representation of spherical data - C++ shared library

 HEALPix is an acronym for Hierarchical Equal Area isoLatitude Pixelization
 of a sphere. As suggested in the name, this pixelization produces a
 subdivision of a spherical surface in which each pixel covers the same
 surface area as every other pixel. It is commonly used to store all-sky
 astronomical images, most famously maps of the cosmic microwave background.
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 This package provides the dynamic library for the C++ language implementation
 of HEALPix. It can be used interactively via Python bindings available in a
 separate package. The C++ library provides input/output, basic
 spatial operations such as conversion between spherical coordinates and
 HEALPix pixels, and also sophisticated spatial operations such as querying
 cones or polygons, as well as upsampling/downsampling, smoothing, and fast
 spherical harmonic transforms.