This is a collection of links to wiki pages and relevant papers on techniques.

• ShortestsPaths by Dijkstra's, Fast Marching and MMP. http://www.cs.unc.edu/~verma/shortest_path.pdf
• TerrainSimplification^? by refinement, decimation, and filtering
  • Terrain simplification survey by Garland & Heckbert. http://graphics.cs.uiuc.edu/~garland/papers/simp.pdf
• Chui's Interpolatory SubdivisionSurfaces
  • inter_tri_extra.pdf: From Extension of Loop's Approximation Scheme to Interpolatory Subdivisions
• RTIN
  • RTIN_cccg07.pdf: Terrain Representation using Right-Triangulated Irregular Networks
  • Peter Lindstrom, Valerio Pascucci, Visualization of Large Terrains Made Easy, Proceedings of IEEE Visualization 2001, October 2001, pp. 363-370, 574. http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~lindstro/papers/vis2001a/
  • Renato Pajarola, Overview of Quadtree-based Terrain Triangulation and Visualization, UCI-ICS Technical Report No. 02-01, January 2002
• FittingTips - how to fit functions, planes, etc.
• Patch fitting MSc survey by Tim Thirion: slope/elevation formulas, linear, curved PN, & Quintic interpolants for triangles, and tensor product surfaces. http://www.cs.unc.edu/~thirion/cr-r1.pdf
• SIFT
  • isprs08.pdf: Image Localization On Satellite Map With A New Feature-Based Indexing
• Ideas behind Streaming at StreamingCompression and StreamingDelaunay
• Tools for VisualizingSurfaceError
• JPEG2000
  • jpeg2000AlmostLossless.pdf: JPEG2000: Almost Lossless
  • jpeg2000.pdf: Wavelet Analysis for a New Multiresolution Model for Large-Scale Textured Terrains
• Wavelets
  • arfgtw.pdf: A Really Friendly Guide to Wavelets

- JackSnoeyink - 04 Jun 2008