in reply to Re: Algorithm: point with N distance of a line between two other points
in thread Algorithm: point with N distance of a line between two other points
In fact, I believe that you want ...
(sort { $a <=> $b } (|CA|, |CB|, |CP|))[1]
where |...| means "the distance between these points". Of course, because the OP is working with points on a curved surface, he may need to work with great circle distances (and even then he has to allow for the planet not being spherical if he wants to be *really* precise) whereas lots of the solutions you'll find online assume that you're working on a plane. The assumption that the surface is a plane really breaks down once you're talking about distances of more than a few hundred km.
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