http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxicab_geometry
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 4:10 PM, Lance Norskog <[email protected]> wrote: > Dennis, is there a cite somewhere explaining this algorithm? > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Ted Dunning <[email protected]> > wrote: > > City block and Manhattan and L_1 metric are the names that I know for it. > > > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 3:40 PM, Sean Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I know this as "Manhattan distance". Is that an Americanism or is that > >> actually the more common name to anyone? > >> > > > > > > -- > Lance Norskog > [email protected] >
