EXTRACTING TERRAIN MORPHOLOGY - A New Algorithm and a Comparative Evaluation

Paola Magillo, Emanuele Danovaro, Leila De Floriani, Laura Papaleo, Maria Vitali

2007

Abstract

We consider the problem of extracting morphology of a terrain represented as a Triangulated Irregular Network (TIN). We propose a new algorithm and compare it with representative algorithms of the main approaches existing in the literature to this problem.

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Magillo P., Danovaro E., De Floriani L., Papaleo L. and Vitali M. (2007). EXTRACTING TERRAIN MORPHOLOGY - A New Algorithm and a Comparative Evaluation . In Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, ISBN 978-972-8865-71-9, pages 13-20. DOI: 10.5220/0002076200130020


in Bibtex Style

@conference{grapp07,
author={Paola Magillo and Emanuele Danovaro and Leila De Floriani and Laura Papaleo and Maria Vitali},
title={EXTRACTING TERRAIN MORPHOLOGY - A New Algorithm and a Comparative Evaluation},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP,},
year={2007},
pages={13-20},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002076200130020},
isbn={978-972-8865-71-9},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP,
TI - EXTRACTING TERRAIN MORPHOLOGY - A New Algorithm and a Comparative Evaluation
SN - 978-972-8865-71-9
AU - Magillo P.
AU - Danovaro E.
AU - De Floriani L.
AU - Papaleo L.
AU - Vitali M.
PY - 2007
SP - 13
EP - 20
DO - 10.5220/0002076200130020