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Re: Spherical Surface Plot w/ fsc_surface from David Fanning (: [message #61428 is a reply to message #61427]

Thu, 17 July 2008 08:57

humanumbrella
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On Jul 17, 11:52 am, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
> Justin writes:
>> Should I try to go about using volume for this spherical surface
>> plot ?
>
> I think I would try, as a first shot at this, mapping your
> surface data onto a circular polygon (maybe the ORB object)
> as a texture map.
>
> Do you expect to see a sphere or a bumpy spheroid?
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
> --
> David Fanning, Ph.D.
> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming:http://www.dfanning.com/
> Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

Hello David,

Thanks for the quick response.

I am expecting to see something bumpy. What I'm doing here is having
a set radius (r), and then adding to it what is in the dataset at
[lat,long] -- meaning some will be high and some will be low.

Cheers,
--Justin

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		Re: Spherical Surface Plot w/ fsc_surface from David Fanning (: By: David Fanning on Thu, 17 July 2008 08:59
		Re: Spherical Surface Plot w/ fsc_surface from David Fanning (: By: humanumbrella on Thu, 17 July 2008 08:57
		Re: Spherical Surface Plot w/ fsc_surface from David Fanning (: By: David Fanning on Thu, 17 July 2008 08:52
		Re: Spherical Surface Plot w/ fsc_surface from David Fanning (: By: Andrew Cool on Fri, 18 July 2008 07:06
		Re: Spherical Surface Plot w/ fsc_surface from David Fanning (: By: humanumbrella on Thu, 17 July 2008 13:15

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