Path uniform interpolation

[rougier]

This is a piece of code by Bas Swinckels posted on stack overflow that allow to sample a path at regular interval.

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
a = 1
phi = np.arange(0, 10*np.pi, 0.1)
x = a*phi*np.cos(phi)
y = a*phi*np.sin(phi)

dr = (np.diff(x)**2 + np.diff(y)**2)**.5 # segment lengths
r = np.zeros_like(x)
r[1:] = np.cumsum(dr) # integrate path
r_int = np.linspace(0, r.max(), 200) # regular spaced path
x_int = np.interp(r_int, r, x) # interpolate
y_int = np.interp(r_int, r, y)

plt.subplot(1,2,1)
plt.plot(x, y, 'o-')
plt.title('Original')
plt.axis([-32,32,-32,32])

plt.subplot(1,2,2)
plt.plot(x_int, y_int, 'o-')
plt.title('Interpolated')
plt.axis([-32,32,-32,32])
plt.show()

[stefanv]

Neat, thanks!