Patchwork Terrains: Multi-resolution Representation from Arbitrary Overlapping Grids with Dynamic Update

Luigi Rocca, Daniele Panozzo, Enrico Puppo

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Abstract

We present a radically new method for the multi-resolution representation of large terrain databases. Terrain data come as a collection of regularly sampled, freely overlapping grids, with arbitrary spacing and orientation. A multi-resolution model is built and updated dynamically off-line from such grids, which can be queried on-line to obtain a suitable collection of patches to cover a given domain with a given, possibly view-dependent, level of detail. Patches are combined to obtain a Ck surface, with k depending on the type of base patches. The whole framework is designed to take advantage of the parallel computing power of modern GPUs.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationComputer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics
Subtitle of host publicationTheory and Application - 7th International Joint Conference,VISIGRAPP 2012, Revised Selected Papers
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages48-66
Number of pages19
ISBN (Print)9783642382406
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Event7th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications, VISIGRAPP 2012 - Rome, Italy
Duration: Feb 24 2012Feb 26 2012

Publication series

NameCommunications in Computer and Information Science
Volume359 CCIS
ISSN (Print)1865-0929

Other

Other7th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications, VISIGRAPP 2012
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityRome
Period2/24/122/26/12

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Computer Science
  • General Mathematics

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