Virtual reality representation of Martian soil for space exploration

Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 111-129

  Piovano, L ^a   Brunello, M M ^a   Musso, I ^b   Rocci, L ^c   Basso, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b ALTEC   (Italy)

^c THALES ALENIA SPACE ITALIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Digital Elevation Model; Space Exploration; Terrain Representation; Virtual Reality

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; MULTIDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING; REAL-TIME INTERACTIVITY; SPACE EXPLORATION MISSION; SPACE EXPLORATIONS; TERRAIN REPRESENTATIONS; VIRTUAL REALITY REPRESENTATION; VIRTUAL REALITY TECHNIQUES;

AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; COST ENGINEERING; FLIGHT SIMULATORS; MACHINERY; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE RESEARCH; VIRTUAL REALITY;

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT;

EID: 84875474489     PISSN: 10546618     EISSN: 15556212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1054661812040141     Document Type: Article

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