Re: OT Re: Constructed maps
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 14, 2008, 15:26 |
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On Jan 14, 2008 10:18 AM, Lars Finsen <lars.finsen@...> wrote:
> If you'd like to do this by hand, try y = (6.28 x cos(x/r)) / n,
That 6.28 is presumably really 2* π.. 6.28 is probably sufficient for
hand drawing, but it never hurts to put off the rounding 'til the
end...
> where y is the width of the wedge at x, r is the radius of the globe,
> and n is the number of wedges. Make sure cos calculates in radians.
Not sure what x signifies here... longitude of the center of the wedge?
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
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