# Make nanoflann a third party used for point locators

**URL:** <https://discourse.vtk.org/t/make-nanoflann-a-third-party-used-for-point-locators/4300>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** proposal\
**Created:** [September 25, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/make-nanoflann-a-third-party-used-for-point-locators/4300 "2020-09-25T16:23:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![ben.boeckel](https://discourse.vtk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/ben.boeckel)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/make-nanoflann-a-third-party-used-for-point-locators/4300/21 "2023-05-11T12:42:20Z")

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Step 1 (if we’re vendoring it): [https://gitlab.kitware.com/third-party/repo-requests/-/issues/new](https://gitlab.kitware.com/third-party/repo-requests/-/issues/new)

If it’s an external dep (and therefore not in wheels), a new module would be best.

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