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Spherical coordinates 3D
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- Summary
Interactive 3D illustration of the spherical coordinate system. Each coordinate can be modified. You can use the globe to illustrate the correspondence with longitude and latitude or meridians and parallels.
- Learning objectives
- To manipulate the spherical coordinate system in 3D.
- To define the terms latitude, longitude, meridian, parallel.
- How to use the animation
Click and drag on the screen to rotate.
- Keywords
- coordinates, spherical, component, projection, trihedron, longitude, latitude, meridian, parallel
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