* Added support for tab auto-completion for all GMT default parameters ([#2213](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2213))
* Created functions to download GMT remote datasets ([#1786](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/issues/1786))
* Wrapped the ternary module ([#1431](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1431))
* Added an intro tutorial for creating contour maps ([#2126](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2126))
### New Features
* Add load_earth_free_air_anomaly function for Earth free-air anomaly dataset ([#2238](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2238))
* Add load_earth_geoid function for Earth Geoid dataset ([#2236](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2236))
* Add load_earth_magnetic_anomaly function for Earth magnetic anomaly dataset ([#2196](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2196), [#2239](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2239), [#2241](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2241))
* Add load_earth_vertical_gravity_gradient function for Earth vertical gravity gradient dataset ([#2240](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2240))
* load_earth_relief: Add the support of data sources "gebco" , "gebcosi", and "synbath" ([#1818](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1818), [#2162](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2162), [#2192](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2192), [#2281](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2281))
* Wrap ternary ([#1431](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1431))
### Enhancements
* Set gridline (if available) as the default grid registration for remote datasets ([#2266](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2266))
* Add ternary sample dataset ([#2211](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2211))
* Figure.ternary: Add parameters "alabel", "blabel", and "clabel" ([#2139](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2139))
* Figure.psconvert: Add a new alias "gs_path" (-G) ([#2076](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2076))
* Figure.psconvert: Check if the given prefix is valid ([#2170](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2170))
* Figure.savefig: Raise a FileNotFoundError if the parent directory doesn't exist ([#2160](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2160))
* Figure.show: Allow keyword arguments passed to Figure.psconvert ([#2078](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2078))
* pygmt.config: Support tab auto-completion for all GMT defaults ([#2213](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2213))
* Rewrite the meca function to support offsetting and labeling beachballs ([#1784](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1784))
### Deprecations
* Deprecate xshift (X) and yshift (Y) aliases from all plotting modules (remove in v0.12.0) ([#2071](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2071))
* Figure.plot: Deprecate parameter "color" to "fill" (remove in v0.12.0) ([#2177](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2177))
* Figure.plot3d: Deprecate parameter "color" to "fill" (remove in v0.12.0) ([#2178](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2178))
* Figure.rose: Deprecate parameter color to fill (remove in v0.12.0) ([#2181](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2181))
* Figure.velo: Deprecate parameters "color" to "fill" and "uncertaintycolor" to "uncertaintyfill" (remove in v0.12.0) ([#2206](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2206))
* Figure.wiggle: Deprecate parameter "color" (remove in v0.12.0) and add "fillpositive"/"fillnegative" ([#2205](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2205))
* Figure.psconvert: Remove the deprecated parameter "icc_gray" (deprecated since v0.6.0) ([#2267](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2267))
* Figure.text: Deprecate parameter "incols" to "use_word" (remove in v0.10.0) ([#1964](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1964))
### Bug Fixes
* Figure.meca: Fix line and circle of offset parameter for dict/pandas input ([#2226](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2226))
* Figure.meca: Fix beachball offsetting with dict/pandas inputs ([#2202](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2202))
* Figure.meca: Fix the bug when passing a dict of scalar values to the spec parameter ([#2174](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2174))
* Figure.ternary: Fix the crash for pd.DataFrame input with GMT 6.3.0-6.4.0 ([#2274](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2274))
### Documentation
* Add intro tutorial section for creating contour map ([#2126](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2126))
* Add gallery example for Figure.ternary method ([#2138](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2138))
* Add gallery example showing the usage of vertical and horizontal bars ([#1521](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1521))
* Add inline example for coast ([#2142](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2142))
* Add inline example for grdcontour ([#2148](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2148))
* Add inline example for grdimage ([#2146](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2146))
* Add inline example for grd2cpt ([#2145](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2145))
* Add inline example for solar ([#2147](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2147))
* Add SciPy 2022 talk to presentations ([#2053](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2053))
* Add instructions to install pygmt kernel for Jupyter users ([#2153](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2153))
* Improve instructions about setting GMT_LIBRARY_PATH env variable ([#2136](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2136))
* Add badges for conda package version, license, and twitter ([#2081](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2081))
* Add PyOpenSci peer reviewed badge to main README.rst ([#2112](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2112))
### Maintenance
* Add an internal function to load GMT remote datasets ([#2200](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2200))
* Add support for Python 3.11 ([#2172](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2172))
* NEP29: Test PyGMT on NumPy 1.24 ([#2256](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2256))
* NEP29: Test PyGMT on NumPy 1.23 and 1.21 ([#2057](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2057))
* Bump the GMT version in CI to 6.4.0 ([#1990](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1990))
