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/** Maps an image of the world onto an icosahedron using the the Buckminster
Fuller "Dymaxion" icosahedral projection.
*/
use Dymaxion.frink
// Download maps from http://planetpixelemporium.com/planets.html
img = new image["file:mars_1k_color.jpg"]
//img = new image["file:earthmap1k.jpg"]
//img = new image["file:jupitermap.jpg"]
//img = new image["file:uranusmap.jpg"]
w = img.getWidth[]
h = img.getHeight[]
longscale = 360 degrees / w
latscale = 180 degrees / h
gr = new graphics
gr.font["SansSerif", "bold", 1.5 degree]
stepSize = 1
diameter = 7.6 * stepSize / w
for iy = 0 to h-1 step stepSize
{
lat = -(iy*latscale) + 90 degrees
for ix = 0 to w-1 step stepSize
{
long = ix*longscale - 180 degrees
c = img.getPixelAsColor[ix,iy]
[x,y, tri] = Dymaxion.latLongToXY[lat, long, false]
gr.color[c]
gr.fillEllipseCenter[x,-y,diameter,diameter]
}
}
gr.write["mars1.svg", 1000, 500]
gr.write["mars1.png", 4000, 2000]
gr.write["mars1.jpg", 4000, 2000]
gr.show[]
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