convert_cartesian_to_spherical {nprotreg}

Converts Cartesian to Spherical Coordinates.

Description

The Cartesian coordinates of points on a 3-dimensional sphere with unit radius and center at the origin are converted to the equivalent longitude and latitude coordinates, measured in radians.

Usage

convert_cartesian_to_spherical(cartesian_coords)

Arguments

cartesian_coords

A matrix whose rows contain the Cartesian coordinates of the specified points.

Value

A matrix of rows containing the longitude and latitude of specific points on a 3-dimensional sphere.

See Also

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/SphericalCoordinates.html.

Other Conversion functions: convert_spherical_to_cartesian()

Examples

library(nprotreg)

# Define the Cartesian coordinates of the North and South Poles.

north_pole <- cbind(0, 0, 1)
south_pole <- cbind(0, 0, -1)
cartesian_coords <- rbind(north_pole, south_pole)

# Get the corresponding Spherical coordinates.

spherical_coords <- convert_cartesian_to_spherical(cartesian_coords)