* Update baseline images for GMT 6.4.0 ([#1883](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1883))
* Migrate Continuous Documentation from Vercel to Readthedocs ([#1859](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1859))
* Set nested_sections to False for Sphinx-Gallery 0.11.0 regarding a correct navgation bar ([#2046](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2046))
* Convert bug report, feature, and module request issue templates into yaml configured forms ([#2091](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2091), [#2214](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2214), [#2216](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2216))
* doc: Set different html_baseurl for stable and dev versions ([#2158](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2158))
* Update the instructions for checking README syntax ([#2265](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2265))
* Use longname placeholders in the docstrings for common options ([#1932](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1932))
* Add optional dependencies to pyproject.toml ([#2069](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2069))
* Migrate project metadata from setup.py to pyproject.toml following PEP621 ([#1848](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1848))
* Move blackdoc options to pyproject.toml ([#2093](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2093))
* Move docformatter options from Makefile to pyproject.toml ([#2072](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2072))
* Replace flake8 with flakeheaven ([#1847](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1847))
* Add a workflow and Makefile target to test old GMT versions every Tuesday ([#2079](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2079))
* Check if a module outputs to a temporary file using "Path().stat().st_size > 0" ([#2224](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2224))
* pygmt.show_versions: Show GMT binary version and hide the Python interpreter path ([#1838](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1838))
* Refactor grdview and grdimage to use virtualfile_from_data ([#1988](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1988))
* Use the org-wide code of conduct ([#2020](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/2020))
### Contributors
* [Dongdong Tian](https://github.com/seisman)
* [Yvonne Fröhlich](https://github.com/yvonnefroehlich)
* [Will Schlitzer](https://github.com/willschlitzer)
* [Michael Grund](https://github.com/michaelgrund)
* [Wei Ji Leong](https://github.com/weiji14)
* [Max Jones](https://github.com/maxrjones)
---
## Release v0.7.0 (2022/07/01)
[](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6702566)
### Highlights
* 🎉 **Seventh minor release of PyGMT** 🎉
* Wrapped 3 GMT modules
* Added two new PyGMT tutorials and EGU 2022 short course to external resources page ([#1971](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1971) and [#1935](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1935))
### New Features
* Wrap binstats ([#1652](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1652))
* Wrap filter1d ([#1512](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1512))
* Wrap dimfilter ([#1492](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1492))
### Enhancements
* Support passing data in NumPy int8, int16, uint8 and uint16 dtypes to GMT ([#1963](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1963))
* inset: Add region and projection aliases and fix two examples ([#1931](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1931))
* basemap: Plotting frames if required parameters are not given ([#1909](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1909))
* basemap: Added box alias for F ([#1894](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1894))
* Add a sample dataset maunaLoa_co2 ([#1961](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1961))
* Add a sample dataset notre_dame_topography ([#1920](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1920))
* Add a sample dataset earth_relief_holes ([#1921](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1921))
### Deprecations
* NEP29: Set minimum required version to NumPy 1.20+ ([#1985](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1985))
* Figure.wiggle: Remove parameter 'columns', use 'incols' instead. ([#1977](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1977))
* Figure.histogram and pygmt.info: Remove parameter 'table', use 'data' instead ([#1975](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1975))
* pygmt.surface: Remove parameter 'outfile', use 'outgrid' instead ([#1976](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1976))
* blockm/contour/plot/plot3d/rose/surface/wiggle: Change the parameter order of data array and input arrays ([#1978](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1978))
### Bug Fixes
* grdtrack: Fix the bug when profile is given ([#1867](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1867))
* Fix the grid accessor (grid registration and type) for 3D grids ([#1913](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1913))
### Documentation
* Add instructions to install PyGMT using mamba ([#1967](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1967))
* Improve two gallery examples regarding categorical colormaps ([#1934](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1934))
* Add inline example to dimfilter ([#1956](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1956))
* Add inline example to surface ([#1953](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1953))
* Add inline example to grdfill ([#1954](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1954))
* Add inline code examples to contributing guidelines ([#1924](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1924))
* Add thumbnail images to the external resources page ([#1941](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1941))
* Redesign the team gallery using sphinx-design's card directive ([#1937](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1937))
### Maintenance
* Fix broken 'Improve this page' links using sphinx variable page_source_suffix ([#1969](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1969))
* Split up functions for loading datasets ([#1955](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1955))
* Set setuptools_scm fallback_version to follow PEP440 ([#1945](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1945))
* Refactor text to use virtualfile_from_data ([#1121](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1121))
* Run full tests only on Wednesday scheduled jobs ([#1833](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1833))
