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Cartographic design or map design is the process of crafting the appearance of a map, applying the principles of design and knowledge of how maps are used to create a map that has both aesthetic appeal and practical function. [1]
A texture map [5] [6] is an image applied (mapped) to the surface of a shape or polygon. [7] This may be a bitmap image or a procedural texture . They may be stored in common image file formats , referenced by 3D model formats or material definitions , and assembled into resource bundles .
Mechanics, Dynamics and Aesthetics from the perspectives of designer (blue) and player (green) In game design the Mechanics-Dynamics-Aesthetics (MDA) framework is a tool used to analyze games.
Texture Atlas Whitepaper - A whitepaper by NVIDIA which explains the technique.; Practical Texture Atlases - A guide on using a texture atlas (and the pros and cons).; A thousand ways to pack the bin - Review and benchmark of the different packing algorithms
PHOTO: Map of 4 Northern California cities where Matthew Muller allegedly broke in (Map tiles by Google Earth) MORE: Survivors of so-called 'Gone Girl' case reflect on the life-changing experience
A world map is a map of most or all of the surface of Earth. World maps, because of their scale, must deal with the problem of projection. Maps rendered in two dimensions by necessity distort the display of the three-dimensional surface of the Earth. While this is true of any map, these distortions reach extremes in a world map.
The stock market rally has stalled as the final Federal Reserve meeting of the year approaches.. In the past week, the Nasdaq Composite was the only of the three major indexes to post a weekly ...
Tone mapped high-dynamic-range (HDR) image of St. Kentigerns Roman Catholic Church in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK. Tone mapping is a technique used in image processing and computer graphics to map one set of colors to another to approximate the appearance of high-dynamic-range (HDR) images in a medium that has a more limited dynamic range.