The handling of the LOCSMITH search grid is somewhat complicated, since it consists of several structure variables that need to be constructed and maintained efficiently. Automatic adaption of the search grid to the distribution of possible earthquake locations is one of the key features of LOCSMITH.
The Grid handling Module contains rutines that construct search grids according to user settings in a central options data structure. The module supports
The grid handling module is the very core of LOCSMITH and was developed from scratch to fit the needs of this software package.