CART2SPH2D Convert cartesian coordinates to spherical coordinates in degrees.
[THETA PHI RHO] = cart2sph2d([X Y Z])
[THETA PHI RHO] = cart2sph2d(X, Y, Z)
The following convention is used:
THETA is the colatitude, in degrees, 0 for north pole, 180 degrees for
south pole, 90 degrees for points with z=0.
PHI is the azimuth, in degrees, defined as matlab cart2sph: angle from
Ox axis, counted counter-clockwise.
RHO is the distance of the point to the origin.
Discussion on choice for convention can be found at:
http://www.physics.oregonstate.edu/bridge/papers/spherical.pdf
Example:
cart2sph2d([1 0 0])
ans =
90 0 1
cart2sph2d([1 1 0])
ans =
90 45 1.4142
cart2sph2d([0 0 1])
ans =
0 0 1
See also:
angles3d, sph2cart2d, cart2sph, cart2sph2
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Author: David Legland
e-mail: david.legland@grignon.inra.fr
Created: 2011-06-29, using Matlab 7.9.0.529 (R2009b)
Copyright 2011 INRA - Cepia Software Platform.
Package: matgeom