Method GetDistanceSquaredTo

Namespace

GeometryHelper.Core

Assembly

GeometryHelper.dll

GetDistanceSquaredTo(GeoPoint3, GeoPoint3)

Calculates the squared distance between two points.

public static double GetDistanceSquaredTo(GeoPoint3 p1, GeoPoint3 p2)

Parameters

p1 GeoPoint3

p2 GeoPoint3

Returns

double

Remarks

Comparing squared distances avoids a square root, which matters in the loops that scan every vertex or edge of a shape looking for the nearest one.