@thi.ng/geom-closest-point
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2D / 3D closest point / proximity helpers. This is a support package for @thi.ng/geom.
Current implementations partially based on toxiclibs (Java) and Clojure version of thi.ng/geom.
STABLE - used in production
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yarn add @thi.ng/geom-closest-point
ESM import:
import * as gcp from "@thi.ng/geom-closest-point";
Browser ESM import:
<script type="module" src="https://esm.run/@thi.ng/geom-closest-point"></script>
For Node.js REPL:
const gcp = await import("@thi.ng/geom-closest-point");
Package sizes (brotli'd, pre-treeshake): ESM: 1.06 KB
Note: @thi.ng/api is in most cases a type-only import (not used at runtime)
One project in this repo's /examples directory is using this package:
| Screenshot | Description | Live demo | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Interactive visualization of closest points on ellipses | Demo | Source |
closestPointAABBclosestPointArrayclosestPointCircleclosestPointLineclosestPointPlaneclosestPointPolylineclosestPointRectclosestPointSphereclosestPointSegmentclosestTdistToLinedistToSegmentIf this project contributes to an academic publication, please cite it as:
@misc{thing-geom-closest-point,
title = "@thi.ng/geom-closest-point",
author = "Karsten Schmidt",
note = "https://thi.ng/geom-closest-point",
year = 2018
}
© 2018 - 2025 Karsten Schmidt // Apache License 2.0
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2D / 3D closest point / proximity helpers
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