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GDC2016 Strange Simon SphericalCoordinates

This document discusses using spherical coordinates to solve problems. It introduces spherical coordinates and some key concepts, such as using the phi coordinate to represent linear distance on a sphere. The goal is to find a simple rotational transformation to move any point on a sphere to the North Pole, which would allow ordering all objects by phi coordinate to determine visibility by distance. Rodrigues' rotation formula is presented as a way to achieve this rotational transformation.

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GDC2016 Strange Simon SphericalCoordinates

This document discusses using spherical coordinates to solve problems. It introduces spherical coordinates and some key concepts, such as using the phi coordinate to represent linear distance on a sphere. The goal is to find a simple rotational transformation to move any point on a sphere to the North Pole, which would allow ordering all objects by phi coordinate to determine visibility by distance. Rodrigues' rotation formula is presented as a way to achieve this rotational transformation.

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Fighting with spherical

coordinates

Simon Strange
Pipeworks
The Point of all this:

Some concepts we’ve


already learned could be
giving us new and important
insights into the problems
we’re solving.
Backing Up!
Backing Up!
(Who is this guy?)
Simon Strange
(Shameless Plug)
• Surface Warfare
• Surface Warfare

• ASMD
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• ASMD

• Sensors & Signals


• Surface Warfare

• ASMD

• Sensors & Signals

• EW Softkill
Spherical Coordinates!
(finally)
(R+h)^2 = R^2 + d^2

(R+h)^2 = R^2 + 2Rh +h^2

d^2 = 2Rh + h^2


Standard distance (collision) check:

d^2 = (x-a)^2 + (y-b)^2 + (z-c)^2


Great Arc distance between two points on a unit sphere:

s=rcos^−1(cosθ1cosθ2 + sinθ1sinθ2cos(φ1−φ2)).
For a point (
For a point (

 Provides a linear translation of


distance, measured in radians.
For a point (

 Provides a linear translation of


distance, measured in radians.

IS the distance!


Our goal : find a simple rotational transformation which can be
applied efficiently to all points, such that an arbitrary point moves
to the North Pole.

If successful, we can order all objects by  coordinate, to determine


visibility by distance.
For a point (
For a point (

 Provides a linear translation of


distance, measured in radians.
For a point (

 Provides a linear translation of


distance, measured in radians.

IS the distance from prime meridian!


Rodrigues' rotation formula:
Rodrigues' rotation formula:

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The Point of all this:

Some concepts we’ve


already learned could be
giving us new and important
insights into the problems
we’re solving.

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