Definitions

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  • noun computer graphics A two-dimensional raster image used to store surface elevations that can later be applied to a three-dimensional object.

Etymologies

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height +‎ map

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Examples

  • Procedural generation of a piece of a heightmap and textures, GLSL texturing and lighting effects and water simulation.

    Demos and Games : KillerCodingNinjaBunny 2009

  • Subject: Programming Tags: fluid simulation, heightmap, partial differential equations, perlin noise, simplex noise, terrain generation, water simulation, wave equation Leave a Comment »

    Even more Simplex Noise : KillerCodingNinjaBunny 2009

  • · Octree scene manager plugin which includes a basic heightmap loading scene manager.

    Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Mac OS 2010

  • · Octree scene manager plugin which includes a basic heightmap loading scene manager.

    Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Mac OS 2010

  • Fixed crash on. tga heightmap import when file does not exist

    Games Fascination Entar 2010

  • This completely automatic process works by picking a set of polygons which approximates the shape of a very high resolution heightmap.

    Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Windows 2010

  • He also created a texture blender and heightmap editor, these two tools are both used for editing the landscape object.

    KDE.news nightrose 2009

  • This heightmap array (plus the player's position, speed, and

    Daring Fireball 2010

  • This heightmap array (plus the player's position, speed, and

    Daring Fireball 2010

  • This heightmap array (plus the player's position, speed, and

    Daring Fireball 2010

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