A uniform sky illumination model to enhance shading of terrain and urban areas

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-36

  Kennelly, Patrick J ^a   Stewart, A James ^b  

^a CW Post Campus of Long Island University ^*  (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Illumination model; Point source illumination; Shading shadowing; Uniform diffuse illumination

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; LIGHT SOURCES; LIGHTING; MAPPING; OPTICAL RADAR;

POINT SOURCE ILLUMINATION; SHADING SHADOWING; UNIFORM DIFFUSE ILLUMINATION; UNIFORM SKY ILLUMINATION MODEL;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

GIS; IMAGERY; MAPPING; TERRAIN;

EID: 33645290488     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1559/152304006777323118     Document Type: Article

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