* Run GMT Dev Tests on Monday, Wednesday and Friday only ([#1922](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1922))
* Update GMT Dev Tests workflow to test on macOS-12 and ubuntu-22.04 ([#1918](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1918))
### Contributors
* [Dongdong Tian](https://github.com/seisman)
* [Will Schlitzer](https://github.com/willschlitzer)
* [Wei Ji Leong](https://github.com/weiji14)
* [Andre L. Belem](https://github.com/andrebelem)
* [Yvonne Fröhlich](https://github.com/yvonnefroehlich)
* [Max Jones](https://github.com/maxrjones)
* [Jack Beagley](https://github.com/jackbeagley)
* [Michael Grund](https://github.com/michaelgrund)
---
## Release v0.6.1 (2022/04/11)
[](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6426493)
### Highlights
* Patch release which allows passing None explicitly to pygmt functions ([#1872](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1872), [#1862](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1862), [#1857](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1857), [#1815](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1815))
* A new tutorial for grdhisteq ([#1821](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1821))
### Bug Fixes
* Fix pathlib support for plot and plot3d ([#1831](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1831))
### Documentation
* Add inline example for grdvolume ([#1726](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1726))
* Format author affiliations in CITATION.cff and AUTHORS.md ([#1844](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1844))
### Maintenance
* NEP29: Run PyGMT tests and docs build on Python 3.10 ([#1868](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1868))
* Let pygmt.show_versions() report geopandas version ([#1846](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1846))
* Refactor build_arg_string to also deal with infile and outfile ([#1837](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1837))
* Migrate build system settings to pyproject.toml following pep517 and pep518 ([#1845](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1845))
* Use the build package to build sdist and wheel distributions ([#1823](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1823))
* Let slash command /test-gmt-dev report job URL ([#1866](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1866))
### Contributors
* [Dongdong Tian](https://github.com/seisman)
* [Max Jones](https://github.com/maxrjones)
* [Wei Ji Leong](https://github.com/weiji14)
* [Michael Grund](https://github.com/michaelgrund)
* [Will Schlitzer](https://github.com/willschlitzer)
---
## Release v0.6.0 (2022/03/14)
[](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6349217)
### Highlights
* 🎉 **Sixth minor release of PyGMT** 🎉
* New inline examples for 14 functions!
* Single `pygmt.datasets.load_sample_data` function for loading any sample dataset ([#1685](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1685))
* Minimum required GMT version is now 6.3.0 ([#1649](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1649))
### New Features
* Wrap triangulate ([#731](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/731))
* Wrap grdhisteq ([#1433](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1433))
### Enhancements
* Add alias for blockmean's -S parameter ([#1601](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1601))
* Allow users to set the waiting time when displaying a preview image using an external viewer ([#1618](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1618))
* Raise an exception if the given parameter is not recognized and is longer than 2 characters ([#1792](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1792))
### Deprecations
* Figure.plot/plot3d: Remove parameter "sizes", use "size" instead ([#1809](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1809))
* Figure.contour/plot/plot3d/rose: Remove parameter "columns", use "incols" instead ([#1806](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1806))
* Figure.psconvert: Add new aliases and deprecate parameter "icc_gray" (remove in v0.8.0) ([#1673](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1673))
* NEP29: Set minimum required version to Python 3.8+ ([#1676](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1676))
* NEP29: Set minimum required version to NumPy 1.19+ ([#1675](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1675))
### Bug Fixes
* Allow passing arguments containing spaces into pygmt functions ([#1487](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1487))
* Fix the spacing parameter processing for many modules ([#1805](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1805))
* Fix missing gcmt convention keys in pygmt.meca ([#1611](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1611))
* Fix the spacing parameter and check required parameters in xyz2grd ([#1804](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1804))
* Fix UnicodeDecodeError with shapefiles for plot and plot3d ([#1695](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1695))
### Documentation
* Add a shorter video introduction to the home page ([#1769](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1769))
* Add Liam's 2021 ROSES video to learning resources ([#1760](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1760))
* Add quick conda install instructions in main README ([#1717](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1717))
* Add instructions for reporting upstream bugs to contributing.md ([#1610](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1610))
* List key development dependencies to install for new contributors ([#1783](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1783))
* Update Code of Conduct to v2.1 ([#1754](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1754))
* Update the contributing guide about pushing changes to dvc and git ([#1776](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1776))
* Update dataset links to the new remote-datasets site ([#1785](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1785))
* Add more sections to the API docs ([#1643](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1643))
* Add an "add a title" to starter tutorial ([#1688](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1688))
* Reorganize tutorial section in the documentation sidebar ([#1603](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1603))
* Update the starter tutorial introduction ([#1607](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1607))
* Add gallery example to showcase blockmean ([#1598](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1598))
* Add gallery example to showcase project ([#1696](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1696))
