
%0 Journal Article
%A Duboz, Cecile 
%A Ching Tan, Siew 
%A Quenette, Steve 
%A S. Lister, Gordon 
%A Appelbe, Bill 
%T PlatyPlusPlus - Reconstruction software with a difference
%J ASEG Extended Abstracts
%D 2003/08/01
%V 2003
%N 2
%P 1-4
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/ASEG2003AB043
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/ASEG2003AB043 
%X Existing packages that allow plate scale reconstruction deal with a host of individual objects, abstracted from geological and geophysical data. The typical approach is to show existing continental outlines and to represent their movement through a few hundred million years of history, providing a reconstruction based on rigid plate motion. This work presents the release of a new reconstruction package, PlatyPlusPlus, designed to provide a new way to carry out tectonic reconstruction. Based on the first version of PlatyPlus, PlatyPlusPlus has been designed with a client-server architecture, allowing reconstructions to present a degree of complexity not reached before. In this paper we will present (1) the architectural complexity of the software; (2) some of the new features; (3) analyse their merits in comparison with classical reconstruction (4) the first results of this new technology. 
