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Re:Show HN: 2D field of view demo by MonkeyDan on Tuesday June 07, 2016 @03:08PM (#11856920)
Me too. Though it's just rendered as a 2D raster: http://monkeybrains.net/viewshed

I'm trying to build something that can be used across the DSM we have of SF for better planning our wireless links.

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Re:Show HN: 2D field of view demo by PavlovsCat on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @05:08AM (#11860945)
Oh, interesting!

Shouldn't it be possible to then feed that into a fitness function and randomly "evolve" the "perfect" distribution, or is that silly?

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Re:Show HN: 2D field of view demo by MonkeyDan on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @12:15PM (#11863280)
Totally possible. Though getting data out of WebGL can be hairy. And actually getting on the rooftops of the ideal buildings is a whole nother story.
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Re:Show HN: 2D field of view demo by PavlovsCat on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @12:28PM (#11863417)
Make ease of access (and how much it's wanted there, and so on) part of the fitness function, too :)

And future configurations could also take into account how many things you'd have to move, or whatnot (I have no idea about what you're doing, I just imagine that's not something you do once and never change, right?).

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