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181   $2rdacontent
182   $2rdamedia
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200 10$a3D engine design for virtual globes /$fby Patrick Cozzi and Kevin Ring
205   $aFirst edition.
210  1$aBoca Raton, FL :$cA K Peters/CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis,$d2011.
215   $a1 online resource (514 pages) $cillustrations (some color), tables, photographs
311   $a1-322-61427-X 
311   $a1-4398-9192-3 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references.
327   $achapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Math Foundations -- chapter 3 Renderer Design -- chapter 4 Globe Rendering -- chapter 5 Vertex Transform Precision -- chapter 6 Depth Buffer Precision -- chapter 7 Vector Data and Polylines -- chapter 8 Polygons -- chapter 9 Billboards -- chapter 10 Exploiting Parallelism in Resource Preparation -- chapter 11 Terrain Basics -- chapter 12 Massive-Terrain Rendering -- chapter 13 Geometry Clipmapping -- chapter 14 Chunked LOD.
330 3 $aSupported with code examples and the authors? real-world experience, this book offers the first guide to engine design and rendering algorithms for virtual globe applications like Google Earth and NASA World Wind. The content is also useful for general graphics and games, especially planet and massive-world engines. With pragmatic advice throughout, it is essential reading for practitioners, researchers, and hobbyists in these areas, and can be used as a text for a special topics course in computer graphics.
606   $aSearch engines$xProgramming
606   $aWeb search engines
606   $aThree-dimensional imaging
606   $aDigital mapping
606   $aTexture mapping
608   $aElectronic books.
615  0$aSearch engines$xProgramming.
615  0$aWeb search engines.
615  0$aThree-dimensional imaging.
615  0$aDigital mapping.
615  0$aTexture mapping.
676   $a005.75/8
700   $aCozzi$b Patrick$0902031
702   $aRing$b Kevin
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