Tracking the status of the examples included in the paper

[seisman]

Examples

No.	Description	PR	Research field / topic	Region	Initial design	Thorough discussions	Pythonic code	Final version	Merged
1	Compare GMT and PyGMT syntax	#4	-	-	✅️	✅️
2	PyGMT Ecosystem	#13	-	-	✅️	✅️
3	Base maps	#8	Earth elevation	Iceland (Europe)	✅️	✅️
4	Pandas integration	#5	Epicenters of earthquakes (seismology)	Indonesia (Asia)	✅️	✅️
5	Xarray integration	#7	Mars elevation (planets)	Global	✅️	✅️
6	Geopandas support	#6	Population, cities, rivers	Africa	✅️	✅️
7	Datetime charts	#10	-	-	✅️	✅️

Preview:

Missing features in PyGMT

High-priority features

• Fig. 3: Improve the syntax for Figure.subplot
• Fig. 3: Pythonic position parameter for Figure.colorbar: WIP: Figure.colorbar: Refactor using the new alias system pygmt#4048
• Fig. 3: Figure.scalebar
• Fig. 3: Figure.grdview's surftype and plane parameters
• Fig. 4: Pythonic position parameter for Figure.legend: WIP: Figure.legend: Refactor using the new alias system pygmt#4046
• Fig. 4: Pythonic position parameter for Figure.inset
• Fig. 4: Figure.histogram's histtype parameter
• Fig. 5: grdfilter
• Fig. 5: grdgradient
• Fig. 6: Figure.choropleth

Low-priority features

• Implement the Figure.pygmtlogo method: POC: Code PyGMT logo in PyGMT pygmt#3849

Optional features

• Fig. 1: Implement the Figure.paragraph method: Add Figure.paragraph to typeset one or multiple paragraph of text strings pygmt#3709
• Fig. 2: Pythonic position parameter for Figure.logo
• Fig. 2: Pythonic style parameter to plot rectangles
• Fig. 2: Improve Figure.text's clearance parameter
• Fig. 2: Pythonic position parameter for Figure.image
• Fig. 2: Pythonic way to plot vectors
• Pythoic frame parameter

[seisman]

I feel the progress will be smoother if we go through the examples one by one while keeping the bigger picture in mind.