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22 #include "pbd/cartesian.h"
27 PBD::azi_ele_to_cart (double azi, double ele, double& x, double& y, double& z)
29 /* convert from cylindrical coordinates in degrees to cartesian */
31 static const double atorad = 2.0 * M_PI / 360.0 ;
33 x = cos (azi * atorad) * cos (ele * atorad);
34 y = sin (azi * atorad) * cos (ele * atorad);
35 z = sin (ele * atorad);
39 PBD::cart_to_azi_ele (double x, double y, double z, double& azimuth, double& elevation)
41 /* converts cartesian coordinates to cylindrical in degrees*/
43 const double atorad = 2.0 * M_PI / 360.0;
44 double atan_y_per_x, atan_x_pl_y_per_z;
48 atan_y_per_x = M_PI / 2;
50 atan_y_per_x = atan2 (y,x);
54 /* below x-axis: atan2 returns 0 .. -PI (negative) so convert to degrees and ADD to 180 */
55 azimuth = 180.0 + (atan_y_per_x / (M_PI/180.0) + 180.0);
57 /* above x-axis: atan2 returns 0 .. +PI so convert to degrees */
58 azimuth = atan_y_per_x / atorad;
61 distance = sqrt (x*x + y*y);
64 atan_x_pl_y_per_z = 0.0;
66 atan_x_pl_y_per_z = atan2 (z,distance);
69 if (distance == 0.0) {
71 atan_x_pl_y_per_z = -M_PI/2.0;
73 atan_x_pl_y_per_z = M_PI/2.0;
77 elevation = atan_x_pl_y_per_z / atorad;
79 // distance = sqrtf (x*x + y*y + z*z);