[Xastir] Off Topic: Method to deterrmine location of N minimum points from a dataset

[Jim Tolbert]

Thanks much Alex.........  I am off... as it were <grin>.

G'Night............... jt

Alex Carver wrote:
> You're looking to solve the centroid problem.  Your locations describe a polygon and you want the centroid of that.
>
> A few Google searches on calculating centroids should lead you the right way.
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> --- On Mon, 1/18/10, Jim Tolbert <jim at riverridge-wi.net> wrote:
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>> From: Jim Tolbert <jim at riverridge-wi.net>
>> Subject: [Xastir] Off Topic: Method to deterrmine location of N minimum points from a dataset
>> To: "XASTIR" <xastir at xastir.org>
>> Date: Monday, January 18, 2010, 8:05 PM
>> Sorry for the off topic, but I am not
>> sure where to start and I figured some of you folks probably
>> know..  Any suggestions on what I should search on?
>>
>> I want a method to calculate the locations of N points from
>> a dataset of locations that has a minimum cumulative
>> distance.  That, what are the locations of a given
>> number of Basepoints so that the distance from the dataset
>> to one of he basepoints is
>> minimized.   Specifically, if I have a set of
>> all the locations in a service area and I want to know where
>> to place service providers in the dataset, were should I put
>> them if I have two service providers, where should I put
>> them if I have three providers, etc.
>>
>> I am sure I did this as a home work problem long ago in a
>> computer programming class, but I can't seem to come up with
>> a simple means of doing it.   I am betting
>> the method is detailed out there somewhere, but I can't find
>> the correct search parameters.
>>
>> Please send any suggestions to me at
>>
>> jim at RiverRidge-WI dot net
>>
>> Thanks all................ jt
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