A virtual globe-based vector data model: quaternary quadrangle vector tile model

International Journal of Digital Earth

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 230-251

  Zhou, Mengyun ^a   Chen, Jing ^a   Gong, Jianya ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

discrete global grid system; geometry based rendering; multi resolution modeling; tile based reconstruction; vector data organization

Indexed keywords

DATA VISUALIZATION; GEOMETRY; RENDERING (COMPUTER GRAPHICS);

DATA REDUNDANCY; DISCRETE GLOBAL GRID SYSTEMS; GLOBAL DATASETS; MULTI-RESOLUTION MODELING; RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS; SUPPORT VECTOR; VECTOR DATA; VECTOR GEOMETRY;

VECTORS;

ALGORITHM; DATA MANAGEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; TERRAIN; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VECTOR; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84961217105     PISSN: 17538947     EISSN: 17538955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17538947.2015.1016558     Document Type: Article

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