Terrain modeling: A constrained fractal model

ACM International Conference on Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality and Visualisation in Africa

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 197-204

  Belhadj, Farès ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 8   (France)

Author keywords

Fractals; Midpoint displacement; Surface modeling; Surface reconstruction; Terrain

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CONFORMAL MAPPING; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FRACTALS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAPHIC METHODS; MAPS; PHOTOELECTRIC RELAYS; SURVEYING; TRACKING RADAR; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUALIZATION;

COMPUTING MACHINERY; DATA SETS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MAPS (DEM); FRACTAL MODELS; HIS MODEL; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; LOCAL CONSTRAINTS; ROOT MEAN-SQUARE ERROR (RMSE); SURFACE BEHAVIORS; TERRAIN MODELLING; TERRAIN SURFACES;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY;

EID: 42149095905     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1294685.1294717     Document Type: Conference Paper

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