Re: From Bitmap to sphere

info@xxxxxxxx wrote:
I have a bitmap that I want (or rather need ;) to project onto a
sphere. How would I go about this?
I need conversion for each pixel of the bitmap.


Unless you specify *how* you want to have this
bitmap projected, it is very unlikely that anyone
can give you a resonable answer.

To see where the problem is study for a while
what different kinds of projections of the globe
are used in kartography.

There is simply no such a beast as *the* projection
of [0,1]x[0,1] square onto S^2 sphere!

Przemek

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"Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place
in the world for ugly mathematics." G.H. Hardy
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