mistake in curvature function

[chinasio]

switch ctype case 'profc' curv = - (p.^2 .* r + 2_p._q._s + q.^2.t)./((p.^2 + q.^2).(1 + p.^2 + q.^2).^(3)); case 'tangc' curv = - (q.^2 ._ r + 2_p._q._s + p.^2.t)./((p.^2 + q.^2).(1 + p.^2 + q.^2).^(3)); case 'planc' curv = - (q.^2 ._ r + 2_p._q._s + p.^2._t)./((1 + p.^2 + q.^2).^(3)); case 'meanc' curv = (p.^2 .* r + 2_p._q._s + q.^2.t)./((p.^2 + q.^2).(1 + p.^2 + q.^2)) ...

• ((1+q).^2 ._ r + 2_p._q._s + (1+p).^2._t)./(2.*(1 + p.^2 + q.^2).^(3/2));

end the tanc and profc is the same formula,

[wschwanghart]

In fact, profc and tangc did not have the same formula, but they were wrong nevertheless. The new curvature function now adopts the formulas used in Schmidt et al. (2003, p. 800). Note, however, that the planform or contour curvature equation has an error in that publication. The first term should start with fxx fy.^2.

Schmidt, J., Evans, I.S., Brinkmann, J., 2003. Comparison of polynomial models for land surface curvature calculation. International Journal of Geographical Information Science 17, 797–814. doi:10.1080/13658810310001596058