Basic Examples (2) 

A spherical triangle:

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Show the spherical triangle:

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A spherical rectangle:

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Show the spherical rectangle:

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Scope (2) 

A spherical polygon with a specified sphere center:

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Show the polygon on a sphere:

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Use directives to specify the face colors:

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Options (3) 

EdgeStyle (2) 

Specify the style of the edges:

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Specify face and edge styling:

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ShowEdges (1) 

Show the edges of the spherical polygon:

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Properties and Relations (1) 

SphericalPolygon returns a GraphicsComplex object:

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Possible Issues (3) 

Consecutive vertices of SphericalPolygon cannot be antipodal points:

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SphericalPolygon does not directly support spherical digons:

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To render a spherical digon, add the midpoints of the edges:

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SphericalPolygon is best used for convex spherical polygons. Concave polygons might display artifacts:

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Split the concave spherical polygon into two spherical triangles:

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Neat Examples (2) 

Random triangulation of a sphere:

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Use SphericalPolygon to depict a soccer ball:

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