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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2005
Mark Damon Wheeler, Oakland, CA (US);
Jonathan Apollo Kung, Oakland, CA (US);
Richard William Bukowski, Orinda, CA (US);
Laslo Vespremi, Moss Beach, CA (US);
Daniel Chudak, Berkeley, CA (US);
Mark Damon Wheeler, Oakland, CA (US);
Jonathan Apollo Kung, Oakland, CA (US);
Richard William Bukowski, Orinda, CA (US);
Laslo Vespremi, Moss Beach, CA (US);
Daniel Chudak, Berkeley, CA (US);
Leica Geosystems AG, Heerbrugg, CH;
Abstract
A representation of a physical object can be displayed even where the amount of geometric data is too large to be stored in resident memory. A primary viewing window displays point data for the object using a substantially even sampling of data at an appropriate point density for the system. At least one auxiliary viewing window displays a two-dimensional representation of the point data. A user can select a portion of the data in the auxiliary window(s), such as by selecting cells of an overlaid grid, to be displayed in the primary window using a rendering such as a 'visible' rendering. The remainder of the displayed data can be displayed using a rendering such as a 'hidden' or “transparent” rendering. The resolution of the selected region can be increased while maintaining a substantially even spacing among points for the region. The resolution of the unselected region can be decreased accordingly.