Map of France made with GMT and GTOPO30

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RFLAG="-R-6/10/41/52"
IFLAG=-I30c
GTOPO30=../GTOPO30

dem2ascii $RFLAG $GTOPO30/W020N90 $GTOPO30/W020N40 | surface -GFrance.grd $RFLAG $IFLAG -H0 -S50k -T0.4 -Z1.2

#!/bin/sh
RFLAG="-R-6/10/41/52"
FORMAT=-P
PROJECTION="$RFLAG -JM20 $FORMAT"
CITY_LAT=48.866667
CITY_LONG=2.333333
CITY_NAME=Paris

PALETTE=mountains2.cpt

PSFILE=france.ps
PNGFILE=france.png

grdgradient France.grd -Ne.5 -A100 -M -GFrance_i5.grd
grdimage -Ei -IFrance_i5.grd -C$PALETTE $PROJECTION France.grd -K > $PSFILE

RIVERS="\
  -I1/0.5p/50/50/255\
  -I2/0.4p/50/50/255\
  -I3/0.3p/50/50/255\
  -I4/0.2p/50/50/255\
  -I5/0.4p,-/50/50/255\
  -I6/0.3p,-/50/50/255\
  -I7/0.2p,-/50/50/255\
  -I8/1p/50/50/255"

SCALE=-Lfx4/1/45/200k

pscoast $PROJECTION\
  -Dh \
  -W0.5p/100/100/200 \
  -N1/0.75p \
  -S170/200/255\
  $BORDER\
  $SCALE\
  $RIVERS\
  -K -O\
  >> $PSFILE

#grdcontour -Csea.contour $PROJECTION -K -O France.grd >> $PSFILE

psscale -D1/8/6/0.5 -C$PALETTE -B:m: -L -K -O $FORMAT >>$PSFILE

echo "$CITY_LONG $CITY_LAT" | \
  psxy $PROJECTION -W255/0/0 -Sa0.5 -K -O >>$PSFILE

echo "$CITY_LONG $CITY_LAT 20 0 0 LM $CITY_NAME" | \
  pstext $PROJECTION -D0.25/0 -G255/0/0 -O >>$PSFILE

pstopnm -portrait -xsize=2000 -xborder=0 -yborder=0 -stdout -ppm  $PSFILE | pnmtopng > $PNGFILE
epstopdf $PSFILE

with:

# File mountains.cpt
#COLOR_MODEL = RGB
#
0       0       97      71      50      16      122     47
50      16      122     47      500     232     215     125
500     232     215     125     1500    161     67      0
1500    161     67      0       2500    130     30      30
2500    130     30      30      4000    110     110     110
4000    110     110     110     5000    255     255     255
5000    255     255     255     7000    255     255     255
N 0 97 71
F 255 0 0
B 0 97 71

Use gmtset to set font sizes.