* Update text symbol gallery example ([#1648](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1648))
* Add inline example for blockmean ([#1729](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1729))
* Add inline example for blockmedian ([#1730](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1730))
* Add inline example for blockmode ([#1731](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1731))
* Add inline example for grd2xyz ([#1713](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1713))
* Add inline example for grdclip ([#1711](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1711))
* Add inline example for grdcut ([#1689](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1689))
* Add inline example for grdgradient ([#1720](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1720))
* Add inline example for grdlandmask ([#1721](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1721))
* Add inline example for grdproject ([#1722](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1722))
* Add inline example for grdsample ([#1724](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1724))
* Add inline example for grdtrack ([#1725](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1725))
* Add inline example for select ([#1756](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1756))
* Add inline example for sph2grd ([#1718](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1718))
* Add inline example for xyz2grd ([#1719](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1719))
### Maintenance
* Add a test to make sure the incols parameter works for pandas.DataFrame ([#1771](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1771))
* Add load_static_earth_relief function for internal testing ([#1727](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1727))
* Migrate pylint settings from .pylintrc to pyproject.toml ([#1755](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1755))
* NEP29: Test PyGMT on NumPy 1.22 ([#1701](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1701))
* Replace pkg_resources with importlib.metadata ([#1674](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1674))
* Update deprecated -g common option syntax ([#1670](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1670))
* Update deprecated -JG syntax ([#1659](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1659))
* Use pytest-doctestplus to skip some inline doctests ([#1790](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1790))
* Use Python 3.10 in Continuous Integration tests ([#1577](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1577))
### Contributors
* [Will Schlitzer](https://github.com/willschlitzer)
* [Max Jones](https://github.com/maxrjones)
* [Dongdong Tian](https://github.com/seisman)
* [Michael Grund](https://github.com/michaelgrund)
* [Wei Ji Leong](https://github.com/weiji14)
* [Julius Busecke](https://github.com/jbusecke)
---
## Release v0.5.0 (2021/10/29)
[](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5607255)
### Highlights
* 🎉 **Fifth minor release of PyGMT** 🎉
* Wrapped 12 GMT modules
* Standardized and reorder table inputs to be 'data, x, y, z' across functions ([#1479](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1479))
* Added a gallery example showing usage of line objects from a geopandas.GeoDataFrame ([#1474](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1474))
### New Features
* Wrap blockmode ([#1456](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1456))
* Wrap gmtselect ([#1429](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1429))
* Wrap grd2xyz ([#1284](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1284))
* Wrap grdproject ([#1377](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1377))
* Wrap grdsample ([#1380](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1380))
* Wrap grdvolume ([#1299](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1299))
* Wrap nearneighbor ([#1379](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1379))
* Wrap project ([#1122](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1122))
* Wrap sph2grd ([#1434](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1434))
* Wrap sphdistance ([#1383](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1383))
* Wrap sphinterpolate ([#1418](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1418))
* Wrap xyz2grd ([#636](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/636))
* Add function to import seafloor crustal age dataset ([#1471](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1471))
* Add pygmt.load_dataarray function ([#1439](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1439))
### Enhancements
* Expand table-like input options for Figure.contour ([#1531](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1531))
* Expand table-like input options for pygmt.surface ([#1455](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1455))
* Raise GMTInvalidInput exception when required z is missing ([#1478](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1478))
* Add support for passing pathlib.Path objects as filenames ([#1382](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1382))
* Allow passing a list to the 'incols' parameter for blockm, grdtrack and text ([#1475](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1475))
* Plot square or cube by default for OGR/GMT files with Point/MultiPoint types ([#1438](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1438))
* Plot square or cube by default for geopandas Point/MultiPoint types ([#1405](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1405))
* Add area_thresh to COMMON_OPTIONS ([#1426](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1426))
* Add function to import Mars dataset ([#1420](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1420))
* Add function to import hotspot dataset ([#1386](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1386))
### Deprecations
* pygmt.blockm*: Reorder input parameters to 'data, x, y, z' ([#1565](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1565))
* pygmt.surface: Reorder input parameters to 'data, x, y, z' ([#1562](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1562))
* Figure.contour: Reorder input parameters to 'data, x, y, z' ([#1561](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1561))
* Figure.plot3d: Reorder input parameters to 'data, x, y, z' ([#1560](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1560))
* Figure.plot: Reorder input parameters to "data, x, y" ([#1547](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1547))
* Figure.rose: Reorder input parameters to 'data, length, azimuth' ([#1546](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1546))
