defmech / random-position-on-the-surface-of-a-sphere

Sometimes you just need to postion things on the surface of a sphere. Here are a few methods I've used over the years.

Random Position On The Surface Of A Sphere

Sometimes you just need to postion things on the surface of a sphere. Here are a few methods I've used over the years.

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getCartesianPositions(100000, 50) Note the vertical clustering. 😬 getSphericalPositions(100000, 50) Note the clustering at the poles. 😠 getSphericalPositionsWithBias(100000, 50, 1) Clustering at the equator! 😢 getSphericalPositionsWithBias(100000, 50, 0.5) 🙂 getUniformPositions(10000, 50)