{"product_id":"topological-data-structures-for-surfaces-9780470851517","title":"Topological Data Structures for Surfaces","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Geography and GIS, surfaces can be analysed and visualised through various data structures, and topological data structures describe surfaces in the form of a relationship between certain surface-specific features. Drawn from many disciplines with a strong applied aspect, this is a research-led, interdisciplinary approach to the creation, analysis and visualisation of surfaces, focussing on topological data structures.  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTopological Data Structures for Surfaces: an introduction for Geographical Information Science\u003c\/i\u003e describes the concepts and applications of these data structures. The book focuses on how these data structures can be used to analyse and visualise surface datasets from a range of disciplines such as human geography, computer graphics, metrology, and physical geography. Divided into two Parts, Part I defines the topological surface data structures and explains the various automated methods used for their generation. Part II demonstrates a number of applications \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Contributors.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eINTRODUCTION.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Introduction (Sanjay Rana).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART I CONCEPTS AND IMPLEMENTATIONS.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Topographic Surfaces and Surface Networks (Gert W. Wolf).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Algorithms for Extracting Surface Topology from Digital Elevation Models (Shigeo Takahashi).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Construction of Metric Surface Networks from Raster-Based DEMs (Bernhard Schneider and Jo Wood).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Contour Trees and Small Seed Sets for Isosurface Generation (Marc van Kreveld, Ren´e van Oostrum, Chandrajit Bajaj, Valerio Pascucci and Dan Schikore).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Surface Shape Understanding Based on Extended Reeb Graphs (Silvia Biasotti, Bianca Falcidieno and Michela Spagnuolo).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART II: APPLICATIONS.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. A Method for Measuring Structural Similarity among Activity Surfaces and its Application to the Analysis of Urban Population Surfaces in Japan (Atsuyuki Okabe and Atsushi Masuyama).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Topology Diagram of Scalar Fields in Scientific Visualisation (Valerio Pascucci).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Topology-Guided Downsampling and Volume Visualisation (Martin Kraus and Thomas Ertl).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Application of Surface Networks for Augmenting the Visualisation of Dynamic Geographic Surfaces (Sanjay Rana and Jason Dykes).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 An Application of Surface Networks in Surface Texture (Paul J. Scott).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Application of Surface Networks for Fast Approximation of Visibility Dominance in Mountainous Terrains (Sanjay Rana and Jeremy Morley).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCONCLUSION.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Issues and Future Directions (Sanjay Rana).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402442580311,"sku":"9780470851517","price":132.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470851517.jpg?v=1730480409","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/topological-data-structures-for-surfaces-9780470851517","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}