A hybrid, hierarchical data structure for real-time terrain visualization

Proceedings - Computer Graphics International, CGI 1999

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 85-92

  Baumann, Konstantin ^a   Döllner, Jürgen ^a   Hinrichs, Klaus ^a   Kersting, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DATA STRUCTURES; DATA VISUALIZATION; FORESTRY; GEOMETRY; LANDFORMS; VISUALIZATION;

APPROXIMATION ERRORS; GEOMETRIC APPROXIMATIONS; HIERARCHICAL DATA STRUCTURE; LANDSCAPE VISUALIZATION; MULTI-RESOLUTION MODELING; OBJECT ORIENTED DESIGN; PRE-PROCESSING STEP; RENDERING ALGORITHMS;

TREES (MATHEMATICS);

EID: 84875311200     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CGI.1999.777920     Document Type: Conference Paper

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