PetersProjection.frink

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/** This program demonstrates the use of the country polygons in
    Country.frink to draw a map of the world.  It can be readily altered to
    draw the map in your favorite projection.  This demonstrates the
    Gall-Peters which I actually really dislike.
*/


use Country.frink

g = new graphics
g.stroke[0.001]
g.font["SansSerif", "bold", 0.5 degree]

// Iterate through all countries.
for [code, country] = Country.getCountryList[]
{
   cc = new color[randomFloat[0,1], randomFloat[0,1], randomFloat[0,1], .8]
   for poly = country.borders  // Iterate through polygons in a country.
   {
      p = new filledPolygon   // This polygon is the filled country
      po = new polygon        // This is the outline of the country
      for [long, lat] = poly  // Iterate through points in polygon
      {
         [x,y] = latLongToXYPeters[lat degree, long degree]
         p.addPoint[x, -y]
         po.addPoint[x, -y]
      }

      // Draw filled countries
      g.color[cc]
      g.add[p]

      // Draw country outlines
      g.color[0.2,0.2,0.2,.8]
      g.add[po]
   }
}

g.show[]
g.write["Peters.svg", 1000, 500]
g.write["Peters.png", 1000, 800]

latLongToXYPeters[lat, long] :=
{
   s = sqrt[2]
   R = 1
   x = R pi long / (180 degrees s)
   y = R s sin[lat]
   return [x,y]
}


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This is a program written in the programming language Frink.
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