Karlsruhe metric
In metric geometry, the Karlsruhe metric (the name alludes to the layout of the city of Karlsruhe), also called Moscow metric, is a measure of distance that assumes travel is only possible along radial streets and along circular avenues around the center.[1]
The Karlsruhe distance between two points is given as
where are the polar coordinates of and is the angular distance between the two points.
See also
- Metric (mathematics)
- Manhattan distance
- Hamming distance
Notes
External links
- Karlsruhe-metric Voronoi diagram, by Takashi Ohyama
- Karlsruhe-Metric Voronoi Diagram, by Rashid Bin Muhammad