# Rotation of point attribute data

**URL:** https://discourse.gplates.org/t/rotation-of-point-attribute-data/950
**Category:** Suggestions
**Created:** [9 August 2024 18:42 UTC](https://discourse.gplates.org/t/rotation-of-point-attribute-data/950 "2024-08-09T18:42:03Z")
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### Author: ![DCoutts](https://discourse.gplates.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@DCoutts](https://discourse.gplates.org/u/DCoutts)
#### Post date: [9 August 2024 18:42 UTC](https://discourse.gplates.org/t/rotation-of-point-attribute-data/950/1 "2024-08-09T18:42:03Z")

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Hi GPlates team

I was wondering if you know if it’s possible to rotate reconstruct azimuthal measurements attirbute data attached to points. For example, if I have the trend (azimuth) of paleocurrents measured at a modern XY point, am I able to reconstruct those points to their paleolocations with and rotate their associated azimuthal attribute data rotated along side?

I could change the points to short segement lines in the direction of the meausrement, rotate those, then and recalculate their azimuth, however I was hoping that it could be done as attached data.

Thanks agian for your ongoing support.  
Danny

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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: [11 August 2024 11:53 UTC](https://discourse.gplates.org/t/rotation-of-point-attribute-data/950/2 "2024-08-11T11:53:17Z")

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Hi Danny,

Have a look at this [forum post](https://discourse.gplates.org/t/paleocurrent-dip-direction-reconstruction/417/2) for how to do this using pyGPlates.