Use 3d pythagorean theorem.
the distance d between point1 (x1,y1,z1) and point2 (x2,y2,z2) is...
d = sqrt((x1-x2)^2 + (y1-y2)^2 + (z1-z2)^2)
as for building an index for this? i have no idea. but that is how you
find the distance between two 3D points.
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Jose Antonio wrote:
> MySQL offers Spacial Extensions to operate with points in a 2 dimensional
> space.
>
> For a project I'm working on, I need to work with points in an N dimensional
> space and measure the distance among them. Is there a clever do to solve the
> following problem?:
>
> Let's say I have 4 3D point (X,Y,Z):
>
> (0,0,0), (1,1,1), (4,4,2), (-2,30,18)
>
> And for a new point (3, -1, 1.5), I need to know which of my other points
> are closer and what the distance is.
>
> Any clues?
>
> Thank you in advance,
> Jose.
>
>
