SPHERE_LLQ_GRID
Latitude/Longitude Quadrilateral Grids on a Sphere


SPHERE_LLQ_GRID is a Python library which uses longitudes and latitudes to create grids of points, lines, and quadrilaterals over the surface of a sphere in 3D.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Languages:

SPHERE_LLQ_GRID is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version and a Python version.

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CUBE_GRID, a Python library which computes a grid of points over the interior of a cube in 3D.

DISK_GRID, a Python library which computes a grid of points over the interior of a disk in 2D.

ELLIPSE_GRID, a Python library which computes a grid of points over the interior of an ellipse in 2D.

ELLIPSOID_GRID, a Python library which computes a grid of points over the interior of an ellipsoid in 3D.

HYPERCUBE_GRID, a Python library which computes a grid of points over the interior of a hypercube in M dimensions.

LINE_GRID, a Python library which computes a grid of points over the interior of a line segment in 1D.

POLYGON_GRID, a Python library which generates a grid of points over the interior of a polygon in 2D.

PYRAMID_GRID, a Python library which computes a grid of points over the interior of the unit pyramid in 3D;

SIMPLEX_GRID, a Python library which generates a grid of points over the interior of a simplex in M dimensions.

SPHERE_FIBONACCI_GRID, a Python library which computes a grid of points using the Fibonacci spiral over the surface of a sphere in 3D.

SPHERE_INTEGRALS, a Python library which returns the exact value of the integral of any monomial over the surface of the unit sphere in 3D.

SPHERE_LLT_GRID, a Python library which computes a grid of triangles bounded by latitude and longitude lines over the surface of a sphere in 3D.

SPHERE_MONTE_CARLO, a Python library which applies a Monte Carlo method to estimate the integral of a function on the surface of the unit sphere in 3D;

SQUARE_GRID, a Python library which computes a grid of points over the interior of a square in 2D.

TETRAHEDRON_GRID, a Python library which computes a grid of points over the interior of a tetrahedron in 3D.

TRIANGLE_GRID, a Python library which computes a grid of points over the interior of a triangle in 2D.

WEDGE_GRID, a Python library which computes a grid of points over the interior of the unit wedge in 3D.

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Last revised on 18 May 2015.