Crusta: A new virtual globe for real-time visualization of sub-meter digital topography at planetary scales

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-85

  Bernardin, Tony ^a   Cowgill, Eric ^b   Kreylos, Oliver ^b   Bowles, Christopher ^b   Gold, Peter ^b   Hamann, Bernd ^a   Kellogg, Louise ^b  

^a University of California Davis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital elevation model; LiDAR; Terrain visualization; Virtual globes

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL TOPOGRAPHY; FINE GRIDS; IMMERSIVE; INPUT DATAS; INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATIONS; LIDAR; MULTISCALES; NUMBER OF DATUM; ON-THE-FLY; PLANETARY BODIES; PLANETARY SCALE; PREPROCESSING TOOLS; REAL TIME VISUALIZATION; TERRAIN SURFACES; TERRAIN VISUALIZATION; USER COMMUNITIES; VERY HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; VIRTUAL GLOBES;

DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; FORESTRY; GEOMETRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; OPTICAL RADAR; SOFTWARE PACKAGES; SURVEYING; VISUALIZATION;

DATA VISUALIZATION;

DATA PROCESSING; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; LIDAR; RADAR IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 78650741191     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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