* Figure.wiggle: Reorder input parameter to 'data, x, y, z' ([#1548](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1548))
* Figure.histogram: Deprecate parameter "table" to "data" (remove in v0.7.0) ([#1540](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1540))
* pygmt.info: Deprecate parameter "table" to "data" (remove in v0.7.0) ([#1538](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1538))
* Figure.wiggle: Deprecate parameter "columns" to "incols" (remove in v0.7.0) ([#1504](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1504))
* pygmt.surface: Deprecate parameter "outfile" to "outgrid" (remove in v0.7.0) ([#1458](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1458))
* NEP29: Set minimum required version to NumPy 1.18+ ([#1430](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1430))
### Bug Fixes
* Allow GMTDataArrayAccessor to work on sliced datacubes ([#1581](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1581))
* Allow non-string color when input data is a matrix or a file for plot and plot3d ([#1526](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1526))
* Raise RuntimeWarning instead of an exception for irregular grid spacing ([#1530](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1530))
* Raise an error for zero increment grid ([#1484](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1484))
### Documentation
* Add CITATION.cff file for PyGMT ([#1592](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1592))
* Update region and projection standard docstrings ([#1510](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1510))
* Document gmtwhich -Ga option to download to appropriate cache folder ([#1554](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1554))
* Add gallery example showing the usage of text symbols ([#1522](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1522))
* Add gallery example for grdgradient ([#1428](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1428))
* Add gallery example for grdlandmask ([#1469](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1469))
* Add missing aliases to pygmt.grdgradient ([#1515](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1515))
* Add missing aliases to pygmt.sphdistance ([#1516](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1516))
* Add missing aliases to pygmt.blockmean and pygmt.blockmedian ([#1500](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1500))
* Add missing aliases to pygmt.Figure.wiggle ([#1498](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1498))
* Add missing aliases to pygmt.Figure.velo ([#1497](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1497))
* Add missing aliases to pygmt.surface ([#1501](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1501))
* Add missing aliases to pygmt.Figure.plot3d ([#1503](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1503))
* Add missing aliases to pygmt.grdlandmask ([#1423](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1423))
* Add missing aliases to pygmt.grdtrack ([#1499](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1499))
* Add missing aliases to pygmt.Figure.plot ([#1502](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1502))
* Add missing aliases to pygmt.Figure.text ([#1448](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1448))
* Add missing aliases to pygmt.Figure.histogram ([#1451](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1451))
* Add missing alias to pygmt.Figure.legend ([#1453](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1453))
* Add missing aliases to pygmt.Figure.rose ([#1452](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1452))
* Add missing alias to pygmt.Figure.grdview ([#1450](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1450))
* Add missing aliases to pygmt.Figure.image.py ([#1449](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1449))
* Add missing common options to contour ([#1446](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1446))
* Add missing 'incols' alias to info ([#1476](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1476))
### Maintenance
* Add support for Python 3.10 ([#1591](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1591))
* Make IPython partially optional on CI to increase test coverage of figure.py ([#1496](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1496))
* Use mamba to install Continuous Integration dependencies ([#841](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/841))
* Remove deprecated codecov dependency from CI ([#1494](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1494))
* Add the use of Flake8 to check examples and fix warnings ([#1477](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1477))
### Contributors
* [Dongdong Tian](https://github.com/seisman)
* [Michael Grund](https://github.com/michaelgrund)
* [Will Schlitzer](https://github.com/willschlitzer)
* [Wei Ji Leong](https://github.com/weiji14)
* [Max Jones](https://github.com/maxrjones)
* [Yohai Magen](https://github.com/yohaimagen)
* [Amanda Leaman](https://github.com/arleaman)
* [@daroari](https://github.com/daroari)
* [@obaney](https://github.com/obaney)
* [@srijac](https://github.com/srijac)
* [Andrés Ignacio Torres](https://github.com/aitorres)
* [Becky Salvage](https://github.com/BeckySalvage)
* [Claudio Satriano](https://github.com/claudiodsf)
* [Jamie J Quinn](https://github.com/JamieJQuinn)
* [@carocamargo](https://github.com/carocamargo)
----
## Release v0.4.1 (2021/08/07)
[](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5162003)
### Highlights
* 🎉 **Patch release with multiple gallery examples** 🎉
* Change default GitHub branch name from "master" to "main" to increase inclusivity ([#1360](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1360))
* Add a "[PyGMT Team](https://www.pygmt.org/latest/team.html)" page ([#1308](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1308))
### Enhancements
* Add common alias "verbose" (V) to grdlandmask and savefig ([#1343](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1343))
### Bug Fixes
* Change invalid input conditions in grdtrack ([#1376](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1376))
* Fix bug so that x2sys_cross accepts dataframes with NaN values ([#1369](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1369))
### Documentation
* Combine documentation and compatibility sections in README.rst ([#1415](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1415))
* Add a gallery example for grdclip ([#1396](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1396))
* Add a gallery example for different colormaps in subplots ([#1394](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1394))
* Add a gallery example for the contour method ([#1387](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1387))
