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Good terrain geometry, cheap!

Duchaineau et al., 1997

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12754338719424651094
Author
Duchaineau M
Wolinsky M
Sigeti D
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Real-time terrain rendering for interactive visualization remains a demanding task. We present a novel algorithm with several advantages over previous methods: our method is unusually stingy with polygons yet achieves real-time performance and is scalable to …
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