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The synthesis and rendering of eroded fractal terrains
SIGGRAPH '89 Proceedings of the 16th annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques
Computer rendering of stochastic models
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Terrain simulation using a model of stream erosion
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Computer rendering of fractal curves and surfaces
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Modeling landscapes with ridges and rivers
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Terrain Synthesis from Digital Elevation Models
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Physically based hydraulic erosion simulation on graphics processing unit
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Feature-based probabilistic texture blending with feature variations for terrains
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Terrain generation using procedural models based on hydrology
ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG) - SIGGRAPH 2013 Conference Proceedings
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Generating realistic-looking but interesting terrains quickly is a great challenge. We present RiverLand, an efficient system for terrain synthesis. RiverLand creates a realistic-looking terrain by first generating river networks over the land. Then, the terrain is created to be consistent with the river networks. In this way, the terrains created have a proper drainage basin, an important feature lacking in many existing procedural terrain methods. The terrains generated by RiverLand are also widely varied, with rolling hills, river valleys, alpine mountains, and rocky cliffs, all seamlessly connected in the same terrain. Since RiverLand does not use complex fluid simulations, it is fast, and yet is able to produce many of the erosion features generated by the simulation methods.