# Finding new orientation of reconstructed points

**URL:** https://discourse.gplates.org/t/finding-new-orientation-of-reconstructed-points/1199
**Category:** Q&A
**Created:** [8 April 2025 19:45 UTC](https://discourse.gplates.org/t/finding-new-orientation-of-reconstructed-points/1199 "2025-04-08T19:45:47Z")
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### Author: ![pineapple1123](https://discourse.gplates.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@pineapple1123](https://discourse.gplates.org/u/pineapple1123)
#### Post date: [8 April 2025 19:45 UTC](https://discourse.gplates.org/t/finding-new-orientation-of-reconstructed-points/1199/1 "2025-04-08T19:45:48Z")

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I have a bunch of points (paleocurrent indicators) that have an orientation given by 0-360 degrees, with 0/360 as N, 90 as E etc. I have reconstructed them in gplates, but am having difficulty figuring out what their new orientation is with respect to North after they have been reconstructed.

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### Author: ![john.cannon](https://discourse.gplates.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/3e96dc/32.png) [@john.cannon](https://discourse.gplates.org/u/john.cannon)
#### Post date: [10 April 2025 03:42 UTC](https://discourse.gplates.org/t/finding-new-orientation-of-reconstructed-points/1199/2 "2025-04-10T03:42:42Z")

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Hi pineapple1123,

While you can’t easily do this in GPlates there’s a [snippet of pyGPlates code](https://discourse.gplates.org/t/paleocurrent-dip-direction-reconstruction/417/2) that can do that.