We frequently need to find the nearest hospital, surgery or supermarket. A map divided into cells, each cell covering the region closest to a particular centre, can assist us in our quest. Such a map ...

The Voronoi diagram, or Thiessen Polygon maps, or Dirichlet tessellation, is formed when a plane is partitioned into polygons, and each polygon encompasses one generating point. In other words, in a ...

Voronoi diagrams provide a spatial partitioning technique that assigns every location within an urban area to its nearest feature, such as a transport hub, facility or service centre. By constructing ...

Branching out: the team says it is the first demonstration of Voronoi diagrams in plant venation patterns. Left: a leaf of the Chinese money plant. Right: A computer model of a Voronoi diagram that ...

Scientists have uncovered a hidden mathematical secret inside the leaves of the Chinese money plant: a naturally occurring geometric pattern known as a Voronoi diagram, something typically associated ...

The Greek island of Milos is part of the European Natura 2000 network, which limits the size of structures that can be built in protected areas. The architects from the Athens-based DecaArchitecture ...