OBJECTIVE: Create a use Voronoi diagrams to solve problems.

9/14/22
• five airports
• colored region indicate which of the airports is closest
In an emergency…

Voronoi diagram diagram showing set of points

closer to a given point
site point in a Voronoi diagram cell region in a Voronoi diagram

Ex. Three points , , and lie inside a square of side length units whose sides
are formed by the lines , , , and .

The points , , and have coordinates , , and .

1. Construct a copy of the diagram in your exercise book.
 OBJECTIVE: Create a use Voronoi diagrams to solve problems. 9/14/22
2. State the equation of the line which contains all points equidistant from and and
show this on the diagram.

3. Add the lines to the diagram which contain all those points equidistant from
a. and b. and .

4. By inspection shade all those points which are closest to each of , , or .

Ex. Three points , , and lie inside a square of side length units whose sides
are formed by the lines , , , and .

The points , , and have coordinates , , and .

1. Construct a copy of the diagram in your exercise book.
 OBJECTIVE: Create a use Voronoi diagrams to solve problems. 9/14/22
2. State the equation of the line which contains all points equidistant from and and
show this on the diagram.

3. Add the lines to the diagram which contain all those points equidistant from
a. and b. and .

4. By inspection shade all those points which are closest to each of , , or .

What can be said about the boundaries of the diagram?

*boundaries formed by perpendicular bisectors*

Nearest neighbor interpolation
Each site assigned numerical value  value assigned to all points within cell
 OBJECTIVE: Create a use Voronoi diagrams to solve problems. 9/14/22

Ex : A town has four coffee shops, , , , and . An entrepreneur wishes to open a new shop in
the town but would like it to be as far as possible from all other four coffee shops.
Consider the Voronoi diagram showing positions of the coffee
shops on a set of coordinate axes. ; ; ; where one unit
represents km.
a. Find the coordinates of the vertices and in the Voronoi
diagram.
b. Determine the best position for the new shop so as
to be as far as possible from any other shop.

*boundaries formed by perpendicular bisectors*

Nearest neighbor interpolation

Each site assigned numerical value  value assigned to all points within cell
OBJECTIVE: Create a use Voronoi diagrams to solve problems. 9/14/22