  Fix a compact $M \subset \mathbb{R}^2$ and $r>0$. A minimizer of the maximal
distance functional is a connected set $\Sigma$ of the minimal length, such
that \[ max_{y \in M} dist(y,\Sigma) \leq r. \] The problem of finding maximal
distance minimizers is connected to the Steiner tree problem.
  In this paper we consider the case of a convex closed curve $M$, with the
minimal radius of curvature greater than $r$ (it implies that $M$ is smooth).
The first part is devoted to statements on structure of $\Sigma$: we show that
the closure of an arbitrary connected component of $B_r(M) \cap \Sigma$ is a
local Steiner tree which connects no more than five vertices.
  In the second part we "derive in the picture". Assume that the left and right
neighborhoods of $y \in M$ are contained in $r$-neighborhoods of different
points $x_1$, $x_2 \in \Sigma$. We write conditions on the behavior of $\Sigma$
in the neighborhoods of $x_1$ and $x_2$ under the assumption by moving $y$
along $M$.
