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Out-of-Core Progressive Web-Based Rendering of Triangle Meshes

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VipIMAGE 2017 (ECCOMAS 2017)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics ((LNCVB,volume 27))

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The visualization of large volumes of data has been explored in several knowledge domains, such as remote sensing, medicine, meteorology, biology, among others. In traditional data visualization techniques, data is stored, processed and rendered locally on the client machine, which may require expensive computational resources in terms of storage space and processing power. This work presents and discusses a methodology for out-of-core remote rendering of large three-dimensional triangles meshes. Users are able to interact with the developed visualization tool through requests sent to a server by directly manipulating the data volumes on their own Web browser.

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The authors are thankful to São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP grants #2014/12236-1 and #2015/12228-1) and Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq grants #300677/2017-0 and #305169/2015-7) for their financial support.

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  1. Tridimensional Technology Division, Center for Information Technology Renato Archer, Campinas, SP, 13069-901, Brazil

    Thiago F. de Moraes, Paulo H. J. Amorim & Jorge V. L. da Silva

  2. Institute of Computing, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, 13083-852, Brazil

    Helio Pedrini

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de Moraes, T.F., Amorim, P.H.J., da Silva, J.V.L., Pedrini, H. (2018). Out-of-Core Progressive Web-Based Rendering of Triangle Meshes. In: Tavares, J., Natal Jorge, R. (eds) VipIMAGE 2017. ECCOMAS 2017. Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, vol 27. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68195-5_50

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