pgLatLon

diff latlon-v0008.c @ 45:10640afbe2ea
Use the term "numerical integration" instead of "Monte Carlo simulation" in documentation and comments (since no real randomness is involved)
author: jbe
date: Tue Oct 25 22:15:17 2016 +0200 (2016-10-25)
parents: 1b9cd45e9e48
     1.1 --- a/latlon-v0008.c	Tue Oct 25 18:54:59 2016 +0200
     1.2 +++ b/latlon-v0008.c	Tue Oct 25 22:15:17 2016 +0200
     1.3 @@ -982,9 +982,9 @@
     1.4  }
     1.5  
     1.6  
     1.7 -/*-------------------------------*
     1.8 - *  Monte Carlo based functions  *
     1.9 - *-------------------------------*/
    1.10 +/*------------------------------------------------------------*
    1.11 + *  Functions using numerical integration (Monte Carlo like)  *
    1.12 + *------------------------------------------------------------*/
    1.13  
    1.14  /* half of (spherical) earth's surface area */
    1.15  #define PGL_HALF_SURFACE (PGL_RADIUS * PGL_DIAMETER * M_PI)
    1.16 @@ -1041,7 +1041,7 @@
    1.17    return PGL_HALF_SURFACE * double_share;
    1.18  }
    1.19  
    1.20 -/* calculate covered area using Monte Carlo method */
    1.21 +/* calculate covered area using Monte Carlo like method */
    1.22  /* TODO: inefficient, should be replaced by different method */
    1.23  static double pgl_monte_carlo_area(pgl_cluster *cluster, int samples) {
    1.24    pgl_point *points;