Most cited papers in 3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications
What are the most cited papers in 3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications?
The most cited paper in 3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications is "Gmsh: A 3‐D finite element mesh generator with built‐in pre‐ and post‐processing facilities" (Christophe Geuzaine, Jean‐François Remacle, 2009), with 7,914 citations. Next come "Voronoi diagrams—a survey of a fundamental geometric data structure" (4,387) and "Computational Geometry--An Introduction." (4,274).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 270 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gmsh: A 3‐D finite element mesh generator with built‐in pre‐ and post‐processing facilities Christophe Geuzaine, Jean‐François Remacle · International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 7 May 2009 | 7,914 |
| 2 | Voronoi diagrams—a survey of a fundamental geometric data structure Franz Aurenhammer · ACM Computing Surveys | Sep 1991 | 4,387 |
| 3 | Computational Geometry--An Introduction. Mikhail J. Atallah, Franco P. Preparata, Michael Ian Shamos · Mathematics of Computation | Oct 1986 | 4,274 |
| 4 | Spatial Tessellations: Concepts and Applications of Voronoi Diagrams Atsuyuki Okabe, Barry N. Boots, Kōkichi Sugihara | 1992 | 3,585 |
| 5 | Multivariable geostatistics in S: the gstat package Edzer J Pebesma · Computers & Geosciences | 31 May 2004 | 3,088 |
| 6 | Modelling Spatial Patterns Brian David Ripley · Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology) | 1977 | 2,559 |
| 7 | The design and analysis of spatial data structures Hanan Samet · CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) | Aug 1989 | 2,381 |
| 8 | Kriging: a method of interpolation for geographical information systems Margaret A. Oliver, R. Webster · International Journal of Geographical Information Systems | Jul 1990 | 2,211 |
| 9 | Triangle: Engineering a 2D quality mesh generator and Delaunay triangulator Jonathan Richard Shewchuk · Lecture notes in computer science | 1996 | 2,144 |
| 10 | Interpolation of Spatial Data: Some Theory for Kriging Stephen L. Rathbun, Michael L. Stein · Journal of the American Statistical Association | Sep 2000 | 1,999 |
| 11 | Algorithms in Combinatorial Geometry. Jacob Eli Goodman, Herbert Edelsbrunner · American Mathematical Monthly | May 1989 | 1,811 |
| 12 | TetGen, a Delaunay-Based Quality Tetrahedral Mesh Generator Hang Si · ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software | 4 Feb 2015 | 1,626 |
| 13 | An Easy-to-Use Airborne LiDAR Data Filtering Method Based on Cloth Simulation Wuming Zhang, Jianbo Qi, Peng Wan et al. · Remote Sensing | 15 Jun 2016 | 1,589 |
| 14 | Blockchain technology: principles and applications Marc Pilkington · Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks | 30 Sep 2016 | 1,584 |
| 15 | Computing the n-dimensional Delaunay tessellation with application to Voronoi polytopes David F. Watson · The Computer Journal | Feb 1981 | 1,487 |
| 16 | Geometric modeling using octree encoding Donald J. Meagher · Computer Graphics and Image Processing | Jun 1982 | 1,262 |
| 17 | NETGEN An advancing front 2D/3D-mesh generator based on abstract rules Joachim Schöberl · Computing and Visualization in Science | Jul 1997 | 1,228 |
| 18 | Computing Dirichlet tessellations Adrian Bowyer · The Computer Journal | Feb 1981 | 1,106 |
| 19 | Every planar map is four colorable. Part I: Discharging K. I. Appel, Wolfgang Haken · Illinois Journal of Mathematics | Sep 1977 | 887 |
| 20 | Applications of 3D City Models: State of the Art Review Filip Biljecki, Jantien Stoter, Hugo Ledoux et al. · ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information | 18 Dec 2015 | 837 |
| 21 | Casting curved shadows on curved surfaces Lance R. Williams | 23 Aug 1978 | 830 |
| 22 | Land information system: An interoperable framework for high resolution land surface modeling Sujay V. Kumar, C. D. Peters‐Lidard, Ying Zhong Tian et al. · Environmental Modelling & Software | 13 Oct 2005 | 786 |
| 23 | Applications of spatial data structures: Computer graphics, image processing, and GIS Hanan Samet · International Linear Collider | 3 Jan 1990 | 770 |
