# Future rotation file?
**URL:** https://discourse.gplates.org/t/future-rotation-file/365
**Category:** Q&A
**Created:** [26 August 2021 17:26 UTC](https://discourse.gplates.org/t/future-rotation-file/365 "2021-08-26T17:26:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@jaychapman](https://discourse.gplates.org/u/jaychapman)
#### Post date: [26 August 2021 17:26 UTC](https://discourse.gplates.org/t/future-rotation-file/365/1 "2021-08-26T17:26:57Z")
Is there a rotation file available for exploring projected plate motion into the future? I’ve seen some videos online where this was done, but not sure it was with GPlates. This would be an awesome class activity.
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### Author:  [@chhei](https://discourse.gplates.org/u/chhei)
#### Post date: [26 August 2021 19:39 UTC](https://discourse.gplates.org/t/future-rotation-file/365/2 "2021-08-26T19:39:29Z")
A few people have been trying to predict the future - there’s no future rotations in the current GPlates Sample data collection but this paper here has a set of options to get you started: [Back to the future: Testing different scenarios for the next supercontinent gathering - ScienceDirect](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0921818118302054)
And Chris Scotese also published future plate configuration models (at +50 , +100 and +250 Myrs [Future World](http://www.scotese.com/future.htm)) although there is no publicly available rot file for this AFAIK.
HTH,
Christian
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### Author:  [@jaychapman](https://discourse.gplates.org/u/jaychapman)
#### Post date: [26 August 2021 20:09 UTC](https://discourse.gplates.org/t/future-rotation-file/365/3 "2021-08-26T20:09:29Z")
Very cool. Thanks Christian!