Neiderer Andrew M. Terrain generation using fractal methods

Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland: Army Research Laboratory (ARL), Advanced Computational and Information Sciences Directorate, 2001. — 12 p.Euclidean geometry is not practical for describing complex natural shapes. A real-time solution using a fractal geometry approach is presented. First, existing digital terrain elevation data (DTED) is analyzed, and then it is interpolated to generate a terrain surface of arbitrarily high spatial resolution. Although fractal geometry provides only an estimate, statistical properties are preserved.