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Requirements:
- numpy
- numpy

# Description
This python module, global-land-mask, contains scripts for checking whether a lat/lon point is on land or sea. In order to do this, we use the GLOBE dataset, which samples the entire earth at 1 km resolution. We then simply extract all 'invalid' values from this elevation map and save to file.
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The raw elevation data from the GLOBE dataset can be downloaded from
https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/topo/gltiles.html
It is not necessary to download this data in order to use the global land mask. However, by downloading one can build a global elevation dataset using the functions provided.
It is not necessary to download this data in order to use the global land mask. However, the user can build a global elevation dataset using the exampel scripts provided.

This package provides globe.is_land(), an alaternative to Basemap.is_land(). For 10,000 data points, globe.is_land is around 6000 times faster than Basemap.is_land.

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