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For 3D global visualization systems such as Google Earth, it is important to be able to render city-sized collections of relatively simple building models at fast speeds without losing spatial coherence. Since traditional mesh simplification algorithms are not designed for collections of simple models, we introduce a method of simplification through merging of similar objects. We incorporate the ... read moreconcept of "urban legibility" from architecture and city-planning as a guideline for simplifying city models. Our algorithm can be broken down into five steps. Hierarchical clustering, cluster merging, polyline simplification, and hierarchical texturing are performed during pre-processing, while at runtime, the levels-of-detail (LOD) process selects the appropriate models to render. It is our belief that many applications can benefit from our algorithm. Google Earth (and other 3D geographical information systems) as well as any spatial data visualization applications (including scatter plots) can all use logical, simplified clusters to represent large amounts of spatial information.read less
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- Chang, Remco, Thomas Butkiewicz, Caroline Ziemkiewicz, Zachary Wartell, Nancy Pollard, and William Ribarsky. "Hierarchical Simplification of City Models to Maintain Urban Legibility." ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Sketches on - SIGGRAPH '06 (2006). doi:10.1145/1179849.1180012.
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