[vtkusers] spherical transform

[David Gobbi]

Yes, phi=0 is the north pole and phi=pi is the south pole.

 - David

On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 4:37 PM, Li, Wen <wen-li at uiowa.edu> wrote:
> So here phi is in [0,pi] and theta is in [0,2*pi]. Is that correct?
>
> Wen
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> The vtkSphericalTransform uses the (r,phi,theta) convention,
> so the documentation is correct.
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>  - David
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> On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 3:40 PM, Li, Wen <wen-li at uiowa.edu> wrote:
>> Hey all,
>> Has anybody else noticed that there is a confusing terminology in the
>> document of vtkSphericalTransform?
>> http://www.vtk.org/doc/release/5.8/html/a01945.html
>> I believe the correct description should be:
>> "vtkSphericalTransform will convert (r,theta,phi) coordinates to (x,y,z)..."
>> Please let me know if I am wrong.
>> Best,
>> Wen Li
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