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Foil 15 Mesh simplification

From 3D Geographical Information Systems in Tango CEWES Tango Training -- November 17-18 98. by Remek Trzaska, Pawel Roman, Chris Walczak, Marek Podgorny
A full mesh of triangles build on n2 points (nodes) consists of 2(n-1)2 triangles
Most of nodes can be removed without a visual loss of quality
Which of the above terrain models was built with only 10% of nodes??? (Answer: the right one)

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