Adaptive streaming and rendering of large terrains: A generic solution

17th International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision, WSCG'2009 - In Co-operation with EUROGRAPHICS, Full Papers Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 25-32

  Lerbour, Raphaël ^a   Marvie, Jean Eudes ^a   Gautron, Pascal ^a  

^a Thomson R and D ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Adaptive rendering; Adaptive streaming; Generic data structure; Level of detail; Planetary terrain

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RENDERING; CLIENT DEVICES; DATA STRUCTURE OPERATIONS; DATA UPDATE; GENERIC DATA STRUCTURES; GENERIC SOLUTIONS; LEVEL OF DETAIL; NETWORK CAPACITY; PLANETARY TERRAIN; REDUNDANT DATA; RENDERING SYSTEM; USER INTERACTION;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER VISION; DATA STRUCTURES; VISUALIZATION;

LOADING;

EID: 84861320924     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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