Sphere quadtrees: A new data structure to support the visualization of spherically distributed data

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 1259, Issue , 1990, Pages 242-253

  Fekete, György ^a   Treinish, Lloyd ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; DATA MINING; DATA STRUCTURES; DATA VISUALIZATION; RENDERING (COMPUTER GRAPHICS); SPHERES;

DIFFERENT RESOLUTIONS; HIERARCHICAL DATA STRUCTURE; RECURSIVE SUBDIVISION; SEARCH STRATEGIES; SPATIAL DATA MANAGEMENT; SPHERICAL SURFACE; SPHERICAL TRIANGLES; TOPOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS;

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EID: 85065148341     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.19991     Document Type: Conference Paper

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