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That's pretty interesting. I'll now be doubting every circle I walk by, questioning if it's even real or just some approximation.
by accrual 3y ago
That's pretty interesting. I'll now be doubting every circle I walk by, questioning if it's even real or just some approximation.
- BillinghamJ 3y agoPerfect shapes do not exist on a physical level, so they're all approximations https://factmyth.com/factoids/there-are-no-straight-lines-or-perfect-circles/ https://factmyth.com/factoids/there-are-no-straight-lines-or...
- nerdponx 3y agoCircles also don't exist in the core geospatial data library GEOS. You have to approximate them with a polygon that has a lot of vertices.