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@thi.ng/geom-closest-point

2D / 3D closest point / proximity helpers

2.1.162
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Version published: 2 hours ago

Maintainers: 1

Created: 6 years ago

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[!NOTE] This is one of 202 standalone projects, maintained as part of the @thi.ng/umbrella monorepo and anti-framework.

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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.

Status

STABLE - used in production

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Installation

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>

JSDelivr documentation

For Node.js REPL:

const gcp = await import("@thi.ng/geom-closest-point");

Package sizes (brotli'd, pre-treeshake): ESM: 1.06 KB

Dependencies

Note: @thi.ng/api is in most cases a type-only import (not used at runtime)

Usage examples

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

API

Generated API docs

closestPointAABB
closestPointArray
closestPointCircle
closestPointLine
closestPointPlane
closestPointPolyline
closestPointRect
closestPointSphere
closestPointSegment
closestT
distToLine
distToSegment

Authors

Karsten Schmidt

If 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
}

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Package last updated on 21 Feb 2025

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