Posts categorized under: math

Distance Measures Redux -- Unifying and Tweaking

After talking about distance calculations the other day, I was thinking about how we could generalize the measures.

Looking back on the D&D distance calculation, I think it can encompass civ and Manhattan distances, too.

First, for simplicity’s sake, I’m going to refer …

Different Measures of Distance

How far is it from one place to another? How does that change if you’re on a flat plane? What if that plane has discrete distances, like a checkerboard, or Civ map, or pixels on a screen?

If we’ve got two points, how far do you have to …