source: Dev/branches/jQueryUI/client/d3/src/geo/azimuthal.js @ 249

// TODO clip input coordinates on opposite hemisphere
d3.geo.azimuthal = function() {
  var mode = "orthographic", // or stereographic
      origin,
      scale = 200,
      translate = [480, 250],
      x0,
      y0,
      cy0,
      sy0;

  function azimuthal(coordinates) {
    var x1 = coordinates[0] * d3_radians - x0,
        y1 = coordinates[1] * d3_radians,
        cx1 = Math.cos(x1),
        sx1 = Math.sin(x1),
        cy1 = Math.cos(y1),
        sy1 = Math.sin(y1),
        k = mode == "stereographic" ? 1 / (1 + sy0 * sy1 + cy0 * cy1 * cx1) : 1,
        x = k * cy1 * sx1,
        y = k * (sy0 * cy1 * cx1 - cy0 * sy1);
    return [
      scale * x + translate[0],
      scale * y + translate[1]
    ];
  }

  azimuthal.mode = function(x) {
    if (!arguments.length) return mode;
    mode = x;
    return azimuthal;
  };

  azimuthal.origin = function(x) {
    if (!arguments.length) return origin;
    origin = x;
    x0 = origin[0] * d3_radians;
    y0 = origin[1] * d3_radians;
    cy0 = Math.cos(y0);
    sy0 = Math.sin(y0);
    return azimuthal;
  };

  azimuthal.scale = function(x) {
    if (!arguments.length) return scale;
    scale = +x;
    return azimuthal;
  };

  azimuthal.translate = function(x) {
    if (!arguments.length) return translate;
    translate = [+x[0], +x[1]];
    return azimuthal;
  };

  return azimuthal.origin([0, 0]);
};