20 Feb
2007
20 Feb
'07
9:38 a.m.
On 2/20/07, David W. Cantrell <DWCantrell@sigmaxi.net> wrote:
On 2007 Feb. 20, "Steve Witham" <sw@tiac.net> wrote:
I was plotting a fractal and wanted a false-perspective view, where the magnification is really high at one point, and decreases in a log-like way further out from there. Like that cartoon map of the U.S. from the point of view of Manhattan. The mapping needs to be like a log until you get close to zero, then flatten out.
I don't know whether it was Henry Baker's comment from last August that triggered it, but I thought of the asinh function. Here is the nice result:
You say "Here's an example, click for the full size: " but I saw nothing to click on.
I clicked on the picture and it got bigger.