I recently asked Which algorithms can be used to generate a euclidean embedding for a manifold given a pairwise distance matrix of geodesics? at Stack Overflow, and @EvgenyPogrebnyak indicated that I might have more success at GIS, even though the question seems to be off-topic.
From my perspective, his primary argument is that even though the question is probably off-topic, the GIS community are precisely the people most likely to be able to answer it effectively, hence the question might not be unwelcome. This leaves me with three questions for Meta GIS SE:
- Are questions about geodesics on arbitrary manifolds close enough to the realm of geodesy to be on-topic?
- Are questions the GIS community might welcome allowed, despite technically being off-topic?
- Would Which algorithms can be used to generate a euclidean embedding for a manifold given a pairwise distance matrix of geodesics? be welcome in the GIS community?