Global, Geometric, and Feature-Based Techniques for Vector Field Visualization

Vector field visualization techniques are subdivided into three categories: global, ge-ometric, and feature-based techniques. We describe each category, and we present some related work and an example in each category from our own recent research. Spot Noise is a texture synthesis technique for global visualization of vector fields on 2D surfaces. Deformable surfaces is a generic technique for extraction and visu-alization of geometric objects (surfaces or volumes) in 3D data fields. Selective and iconic visualization is an approach that extracts important regions or structures from large data sets, calculates high-level attributes, and visualizes the features using parameterized iconic objects. It is argued that for vector fields a range of visualization techniques are needed to fulfill the needs of the application.

@Article { PLSRW99a,
  author       = "Post, Frits H. and Leeuw, W.C. de and Sadarjoen, Ari and Reinders, Freek and Walsum, Theo van",
  title        = "Global, Geometric, and Feature-Based Techniques for Vector Field Visualization",
  journal      = "Future Generation Computer Systems",
  number       = "1",
  volume       = "15",
  month        = "February",
  year         = "1999",
  note         = "87--98",
  url          = "http://graphics.tudelft.nl/Publications-new/1999/PLSRW99a"
}