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Foil 48 LOD - Level-Of-Detail

From VRML and Use of Databases as backend and Application to GIS ARL Database Tutorial -- February 98. by Krzysztof Walczak


LOD - Level-Of-Detail is a group node used to allow applications switching between various representations of objects.
The child nodes of LOD represent the same object at varying levels of detail.
Which child node is used for the representation of specified object depends on the distance between this object and camera.
The representations for higher distances have lower resolution.
Use of LOD reduces the number of polygons to be displayed and increases the rendering speed.



© on Mon Oct 13 1997