Study of LOD terrain rendering algorithm based on GPU

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Xiong ◽  
Xuzhi Wang ◽  
Mengyao Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Terrain Rendering

Seamless terrain rendering method based on binary tree and GPU

2013 ◽  
Vol 32 (9) ◽  
pp. 2548-2552
Author(s):  
Wei CAO ◽  
Guang-yao DUAN
Keyword(s):  
Binary Tree ◽  
Terrain Rendering

scholarly journals Prevention of Mountain Disasters and Maintenance of Residential Area through Real-Time Terrain Rendering

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 2950
Author(s):  
Su-Kyung Sung ◽  
Eun-Seok Lee ◽  
Byeong-Seok Shin
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Graphics Processing Units ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Sampled Data ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Terrain Rendering ◽  
Mountain Disasters

Climate change increases the frequency of localized heavy rains and typhoons. As a result, mountain disasters, such as landslides and earthworks, continue to occur, causing damage to roads and residential areas downstream. Moreover, large-scale civil engineering works, including dam construction, cause rapid changes in the terrain, which harm the stability of residential areas. Disasters, such as landslides and earthenware, occur extensively, and there are limitations in the field of investigation; thus, there are many studies being conducted to model terrain geometrically and to observe changes in terrain according to external factors. However, conventional topography methods are expressed in a way that can only be interpreted by people with specialized knowledge. Therefore, there is a lack of consideration for three-dimensional visualization that helps non-experts understand. We need a way to express changes in terrain in real time and to make it intuitive for non-experts to understand. In conventional height-based terrain modeling and simulation, there is a problem in which some of the sampled data are irregularly distorted and do not show the exact terrain shape. The proposed method utilizes a hierarchical vertex cohesion map to correct inaccurately modeled terrain caused by uniform height sampling, and to compensate for geometric errors using Hausdorff distances, while not considering only the elevation difference of the terrain. The mesh reconstruction, which triangulates the three-vertex placed at each location and makes it the smallest unit of 3D model data, can be done at high speed on graphics processing units (GPUs). Our experiments confirm that it is possible to express changes in terrain accurately and quickly compared with existing methods. These functions can improve the sustainability of residential spaces by predicting the damage caused by mountainous disasters or civil engineering works around the city and make it easy for non-experts to understand.

scholarly journals Irregular Morphing for Real-Time Rendering of Large Terrain

2016 ◽  
Vol XLI-B3 ◽  
pp. 755-762 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sid'Ali Kalem ◽  
Assia Kourgli
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Adaptive Sampling ◽  
Approximation Error ◽  
Surface Characteristics ◽  
Remote Visualization ◽  
Terrain Rendering ◽  
Real Time Processing ◽  
Tile Size ◽  
Multi Resolution Analysis ◽  
Screen Space

The following paper proposes an alternative approach to the real-time adaptive triangulation problem. A new region-based multi-resolution approach for terrain rendering is described which improves on-the-fly the distribution of the density of triangles inside the tile after selecting appropriate Level-Of-Detail by an adaptive sampling. This proposed approach organizes the heightmap into a QuadTree of tiles that are processed independently. This technique combines the benefits of both Triangular Irregular Network approach and region-based multi-resolution approach by improving the distribution of the density of triangles inside the tile. Our technique morphs the initial regular grid of the tile to deformed grid in order to minimize approximation error. The proposed technique strives to combine large tile size and real-time processing while guaranteeing an upper bound on the screen space error. Thus, this approach adapts terrain rendering process to local surface characteristics and enables on-the-fly handling of large amount of terrain data. Morphing is based-on the multi-resolution wavelet analysis. The use of the D2WT multi-resolution analysis of the terrain height-map speeds up processing and permits to satisfy an interactive terrain rendering. Tests and experiments demonstrate that Haar B-Spline wavelet, well known for its properties of localization and its compact support, is suitable for fast and accurate redistribution. Such technique could be exploited in client-server architecture for supporting interactive high-quality remote visualization of very large terrain.

scholarly journals A Method of Optimizing Terrain Rendering Using Digital Terrain Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 666
Author(s):  
Lei Zhang ◽  
Ping Wang ◽  
Chengyi Huang ◽  
Bo Ai ◽  
Wenjun Feng
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Frame Rate ◽  
Terrain Analysis ◽  
Image Pyramid ◽  
Digital Terrain Analysis ◽  
Terrain Rendering ◽  
Digital Terrain ◽  
Elevation Data ◽  
View Frustum Culling ◽  
Elevation Model

Terrain rendering is an important issue in Geographic Information Systems and other fields. During large-scale, real-time terrain rendering, complex terrain structure and an increasing amount of data decrease the smoothness of terrain rendering. Existing rendering methods rarely use the features of terrain to optimize terrain rendering. This paper presents a method to increase rendering performance through precomputing roughness and self-occlusion information making use of GIS-based Digital Terrain Analysis. Our method is based on GPU tessellation. We use quadtrees to manage patches and take surface roughness in Digital Terrain Analysis as a factor of Levels of Detail (LOD) selection. Before rendering, we first regularly partition the terrain scene into view cells. Then, for each cell, we calculate its potential visible patch set (PVPS) using a visibility analysis algorithm. After that, A PVPS Image Pyramid is built, and each LOD level has its corresponding PVPS. The PVPS Image Pyramid is stored on a disk and is read into RAM before rendering. Based on the PVPS Image Pyramid and the viewpoint’s position, invisible terrain areas that are not culled through view frustum culling can be dynamically culled. We use Digital Elevation Model (DEM) elevation data of a square area in Henan Province to verify the effectiveness of this method. The experiments show that this method can increase the frame rate compared with other methods, especially for lower camera flight heights.

Terrain rendering with unlimited detail and resolution

2018 ◽  
Vol 97 ◽  
pp. 64-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
HyeongYeop Kang ◽  
Yeram Sim ◽  
JungHyun Han
Keyword(s):  
Terrain Rendering
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