http://simonwillison.net/2007-09-08T12:58:47+00:00Simon Willison2007-09-08T12:58:47+00:002007-09-08T12:58:47+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Sep/8/official/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://googlemapsapi.blogspot.com/2007/09/v288-clickable-polylines-polygons.html">Google Maps API gets clickable polylines and polygons</a></strong></p> Interesting explanation of how they optimised calculating the distance to the nearest point on a polyline. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/algorithms">algorithms</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/googelmaps">googelmaps</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/google">google</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/javascript">javascript</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/polygons">polygons</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/polylines">polylines</a></p>