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From: vd09+@andrew.cmu.edu (Vincent M. Del Vecchio)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Finding distances on hex maps
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Date: 15 Nov 90 15:48:37 GMT
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> Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.mac.programmer: 15-Nov-90 Finding
> distances on hex maps J. Taggart Gorman@cs.ari (598)

>    I have always wanted to code a few of my favorite war games on my
> Mac, but the code for finding the distance between two hexes has always
> eluded me.  I *want* hex maps, because that's what the games are played
> on and I also feel that using squares does not represent life to well,
> but then again, neither do hexes, really, but they're close enough for
> me.

You want to be able to find the linear (as the crow flies) distance
between any two hexes?  I'm not sure I understood you.