* Add a gallery example showing individual custom symbols ([#1348](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1348))
* Add common option aliases to COMMON_OPTIONS in decorators.py ([#1407](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1407))
* Add return statement to grdclip and grdgradient docstring ([#1390](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1390))
* Restructure contributing.md to separate docs/general info from contributing code section ([#1339](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1339))
### Maintenance
* Add tomli as a dependency in GMT Dev Tests ([#1401](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1401))
* NEP29: Test PyGMT on NumPy 1.21 ([#1355](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1355))
### Contributors
* [Max Jones](https://github.com/maxrjones)
* [Will Schlitzer](https://github.com/willschlitzer)
* [Michael Grund](https://github.com/michaelgrund)
* [Wei Ji Leong](https://github.com/weiji14)
* [Yohai Magen](https://github.com/yohaimagen)
* [Jiayuan Yao](https://github.com/core-man)
* [Dongdong Tian](https://github.com/seisman)
* [Kadatatlu Kishore](https://github.com/kadatatlukishore)
* [@sean0921](https://github.com/sean0921)
* [Soham Banerjee](https://github.com/soham4abc)
----
## Release v0.4.0 (2021/06/20)
[](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4978645)
### Highlights
* 🎉 **Fourth minor release of PyGMT** 🎉
* Add tutorials for datetime data ([#1193](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1193)) and plotting vectors ([#1070](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1070))
* Support tab auto-completion in Jupyter ([#1282](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1282))
* Minimum required GMT version is now 6.2.0 or newer ([#1321](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1321))
### New Features
* Wrap blockmean ([#1092](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1092))
* Wrap grdclip ([#1261](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1261))
* Wrap grdfill ([#1276](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1276))
* Wrap grdgradient ([#1269](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1269))
* Wrap grdlandmask ([#1273](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1273))
* Wrap histogram ([#1072](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1072))
* Wrap rose ([#794](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/794))
* Wrap solar ([#804](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/804))
* Wrap velo ([#525](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/525))
* Wrap wiggle ([#1145](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1145))
* Add new function to load fractures sample data ([#1101](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1101))
* Allow load_earth_relief() to load the original land-only 01s or 03s SRTM tiles ([#976](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/976))
* Handle geopandas and shapely geometries via geo_interface link ([#1000](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1000))
* Support passing string type numbers, geographic coordinates and datetimes ([#975](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/975))
### Enhancements
* Allow passing an array as intensity for plot3d ([#1109](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1109))
* Allow passing an array as intensity for plot ([#1065](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1065))
* Allow passing xr.DataArray as shading to grdimage ([#750](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/750))
* Allow x/y/z input for blockmedian and blockmean ([#1319](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1319))
* Allow pygmt.which to accept a list of filenames as input ([#1312](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1312))
* Refactor blockm* to use virtualfile_from_data and improve i/o ([#1280](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1280))
* Refactor grdtrack to use virtualfile_from_data and improve i/o to pandas.DataFrame ([#1189](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1189))
* Add parameters to histogram ([#1249](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1249))
* Add alias 'aspatial' to methods blockmedian, info, plot, plot3d, surface ([#1090](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1090))
* Add alias 'registration' to methods blockmean, info, grdfilter, surface ([#1089](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1089))
* Add incols to COMMON_OPTIONS, blockmean, and blockmedian ([#1300](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1300))
* Improve Figure.show for displaying previews in Jupyter notebooks and external viewers ([#529](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/529))
* Let Figure.savefig recommend .eps or .pdf when .ps extension is used ([#1307](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1307))
### Deprecations
* Figure.contour: Deprecate parameter "columns" to "incols" (remove in v0.6.0) ([#1303](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1303))
* Figure.plot: Deprecate parameter "sizes" to "size" (remove in v0.6.0) ([#1254](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1254))
* Figure.plot: Deprecate parameter "columns" to "incols" (remove in v0.6.0) ([#1298](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1298))
* Figure.plot3d: Deprecate parameter "sizes" to "size" (remove in v0.6.0) ([#1258](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1258))
* Figure.plot3d: Deprecate parameter "columns" to "incols" (remove in v0.6.0) ([#1040](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1040))
* Figure.rose: Deprecate parameter "columns" to "incols" (remove in v0.6.0) ([#1306](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1306))
* NEP29: Set minimum required versions to NumPy 1.17+ and Python 3.7+ ([#1074](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1074))
* Raise a warning for the use of short-form parameters when long-forms are available ([#1316](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1316))
### Bug Fixes
* Allow pandas.Series inputs to fig.histogram and pygmt.info ([#1329](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1329))
* Explicitly use netcdf4 engine in xarray.open_dataarray to read grd files ([#1264](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1264))
* Let Figure.savefig support filenames with spaces ([#1116](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1116))
* Let Figure.show(method='external') work well in Python scripts ([#1062](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1062))
### Documentation
* Add histogram gallery example ([#1272](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1272))
