The Radial Sweep Algorithm for Constructing Triangulated Irregular Networks
- 1 May 1982
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
- Vol. 2 (3) , 11-21
- https://doi.org/10.1109/mcg.1982.1674214
Abstract
For some applications, triangulated irregular networks are superior to rectangular grids in modeling complex surfaces. The radial sweep algorithm is an improvement of TIN techniques.Keywords
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