The code behind http://sirarscloudservice.cloudapp.net/. An Azure cloud service that hosts a genetic algorithm, solving the Traveling Salesman Problem.
In addition to the web UI, it is possible to use the service directly by doing GET requests with [x,y] city coordinates. Here is a GET request example of a TSP with 4 cities:
http://sirarscloudservice.cloudapp.net/Home/Solve?c=200,300&c=400,300&c=400,400&c=400,200
This returns the following JSON:
{
"results":"Solution: 647.214 Path: (1,3,0,2,)"
}
Where solution is the shortest path provided in pixels, and path is the shortest city route (1 is [400,300], 3 is [400,200] and so on).
The service was later extended with the ability to convert [latitude,longitude] coordinates to [x,y] Arma 3 coordinates for the Altis map. It must be noted though that this conversion is imprecise and uses a fixed center location as reference on the Altis map. Here is a GET request example with [latitude,longitude]:
http://sirarscloudservice.cloudapp.net/Home/ConvertToArmaCoordinates?c=39.878880,25.231705
This returns the following JSON:
{
"armaCoordinates":[{"X":14306,"Y":13048}]
}