symbol

meaning

( x current , center , y current , center )

brightness barycenter of tick mark

G A current , tick-mark

brightness average of tick mark

G A current , background

brightness average of tick mark's background

θ current , tick-mark

angle of ( x current , center , y current , center ) reference to ( x instrument-cener , y instrument-center )

Δ θ current

difference between θ former , scale and its former tick mark

D current

distance between ( x current , center , y current , center ) and ( x center , y center )