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When we see 3D objects, we describe them in various ways: in terms of edges, surfaces, or volumes. For example, mountains beyond forests may be characterized by the shape of the edge, terrains by the shape of the surface, or buildings by a combination of simple geometric volumes.
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Shirai, Y. (1987). Three-Dimensional Description and Representation. In: Three-Dimensional Computer Vision. Symbolic Computation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82429-6_10
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