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  1. AUTHOR:
  2.     Paul Burchard
  3.     burchard@math.utah.edu
  4.  
  5.     Dept of Mathematics
  6.     University of Utah
  7.     SLC UT 84112
  8.  
  9. CATEGORIES:
  10.     Mathematics, Geometry
  11.     
  12. DESCRIPTION:
  13.     SphereDraw is a simple drawing program with a difference: it
  14.     draws on the surface of a sphere instead of on a flat plane.
  15.     By drawing shapes and moving them around, you can explore the
  16.     peculiarities of living in (positively) curved geometry.
  17.     
  18.     In addition to direct drawing, SphereDraw supports copy/paste
  19.     editing, arbitrary selections, saving/restoring from files,
  20.     and moving both drawing elements and the sphere itself.
  21.     
  22. HISTORY:
  23.     SphereDraw was written over a weekend during the Regional
  24.     Geometry Institute in Park City, Utah, for use as an
  25.     educational tool.
  26.  
  27. COMPATABILITY:
  28.     SphereDraw was developed under NeXTSTEP 2.1 but should work
  29.     fine under 3.0.