Simultaneous storage of primal and dual three-dimensional subdivisions

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 393-408

  Ledoux, Hugo ^a   Gold, Christopher M ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data structure; Delaunay tetrahedralization; Duality; Three dimensional modelling; Voronoi diagram

Indexed keywords

DATASETS; DELAUNAY TETRAHEDRALIZATION; VORONOI DIAGRAM;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NAVIGATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

DATA STRUCTURES;

DATA PROCESSING; DATA SET; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 34447267995     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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