What's Changed
* Properly separate ridges and transform boundaries by brmather in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/160
* properly set tessellation_degrees in plotting object by brmather in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/161
* Enforce tessellation only on plate boundaries by default by brmather in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/162
* Change reference frames in `gplately.Points` object by brmather in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/163
* Use spherical interpolation for gridding with `tools.griddata_sphere` by brmather in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/164
* 150 error when using pygplates imported via gplately but not via normal pygplates by michaelchin in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/173
* Use continent contouring to generate continental masks by michaelchin in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/178
* Use TopologicalModel to reconstruct seed points by michaelchin in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/179
* Allow RotationModel constructor to copy a model by cpalfonso in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/181
* Ensure `_load_FeatureCollection` correctly assigns `filenames` attribute by cpalfonso in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/186
* roll back FeatureCollection class to 9bb6930 by michaelchin in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/196
* Use multipoint coverage to save age gridding debug data 208 by michaelchin in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/209
* Gplately save shp by amer7632 in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/205
* 199 sort out various issues in online doc by michaelchin in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/204
* 192 add a new plate model Alfonso2024 by michaelchin in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/215
* package import by RichardScottOZ in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/216
* use __pdoc__ to surpress the default pdoc3 behaviour by michaelchin in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/222
* 203 try various angles to separate ridges and transforms and plot the maps for comparison by michaelchin in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/220
* remove ptt/documentation.py by michaelchin in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/221
* 218 create docker image by michaelchin in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/232
* remove default font setting from two notebooks by michaelchin in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/236
* 230 add a new gplately command line to list all available models by michaelchin in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/241
* 238 age gridding crustal production by michaelchin in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/239
* 224 only resolve rigid plates when getting ridges and transforms by michaelchin in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/242
* 227 consider feature type pygplatesfeaturetypegpml transform when getting the transforms from topologies by michaelchin in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/243
* 245 fix testcases and notebooks after ridge and transform change by michaelchin in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/246
* new function to plot poles by brmather in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/249
* 255 discretize polyline by michaelchin in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/258
* Use 70 degree angle for ridge-transform separation. by jcannon-gplates in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/260
* 257 feature type re assignment by michaelchin in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/262
* Improve netCDF4 compression by brmather in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/125
* Continent contour buffers on individual continent polygons by jcannon-gplates in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/272
* Calculate ocean bathymetry based on plate age by brmather in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/273
* Add new regrid tool to the command line by brmather in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/276
* INPUT_FILE METAVAR plurality by RichardScottOZ in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/274
* add python3.12 support by michaelchin in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/280
* Refactor some `gplately.tools` into new `gplately.spatial` module by brmather in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/281
* add python 3.8 as the minimal version requirement by michaelchin in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/293
* 275 agegrid cmdline continents file inclusion instructions by michaelchin in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/294
* 287 cannot find variable z data in netcdf by michaelchin in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/297
* 269 incorrect trench normal angle calculation by jcannon-gplates in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/296
* 303 add pyGPlates dependency for pip, and require min 1.0.0rc1 (for both pip and conda) by jcannon-gplates in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/304
* SciPy 1.15 renamed interpnd to _interpnd. by jcannon-gplates in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/306
* 244 experiment pygmt plotting by michaelchin in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/295
* update model list and test models by michaelchin in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/308
* Replace the guts of `gplately.download.DataServer` with `plate-model-manager` by brmather in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/141
* 210 make ptt subduction convergence docstrings compatible with pdoc3 by michaelchin in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/309
* 312 update documentation for release 20 by michaelchin in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/314
* 283 print warning message when the rotation model parameter is empty by michaelchin in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/315
* bump to python 3.13 by michaelchin in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/311
* Improve plate boundary statistics by jcannon-gplates in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/316
* issue-250-ridge-transforms by Hojat-Shirmard in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/298
* 307 pygplates supports pickle by jcannon-gplates in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/317
* Issue 286 - Notify user if continent contouring is activated in the age gridding workflow by michaelchin in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/320
* Issue 286 - Notify user if continent contouring is activated in the a… by michaelchin in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/321
* Overhaul velocities (and reconstruction) in gplately.Points class by jcannon-gplates in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/319
New Contributors
* amer7632 made their first contribution in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/205
* RichardScottOZ made their first contribution in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/216
* jcannon-gplates made their first contribution in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/260
* Hojat-Shirmard made their first contribution in https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/pull/298
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/GPlates/gplately/compare/v1.3.0...v2.0.0rc0