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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<classpath>
+	<classpathentry kind="src" path="src"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="output" path="bin"/>
+</classpath>
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<projectDescription>
+	<name>Map-Projections</name>
+	<comment></comment>
+	<projects>
+	</projects>
+	<buildSpec>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+	</buildSpec>
+	<natures>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
+	</natures>
+</projectDescription>
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+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @author Justin Kunimune
+ *
+ */
+public class MapProjections {
+	private static final int QUINCUNCIAL = 0;
+	private static final int MERCATOR = 1;
+	
+	
+	
+	
+	public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
+		BufferedImage input = ImageIO.read(new File("realistic.jpg"));
+		
+		BufferedImage output = new BufferedImage(540,540,BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
+		
+		map(input,output,MERCATOR);
+		
+		saveImage(output);
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	
+	/* PROJECTION METHODS: Return RGB at a given pixel based on a reference map and a unique projection method */
+	public static int quincuncial(final double lat0, final double lon0, final double orientation,
+			                      double x, double y, BufferedImage ref) { // a tessalatable square map
+		return 0;
+	}
+	
+	
+	/* PROJECTION METHODS: Return RGB at a given pixel based on a reference map and a unique projection method */
+	public static int mercator(final double lat0, final double lon0, final double orientation,
+			                      double x, double y, BufferedImage ref) { // a popular shape-preserving map
+		return 0;
+	}
+	
+	
+	public static void map(BufferedImage input, BufferedImage output, int projection) {
+		for (int x = 0; x < output.getWidth(); x ++) {
+			for (int y = 0; y < output.getHeight(); y ++) {
+				switch (projection) {
+				case QUINCUNCIAL:
+					output.setRGB(x, y, quincuncial(0,0,0,x,y,input));
+					break;
+				case MERCATOR:
+					output.setRGB(x, y, mercator(0,0,0,x,y,input));
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
+	private static void saveImage(BufferedImage img) {
+		try {
+			File outputFile = new File("output.jpg");
+			ImageIO.write(img, "jpg", outputFile);
+		} catch (IOException e) {}
+	}
+	
+	
+	public static final byte[] valuesFromRGB(int RGB) { // converts an int to three bytes
+		byte[] output = new byte[3];
+		output[0] = (byte)((RGB & 0xFF0000) >> 16); // red
+		output[1] = (byte)((RGB & 0x00FF00) >> 8); // green
+		output[2] = (byte)(RGB & 0x0000FF); // blue
+		return output;
+	}
+	
+	
+	public static final int RGBFromValues(byte r, byte g, byte b) { // converts three bytes to an int
+		return (r<<16) + (g<<8) + b;
+	}
+}