Function Ellipsoid.sphere

Construct a sphere or throw when the radius is invalid.

static Ellipsoid sphere(
  const T radius
) @safe;

Parameters

NameDescription
radius Finite positive radius in the caller-selected linear unit.

Returns

The constructed sphere with zero flattening.

Throws

GeodesyValueException for a non-positive or non-finite radius.

Example

Example constructing a spherical Earth model. 

import geodesy;
const sphere = Ellipsoid!double.sphere(6_371_000.0);
assert(sphere.semiMajorAxis == sphere.semiMinorAxis);