%0 Conference Proceedings
%4 sid.inpe.br/banon/2002/11.07.09.50
%2 sid.inpe.br/banon/2002/11.07.09.50.04
%@doi 10.1109/SIBGRA.2000.883920
%T Visualization of three-dimensional maps
%D 2000
%A Lozada, Luis A. P.,
%A Mendonça, C. X.,
%A Stolfi, Jorge,
%E Carvalho, Paulo Cezar Pinto,
%E Walter, Marcelo,
%B Brazilian Symposium on Computer Graphics and Image Processing, 13 (SIBGRAPI)
%C Gramado, RS, Brazil
%8 17-20 Oct. 2000
%I IEEE Computer Society
%J Los Alamitos
%P 251-258
%S Proceedings
%1 SBC - Brazilian Computer Society
%K data visualisation, three-dimensional map visualization, 3D manifold, topological polyhedra, combinatorial description, geometric realization, aesthetic criteria, energy functions, R/sup 3/, multi-celled solid object, specialized rendering techniques, data visualization.
%X A three-dimensional map is a partition of a 3D manifold into topological polyhedra. We consider the problem of visualizing the topology of a three-dimensional map given only its combinatorial description. Our solution starts by automatically constructing a "nice" geometric realization of the map in R/sup m/, for some m/spl ges/4. The geometric realization is chosen by optimizing certain aesthetic criteria, measured by energy functions. We then project this model to R/sup 3/, and display the resulting multi-celled solid object with a variety of specialized rendering techniques.
%3 251-258.pdf
%O The conference was held in Gramado, RS, Brazil, from October 17 to 20.