Multiscale terrain and topographic modelling with the implicit TIN

Transactions in GIS

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 361-378

  Kidner, D B ^a   Ware, J M ^a   Sparkes, A J ^a   Jones, C B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; TIN; TRIANGULATION;

ACCESS SCHEMES; LEVEL-OF-DETAIL; STORAGE AND ACCESS; STORAGE SCHEMES; TERRAIN FEATURES; TERRAIN MODELING; TERRAIN SURFACES; THREE DIMENSIONAL TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHIC MODELS; TRIANGULATED IRREGULAR NETWORKS;

DIGITAL STORAGE;

DATA PROCESSING; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; TOPOGRAPHY; TRIANGULATION;

EID: 0034525677     PISSN: 13611682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9671.00062     Document Type: Conference Paper

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