* Add a gallery example showing individual basic geometric symbols ([#1211](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1211))
* Specify rectangle's width and height via style parameter in multi-parameter symbols example ([#1325](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1325))
* Update the inset gallery example ([#1287](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1287))
* Add categorical colorbars for plot, plot3d and line colors gallery examples ([#1267](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1267))
* Apply NIST SI unit convention to some gallery examples ([#1194](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1194))
* Use colorblind-friendly colors in the scatter plots gallery example ([#1013](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1013))
* Added documentation for three oblique mercator projections ([#1251](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1251))
* Add a list of external PyGMT resources ([#1210](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1210))
* Complete documentation for grdtrack ([#1190](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1190))
* Add projection and region to grdview docstring ([#1295](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1295))
* Add common alias spacing (-I) for specifying grid increments ([#1288](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1288))
* Standardize docstrings for table-like inputs ([#1186](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1186))
* Clarify that the "transparency" parameter in plot/plot3d/text can be 1d array ([#1265](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1265))
* Clarify that the "color" parameter in plot/plot3d can be 1d array ([#1260](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1260))
* Clarify interplay of spacing and per_column in info ([#1127](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1127))
* Remove the "full test" section from installation guide ([#1206](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1206))
* Clarify position of deprecate_parameter decorator to be above use_alias ([#1302](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1302))
* Add guidelines for managing issues to maintenance.md ([#1301](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1301))
* Add alias name convention to CONTRIBUTING.md ([#1256](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1256))
* Move contributing guide details to website and rename two sections ([#1335](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1335))
* Update the check_figures_equal testing section in CONTRIBUTING.md ([#1108](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1108))
* Revise Pull Request review process in CONTRIBUTING.md ([#1119](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1119))
### Maintenance
* Add a workflow to upload baseline images as a release asset ([#1317](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1317))
* Add regression test for grdimage plotting an xarray.DataArray grid subset ([#1314](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1314))
* Add download_test_data to download data files used in tests ([#1310](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1310))
* Remove xfails and workarounds for datetime inputs into pygmt.info ([#1236](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1236))
* Improve the DVC image diff workflow to support side-by-side comparison of modified images ([#1219](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1219))
* Document the deprecation policy and add the deprecate_parameter decorator to deprecate parameters ([#1160](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1160))
* Convert booleans arguments in build_arg_string, not in kwargs_to_strings ([#1125](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1125))
* Create Github Action workflow for reporting DVC image diffs ([#1104](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1104))
* Update "GMT Dev Tests" workflow to test macOS-11.0 and pre-release Python packages ([#1105](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1105))
* Initialize data version control for managing test images ([#1036](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1036))
* Separate workflows for running tests and building documentation ([#1033](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1033))
### Contributors
* [Dongdong Tian](https://github.com/seisman)
* [Wei Ji Leong](https://github.com/weiji14)
* [Michael Grund](https://github.com/michaelgrund)
* [Max Jones](https://github.com/maxrjones)
* [Will Schlitzer](https://github.com/willschlitzer)
* [Jiayuan Yao](https://github.com/core-man)
* [Abhishek Anant](https://github.com/itsabhianant)
* [Claire Klima](https://github.com/cklima616)
* [Megan Munzek](https://github.com/munzekm)
* [Michael Neumann](https://github.com/MichaeINeumann)
* [Nathan Loria](https://github.com/Nathandloria)
* [Noor Buchi](https://github.com/noorbuchi)
* [Shivani chauhan](https://github.com/xdshivani)
* [@alperen-kilic](https://github.com/alperen-kilic)
* [Loïc Houpert](https://github.com/lhoupert)
* [Emily McMullan](https://github.com/eemcmullan)
* [Lawrence Qupty](https://github.com/Lawqup)
* [Matthew Tankersley](https://github.com/mdtanker)
* [@shahid-0](https://github.com/shahid-0)
* [Vitor Gratiere Torres](https://github.com/vitorgt)
----
## Release v0.3.1 (2021/03/14)
[](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4592991)
### Highlights
* 🎉 **Multiple bug fixes and an improved gallery** 🎉
* Reorganized gallery examples into new categories ([#995](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/995))
* Added gallery examples for plotting vectors ([#950](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/950), [#890](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/890))
* Last version to support GMT 6.1.1, future PyGMT versions will require GMT 6.2.0 or newer
### Enhancements
* Support passing a sequence to the spacing parameter of pygmt.info() ([#1031](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1031))
### Bug Fixes
* Fix issues in loading GMT's shared library ([#977](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/977))
* Let pygmt.info load datetime columns into a str dtype array ([#960](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/960))
* Check invalid combinations of resolution and registration in load_earth_relief() ([#965](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/965))
* Open figures using the associated application on Windows ([#952](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/952))
* Fix bug that stops Figure.coast from plotting with only dcw parameter ([#910](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/910))
