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Computing Large Planar Regions in Terrains

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Ray,  Rahul
Algorithms and Complexity, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society;

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Smid,  MIchiel
Algorithms and Complexity, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society;

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Ray, R., Smid, M., Lange, K., & Wendt, U. (2002). Computing Large Planar Regions in Terrains. In IWCIA 2001, 8th International Workshop on Combinatorial Image Analysis (IWCIA-01) (pp. 139-152). Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Elsevier.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-000F-2F45-D
Abstract
We consider the problem of computing the largest region in a terrain that is approximately contained in some two-dimensional plane. We reduce this problem to the following one. Given an embedding of a degree-3 graph G on the unit sphere S2, whose vertices are weighted, compute a connected subgraph of maximum weight that is contained in some spherical disk of a fixed radius. We given an algorithm that solves this problem in O(n2 log n (log log n)3) time, where n denotes the number of vertices of G or, alternatively, the number of faces of the terrain. We also give a heuristic that can be used to compute sufficiently large regions in a terrain that are approximately planar. We discuss a web-based implementation of this heuristic, and show some results for terrains representing three-dimensional (topographical) images of fracture surfaces of metals obtained by confocal laser scanning microscopy.