| 24 | Automatic three‐dimensional mesh generation by the finite octree technique Mark S. Shephard, Marcel K. Georges · International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | Sep 1991 | 730 |
| 25 | Computing Dirichlet Tessellations in the Plane P. J. Green, Robin Sibson · The Computer Journal | May 1978 | 725 |
| 26 | Every planar map is four colorable. Part II: Reducibility K. I. Appel, Wolfgang Haken, J. Koch · Illinois Journal of Mathematics | Sep 1977 | 712 |
| 27 | Procedural modeling of cities Yoav I. H. Parish, Pascal Müller | Aug 2001 | 676 |
| 28 | CityGML – Interoperable semantic 3D city models Gerhard Gröger, Lutz Plümer · ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing | 30 May 2012 | 673 |
| 29 | Building information modelling (BIM): now and beyond Salman Azhar, Malik Mansoor Ali Khalfan, Tayyab Maqsood · Construction Economics and Building | Oct 2014 | 671 |
| 30 | Rendering synthetic objects into real scenes Paul E. Debevec | 1998 | 670 |
| 31 | Some models for rainfall based on stochastic point processes Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe, David Roxbee Cox, Valerie S. Isham · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences | 8 Apr 1987 | 647 |
| 32 | Modelling sustainable urban development by the integration of constrained cellular automata and GIS Xia Li, Anthony Gar‐On Yeh · International Journal of Geographical Information Systems | 13 Mar 2000 | 641 |
| 33 | Urp John S. Underkoffler, Hiroshi Ishii | 1999 | 603 |
| 34 | Gstat: a program for geostatistical modelling, prediction and simulation Edzer J Pebesma, C.G. Wesseling · Computers & Geosciences | 1998 | 560 |
| 35 | Space subdivision for fast ray tracing Andrew S. Glassner · IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications | Oct 1984 | 558 |
| 36 | CityGML: Interoperable Access to 3D City Models Thomas H. Kolbe, Gerhard Gröger, Lutz Plümer | 2005 | 522 |
| 37 | An improved LOD specification for 3D building models Filip Biljecki, Hugo Ledoux, Jantien Stoter · Computers Environment and Urban Systems | 12 May 2016 | 509 |
| 38 | Estimating the transition between two intersecting straight lines David W. Bacon, Donald G. Watts · Biometrika | 1971 | 493 |
| 39 | Digital Terrain Modeling: Principles and Methodology Zhilin Li, Christopher Zhu, Chris K. Gold | 29 Nov 2004 | 485 |
| 40 | Beyond the BIM utopia: Approaches to the development and implementation of building information modeling Reijo Miettinen, Sami Paavola · Automation in Construction | 28 Mar 2014 | 481 |
| 41 | Representing and Exchanging 3D City Models with CityGML Thomas H. Kolbe · Lecture notes in geoinformation and cartography | 23 Oct 2008 | 459 |
| 42 | Surface-Based 3D Modeling of Geological Structures Guillaume Caumon, Pauline Collon, C. Le Carlier de Veslud et al. · Mathematical Geosciences | 23 Sep 2009 | 457 |
| 43 | An update on automatic 3D building reconstruction Norbert Haala, Martin Kada · ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing | 22 Oct 2010 | 457 |
| 44 | Multicriteria GIS modeling of wind and solar farms in Colorado Jason R. Janke · Renewable Energy | 12 Apr 2010 | 427 |
| 45 | Quality assessment for building footprints data on OpenStreetMap Hongchao Fan, Alexander Zipf, Qing Fu et al. · International Journal of Geographical Information Systems | 27 Jan 2014 | 425 |
| 46 | Guaranteed-quality mesh generation for curved surfaces L. Paul Chew | 1993 | 424 |
| 47 | A State-of-the-Art Review on the Integration of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Geographic Information System (GIS) Xin Liu, Xiangyu Wang, Graeme Wright et al. · ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information | 20 Feb 2017 | 400 |
| 48 | Geographical data modeling Michael Frank Goodchild · Computers & Geosciences | May 1992 | 400 |
| 49 | Specifying parametric building object behavior (BOB) for a building information modeling system Ghang Lee, Rafael Sacks, Charles M. Eastman · Automation in Construction | 2 Dec 2005 | 398 |
| 50 | The Use of Faces to Represent Points in K-Dimensional Space Graphically Herman Chernoff · Journal of the American Statistical Association | Jun 1973 | 397 |
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