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#include <u.h>#include <libc.h>#include "map.h" intXgilbert(struct place *p, double *x, double *y){/* the interesting part - map the sphere onto a hemisphere */	struct place q;	q.nlat.s = tan(0.5*(p->nlat.l));	if(q.nlat.s > 1) q.nlat.s = 1;	if(q.nlat.s < -1) q.nlat.s = -1;	q.nlat.c = sqrt(1 - q.nlat.s*q.nlat.s);	q.wlon.l = p->wlon.l/2;	sincos(&q.wlon);/* the dull part: present the hemisphere orthogrpahically */	*y = q.nlat.s;	*x = -q.wlon.s*q.nlat.c;	return(1);} projgilbert(void){	return(Xgilbert);} /* derivation of the interesting part:   map the sphere onto the plane by stereographic projection;   map the plane onto a half plane by sqrt;   map the half plane back to the sphere by stereographic   projection    n,w are original lat and lon   r is stereographic radius   primes are transformed versions    r = cos(n)/(1+sin(n))   r' = sqrt(r) = cos(n')/(1+sin(n'))    r'^2 = (1-sin(n')^2)/(1+sin(n')^2) = cos(n)/(1+sin(n))    this is a linear equation for sin n', with solution    sin n' = (1+sin(n)-cos(n))/(1+sin(n)+cos(n))    use standard formula: tan x/2 = (1-cos x)/sin x = sin x/(1+cos x)   to show that the right side of the last equation is tan(n/2)*/