### Documentation
* Add a gallery example showing different line front styles ([#1022](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1022))
* Add a gallery example for a double y-axes graph ([#1019](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1019))
* Add a gallery example of inset map showing a rectangle region ([#1020](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1020))
* Add a gallery example to show coloring of points by categories ([#1006](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1006))
* Add gallery example showing different polar projection use cases ([#955](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/955))
* Add underscore guideline to CONTRIBUTING.md ([#1034](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1034))
* Add instructions to upgrade installed PyGMT version ([#1029](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1029))
* Improve the docstring of the pygmt package ([#1016](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1016))
* Add common alias coltypes (-f) for specifying i/o data types ([#994](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/994))
* Expand documentation linking in CONTRIBUTING.md ([#802](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/802))
* Write changelog in markdown using MyST ([#941](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/941))
* Update web font to Atkinson Hyperlegible ([#938](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/938))
* Improve the gallery example for datetime inputs ([#919](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/919))
### Maintenance
* Refactor plot and plot3d to use virtualfile_from_data ([#990](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/990))
* Explicitly exclude unnecessary files in source distributions ([#999](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/999))
* Refactor grd modules to use virtualfile_from_data ([#992](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/992))
* Refactor info and grdinfo to use virtualfile_from_data ([#961](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/961))
* Onboarding maintainer checklist ([#773](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/773))
* Add comprehensive tests for pygmt.clib.loading.clib_full_names ([#872](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/872))
* Add a workflow checking links in plaintext and HTML files ([#634](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/634))
* Remove nbsphinx extension ([#931](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/931))
* Improve the error message for loading an old version of the GMT library ([#925](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/925))
* Move requirements-dev.txt dependencies to environment.yml ([#812](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/812))
* Ensure proper non-dev version string when publishing to PyPI ([#900](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/900))
* Run tests in a single CI job (Ubuntu + Python 3.9) for draft PRs ([#906](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/906))
### Contributors
* [Dongdong Tian](https://github.com/seisman)
* [Jiayuan Yao](https://github.com/core-man)
* [Wei Ji Leong](https://github.com/weiji14)
* [Max Jones](https://github.com/maxrjones)
* [Michael Grund](https://github.com/michaelgrund)
* [Will Schlitzer](https://github.com/willschlitzer)
* [Liam Toney](https://github.com/liamtoney)
* [Kathryn Materna](https://github.com/kmaterna)
* [Alicia Ngoc Diep Ha](https://github.com/aliciaha1997)
* [Tawanda Moyo](https://github.com/tawandamoyo)
----
## Release v0.3.0 (2021/02/15)
[](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4522136)
### Highlights
* 🎉 **Third minor release of PyGMT** 🎉
* Wrap inset ([#788](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/788)) for making overview maps and subplot ([#822](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/822)) for multi-panel figures
* Apply standardized formatting conventions ([#775](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/775)) across most documentation pages
* Drop Python 3.6 support ([#699](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/699)) so PyGMT now requires Python 3.7 or newer
### New Features
* Wrap grd2cpt ([#803](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/803))
* Let Figure.text support record-by-record transparency ([#716](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/716))
* Provide basic support for FreeBSD ([#700](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/700), [#878](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/878))
### Enhancements
* Let load_earth_relief support the 'region' parameter for all resolutions ([#873](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/873))
* Improve how PyGMT finds the GMT library ([#702](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/702))
* Add common alias panel (-c) to all plotting functions ([#853](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/853))
* Add aliases dcw ([#765](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/765)) and lakes ([#781](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/781)) to Figure.coast
* Add alias shading to Figure.colorbar ([#752](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/752))
* Add alias annotation (A) to Figure.contour ([#883](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/883))
* Wrap Figure.grdinfo aliases ([#799](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/799))
* Add aliases frame and cmap to Figure.colorbar ([#709](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/709))
* Add alias frame to Figure.grdview ([#707](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/707))
* Improve the error message when PyGMT fails to load the GMT library ([#814](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/814))
* Add GMTInvalidInput error to Figure.coast ([#787](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/787))
### Documentation
* Add authorship policy ([#726](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/726))
* Update PyGMT development installation instructions ([#865](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/865))
* Add a tutorial for adding a map title ([#720](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/720))
* Add a tutorial for plotting Earth relief ([#712](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/712))
* Add a tutorial for 3D perspective image ([#743](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/743))
* Add a tutorial for contour maps ([#705](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/705))
* Add a tutorial for plotting lines ([#741](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/741))
* Add a tutorial for the region argument ([#800](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/800))