Parallel viewshed analysis on GPU using CUDA

3rd International Joint Conference on Computational Sciences and Optimization, CSO 2010: Theoretical Development and Engineering Practice

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 373-374

  Xia, Yingjie ^a   Li, Yang ^a   Shi, Xingmin ^a  

^a HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CUDA; GPU; Ray of sight; Viewshed

Indexed keywords

CUDA; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; GPU; HIGHER RESOLUTION; MATRIX; MULTIPLE THREADS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PARALLEL IMPLEMENTATIONS; PARALLELIZATIONS; RAY OF SIGHT; VIEWSHED; VIEWSHED ANALYSIS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION;

BIOINFORMATICS;

EID: 77956447673     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CSO.2010.12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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