Three Approaches To Terrain Rendering

Timothy Butler

doi:10.1117/12.952648

5 April 1989 Three Approaches To Terrain Rendering

Timothy Butler

Proceedings Volume 1075, Digital Image Processing Applications; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.952648
Event: OE/LASE '89, 1989, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

Three alternative approaches to terrain rendering are presented in historical order. Polyhedral computer graphics, image warping, and image ray tracing are compared in terms of their relative strengths and weaknesses. Image ray tracing is found to be the most robust technique for most terrain rendering applications.

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Timothy Butler "Three Approaches To Terrain Rendering", Proc. SPIE 1075, Digital Image Processing Applications, (5 April 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.952648

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