The TauP Toolkit

Version 3.2

Flexible Seismic Travel-Time and Raypath Utilities. Release 3.2.0, created Aug 21, 2026. Download at Zenodo.

Useful References

• Read the Docs

• Python scripting

• GitHub to submit issues

• Download at Zenodo

• DOI 10.5281/zenodo.10794857

• API JavaDocs

• Maven Central

Contents:

• Overview
• Installation
  • Homebrew
  • Manually
  • Rebuilding
  • Tab Completion
  • What and Where
  • Changes from Version 2
  • Submitting Issues
• Tools
  • Default Parameters
  • TauP Time
  • TauP Pierce
  • TauP Path
  • TauP Distaz
  • TauP Find
  • TauP Curve
  • TauP Phase
  • TauP Table
  • TauP SetMS3
  • TauP SetSac
  • TauP VelocityMerge
  • TauP VelocityPlot
  • TauP Discon
  • TauP ReflTrans
  • TauP Wavefront
  • TauP Beachball
  • TauP Spikes
  • TauP Create
  • TauP Web
  • TauP Version
  • TauP Help
  • Usage
• Calculations
  • Spherical vs Elliptical
  • Oceans
  • Amplitude
  • Time Errors
• Phases
• Velocity Models
  • Velocity Model Files
  • Using Saved Tau Models
  • Notes on Standard Models
• Rays and Distances
• Programmatic Access
  • Java
  • HTTP Access
  • Python
  • Subprocess
  • Graalvm and Graalpy
• Bibliography
• Source

Indices and tables

• Index

• Module Index

• Search Page