PlanetWithTerrain:

Path: SCPro/ProTools

% Generate vertices and faces for a planet with terrain.

 Adds a height map to a sphere to produce a 3D terrain map. 
 theta needs to include 0 and pi. lambda should include 0 but not 2*pi.

 scale exaggerates the surface variations from a sphere to make them
 easier to see. 

 Rendering the planet is done with patch.

 patch('vertices',v,'faces',f,'facecolor',[0.5 0.5 0.5],...
           'facelighting','gouraud','linestyle','none');
 axis equal
 ambient = 0.2; diffuse = 1; specular = 0.0;
 material([ambient diffuse specular])

 Type PlanetWithTerrain for a model of the moon using Clementine data.
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   Form:
   [v, f] = PlanetWithTerrain( h, f )
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   Inputs
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   h   (.)     Height map data structure
               .r       (theta,lambda)   Distance from center
               .lambda	 (1,:)            Equatorial angle
               .theta   (1,:)            Angle from pole
               .rEq     (1,1)            Equatorial radius (m)
               .name    (1,:)            Planet name
   scale (1,1) Exaggerate the terrain by this factor

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   Outputs
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   v   (:,3) Vertices
   f   (:,3) Faces

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Children:

Common: General/Watermark
Common: Graphics/NewFig
Common: Graphics/TitleS
Common: Graphics/XLabelS
Common: Graphics/YLabelS
Common: Graphics/ZLabelS
SC: Ephem/RSHMoon

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