# GMT remote dataset upgrades

**URL:** <https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/gmt-remote-dataset-upgrades/2627>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Created:** [February 14, 2022, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/gmt-remote-dataset-upgrades/2627 "2022-02-14T21:22:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/gmt-remote-dataset-upgrades/2627/1 "2022-02-14T21:22:39Z")

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We are pleased to announce a significant upgrade to the remote datasets easily accessible from GMT via the “@” remote file prefix! Here are some highlights -

- Updated `@earth_relief`, which now reflects the latest 2.3 SRTM+ release 🎉
- Improved bathymetry predictions for young abyssal hills and small seamounts with `@earth_synbath` ⛰
- New GEBCO [earth relief grids](https://www.generic-mapping-tools.org/remote-datasets/earth-gebco.html) 🗺
- New geopotential grids including the [EGM2008 geoid](https://www.generic-mapping-tools.org/remote-datasets/earth-geoid.html) and Sandwell/Smith versions of [free-air anomalies](https://www.generic-mapping-tools.org/remote-datasets/earth-faa.html) and [vertical gravity gradients](https://www.generic-mapping-tools.org/remote-datasets/earth-vgg.html) 🛰
- New magnetic anomaly grids including the sea surface and 4-km-altitude [EMAG2 anomalies](https://www.generic-mapping-tools.org/remote-datasets/earth-mag.html) from USGS and the [magnetic anomalies represented by WDMAM](https://www.generic-mapping-tools.org/remote-datasets/earth-wdmam.html) 🌎

We now offer 14 remote grids including the previously released datasets for crustal ages, land/sea masks, and day/night imagery! Read more about them and find the data citations on the [GMT dataset documentation](https://www.generic-mapping-tools.org/remote-datasets/).
