pygmt.fitcircle: Find mean position and great [or small] circle fit to points on sphere

[willschlitzer]

This issue serves as the central place for discussing and tracking the implementation of the fitcircle 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/fitcircle.html
• GMT.jl: https://www.generic-mapping-tools.org/GMTjl_doc/documentation/modules/fitcircle
• PyGMT: https://www.pygmt.org/dev/api/generated/pygmt.fitcircle.html

GMT Option Flags and Modifiers

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

GMT Option Flags and Modifiers

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

• table:
• -L: norm
• -F
• -S: small_circle
• -V: verbose
• -a
• -b
• -di
• -e
• -f
• -g
• -h
• -i
• -o
• -q
• -:
• --PAR=value: Use pygmt.config() instead

Linked Pull Requests

• Initial feature implementation Wrap fitcircle #1550
• Add a tutorial or gallery example

Related Issues and Discussions

Add links to related wrapper discussions, API design threads, or upstream GMT changes here.