Compact representation of contour plots for phone line transmission

  • Authors:

  • John Adams;John Gary

  • Affiliations:

  • National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO;National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO

  • Venue:
  • Communications of the ACM
  • Year:
  • 1974

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Abstract

Methods for the compact representation of contour plots are described and tested. These are intended to reduce the cost of transmitting contour plots over phone lines. We feel some of these methods could be used to transmit contour plots over voice grade phone lines.