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Re: One ellipse to rule them all [message #58623 is a reply to message #58622]

Mon, 11 February 2008 14:51

David Fanning
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ianpaul.freeley@gmail.com writes:

> I'm hoping someone has done this before and can help me out.
>
> I have a bunch of x,y points, and I'd like to find the ellipse (with
> minimum area) that encompasses all of them. Any thoughts?

I can show you how to find an ellipse:

http://www.dfanning.com/ip_tips/fit_ellipse.html

To enclose all the points I would, uh, expand it
slowly. :-)

Cheers,

David

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Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming (www.dfanning.com)
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		Re: One ellipse to rule them all By: ianpaul.freeley on Mon, 11 February 2008 15:06
		Re: One ellipse to rule them all By: David Fanning on Mon, 11 February 2008 14:51
		Re: One ellipse to rule them all By: Brian Larsen on Tue, 12 February 2008 08:08
		Re: One ellipse to rule them all By: Vince Hradil on Mon, 11 February 2008 15:55
		Re: One ellipse to rule them all By: pgrigis on Mon, 11 February 2008 15:55

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