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Subject: Re: [geometry] Segment to Segment Distance
From: Barend Gehrels (barend_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-05-25 07:57:43


On 25-5-2012 13:53, Arash Partow wrote:
> On 20/05/2012 3:44 AM, Dan Chianucci wrote:
>> Hey guys,
>>
>> I'm trying to find the minimum distance between two segments, however
>> this feature doesn't seem to be supported
>>
>
> How about this:
>
>
> http://code.google.com/p/wykobi/source/browse/trunk/wykobi_nd.inl#108
>
>
> You can change the following line:
>
> http://code.google.com/p/wykobi/source/browse/trunk/wykobi_nd.inl#195
>
> to
>
> distance((segment1[0] + (sc * u)) + (segment2[0] + (tc * v))));
>
>
>
>
> It's based on 'point of closest approach' method.
> _______________________________________________

But is this related to Boost.Geometry? Or even Boost? No.

Please consider the context of this list.

Regards, Barend


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