Tag: geometry

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Generate a random point within a circle (uniformly)

I need to generate a uniformly random point within a circle of radius R. I realize that by just picking a uni

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Wilber
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asked 07 September, 2021
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23 answers
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How to determine if a list of polygon points are in clockwise order?

Having a list of points, how do I find if they are in clockwise order? For example: point[0] = (5,0) point[1

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Charis
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asked 07 September, 2021
56 votes
30 answers
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Calculate distance between 2 GPS coordinates

How do I calculate distance between two GPS coordinates (using latitude and longitude)?

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Stacia
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asked 07 September, 2021
54 votes
22 answers
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How do CSS triangles work?

There're plenty of different CSS shapes over at CSS Tricks - Shapes of CSS and I'm particularly puzz

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Freida
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asked 07 September, 2021