How can I plot a sphere that is segmented into az-el angles?

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I want to plot a sphere with r=1 that is divided into element of 10 degree in azimuth and elevation angle.

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Adam Filion
Adam Filion on 16 Oct 2013
Edited: Adam Filion on 16 Oct 2013
Use the sphere command.
There's also the related sph2cart for converting azimuth, elevation and radius to x,y,z.
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Laila Kazemi
Laila Kazemi on 16 Oct 2013
the sphere command does not cut the sphere to the dimensions I want
Adam Filion
Adam Filion on 16 Oct 2013
You can use sphere to split it into n number of equal parts. So if you want every 10 degrees, thats 360/10=36. For example:
[x,y,z] = sphere(36);
[az,el,r] = cart2sph(x,y,z);
az = rad2deg(az);
az(2,:)

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