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Subject: evenly distributed subset of points on a sphere
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:43:05 +0000 (UTC)
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I have, say, 250 points ~ evenly distributed around the globe (x,y,z coordinates).  I would like to choose N subsets of these points are are also evenly distributed.  I'v been wracking my brain for a few days now and I can't really think of an elegant way to do this. 

Anyone know a reasonable way to tackle this?

cheers!