[comp.graphics] Landscapes, MTV Raytracer?

jorice@cs.tcd.ie (The Lone Biker of the Apocalypse) (11/11/88)

I'm about to start on a rather nebulous project which involves manipulating and
rendering 3-D landscapes. I would be most grateful if someone could give me
some advice or references in the following areas:

(i) Specialised algorithms for manipulation of wire-frame representations of
landscapes
(ii) Specialised rendering algorithms for gridded height maps (Digital terrain
maps), most especially hidden line, hidden surface and ray-tracing

Also, I came in on the MTV Raytracer discussion a bit late. Can someone tell me
something about this program? I saw from one of the recent messages that it was
to be found on uunet. I can't get it from there, according to the local net
guru. Could someone send it to me?