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Terrain Rendering Algorithm Performance Analysis

POLOK Lukáš, BARTOŇ Radek, CHUDÝ Peter, KRŠEK Přemysl, SMRŽ Pavel and DITTRICH Petr. Terrain Rendering Algorithm Performance Analysis. In: Proceedings of the 31st Digital Avionics Systems Conference. Williamsburg, VA, USA: IEEE Computer Society, 2012, pp. 1-7. ISBN 978-1-4673-1699-6. Available from: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=6382297
Czech title
Analýza rychlosti algoritmu pro vykreslování terénu
Type
conference paper
Language
english
Authors
URL
Keywords

terrain rendering, tile caching, allocation algorithm, complexity

Abstract

Nowadays, the flight guidance equipment supplies practically all the information, required for aircraft navigation. Pseudo-realistic terrain visualization is undoubtedly an important part of this information. Although modern graphics processors are able to render realistic terrain at interactive frame rates, in some applications, it is beneficial to use low-power graphics hardware, perhaps from weight or power supply capacity restrictions. These low-power graphics processors typically manifest much lower computational power than conventional hardware, severely limiting the capability of terrain visualization. A novel method for caching terrain tiles is presented in this paper, enabling faster and more detailed terrain rendering, using lighter devices that consume less power. The main focus was on memory and time efficiency on common low-power graphics hardware. The terrain rendering algorithm being employed in our implementation is derived from the seamless patches algorithm. Different aspects of terrain tile swapping were examined in order to devise a simple hardware metric. An efficient tile caching approach was developed, based on this hardware metric, and its performance was evaluated.

Published
2012
Pages
1-7
Proceedings
Proceedings of the 31st Digital Avionics Systems Conference
Conference
31st Digital Avionics Systems Conference, Williamsburg, VA, US
ISBN
978-1-4673-1699-6
Publisher
IEEE Computer Society
Place
Williamsburg, VA, USA, US
BibTeX
@INPROCEEDINGS{FITPUB10128,
   author = "Luk\'{a}\v{s} Polok and Radek Barto\v{n} and Peter Chud\'{y} and P\v{r}emysl Kr\v{s}ek and Pavel Smr\v{z} and Petr Dittrich",
   title = "Terrain Rendering Algorithm Performance Analysis",
   pages = "1--7",
   booktitle = "Proceedings of the 31st Digital Avionics Systems Conference",
   year = 2012,
   location = "Williamsburg, VA, USA, US",
   publisher = "IEEE Computer Society",
   ISBN = "978-1-4673-1699-6",
   language = "english",
   url = "https://www.fit.vut.cz/research/publication/10128"
}
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