I have a small problem which I suspect can be solved in an easy and elegant way, and it is simply lack of sleep/stupidity preventing me from finding it.
I have a number of line drawings comprised of cartesian points. I need to project them onto a sphere (they are drawings of constellations, so I need to project them onto an imaginary celestial sphere) and convert the points into sphercal co-ordinates. I *can* map the points to a sphere, that's no problem. But obviously, when I do this they become distorted. What I want to do is find out what the points should be to get an undistorted view - i.e the mapping that will produce a projection so the points match the cartesian version. Obviously, I realise this depends on the projection used etc, but basically, a small amount of distortion is fine. I am sure there must be a simple way to achieve this, but I can't seem to manage it. --- Nick Veitch ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. Discover what all the cheering's about. Get your free trial download today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-dev2dev2 _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
