Re: [Algorithms] Best fit of polygon inside another polygon

[Nicholas \Indy\ R. <ar...@gm...>]

Except with Scaling you can define best fit to be the fit that takes
up the most amount of area, which is a pretty standard metric for best
fit, no such standard metric exists without scaling IMO.

Nicholas "Indy" Ray

On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 2:04 AM, Fabian Giesen <f.g...@49...> wrote:
>> Without scaling this seems to be an odd request... as what defines any
>> one fit better then another, so long as the polygon does fit within
>> the quad, there lacks a metric for "best" as any fit will take the
>> same area and have the same excess area.
>
> Same goes for scaling though - just let the scaling factor run towards 0
> and your metric will look better and better.
>
> -Fabian Giesen
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