hey thanks for your quick reply and the links. Those formulas go over my head. If you check out www.mars.com you will see that the plotted positions hover over the globe. Is there a special material that does this?
any help? Cheers On Dec 4, 3:28 pm, mogg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > These links should get you started: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_coordinate_systemhttp://mathworld.wolfram.com/SphericalCoordinates.htmlhttp://www.flashandmath.com/mathlets/multicalc/paramsphere/surf_graph...http://www.flashandmath.com/mathlets/multicalc/coords/shilmay23fin.html > > On Dec 4, 4:11 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi guys am new to away3d. any idea on how these locations were plotted > > on the sphere. > > >http://www.mars.com/ > > > Cheers
