Fast equal-area mapping of the (hemi)sphere using SIMD
Author
Summary, in English
We present a fast vectorized implementation of a transform that maps
points in the unit square to the surface of the sphere, while preserving fractional
area. The mapping uses the octahedral map combined with an equal-area param-
eterization and has many desirable features such as low distortion, straightforward
interpolation, and fast inverse and forward transforms. Our SIMD implementation
completely avoids branching and uses polynomial approximations for the trigono-
metric operations, along with other tricks. This results in up to 9 times speed-up
over a traditional scalar implementation. Source code is available online
points in the unit square to the surface of the sphere, while preserving fractional
area. The mapping uses the octahedral map combined with an equal-area param-
eterization and has many desirable features such as low distortion, straightforward
interpolation, and fast inverse and forward transforms. Our SIMD implementation
completely avoids branching and uses polynomial approximations for the trigono-
metric operations, along with other tricks. This results in up to 9 times speed-up
over a traditional scalar implementation. Source code is available online
Department/s
Publishing year
2008
Language
English
Pages
53-68
Publication/Series
Journal of Graphics Tools
Volume
13
Issue
3
Links
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
AK Peters
Topic
- Computer Science
Status
Published
Research group
- Computer Graphics
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 2151-237X