VTK/Examples/Cxx/DataStructures/OctreeClosestPoint

#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
#include <vtkPoints.h>
#include <vtkPolyData.h>
#include <vtkIdList.h>
#include <vtkOctreePointLocator.h>
 
int main(int, char *[])
{
  // Setup point coordinates
  double x[3] = {1.0, 0.0, 0.0};
  double y[3] = {0.0, 1.0, 0.0};
  double z[3] = {0.0, 0.0, 1.0};
 
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkPoints> points = 
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkPoints>::New();
  points->InsertNextPoint(x);
  points->InsertNextPoint(y);
  points->InsertNextPoint(z);
 
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData> polydata = 
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData>::New();
  polydata->SetPoints(points);
 
  // Create the tree
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkOctreePointLocator> octree =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkOctreePointLocator>::New();
  octree->SetDataSet(polydata);
  octree->BuildLocator();
 
  double testPoint[3] = {2.0, 0.0, 0.0};
 
  // Find the closest points to TestPoint
  vtkIdType iD = octree->FindClosestPoint(testPoint);
  std::cout << "The closest point is point " << iD << std::endl;
 
  // Get the coordinates of the closest point
  double closestPoint[3];
  octree->GetDataSet()->GetPoint(iD, closestPoint);
  std::cout << "Coordinates: " << closestPoint[0] << " " 
            << closestPoint[1] << " " << closestPoint[2] << std::endl;
 
  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}