This project is part of the @thi.ng/umbrella monorepo.

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2D / 3D closest point / proximity helpers.

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

// ES module
<script type="module" src="https://unpkg.com/@thi.ng/geom-closest-point?module" crossorigin></script>

// UMD
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@thi.ng/geom-closest-point/lib/index.umd.js" crossorigin></script>

Package sizes (gzipped, pre-treeshake): ESM: 1.01 KB / CJS: 1.10 KB / UMD: 1.14 KB

• @thi.ng/api
• @thi.ng/math
• @thi.ng/vectors

Several demos in this repo's /examples directory are using this package.

A selection:

Screenshot	Description	Live demo	Source
	Interactive visualization of closest points on ellipses	Demo	Source

Generated API docs

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

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
}

© 2018 - 2021 Karsten Schmidt // Apache Software License 2.0