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AN ALGORITHM TO DETERMINE THE VOLUME OF A BODY FROM IRREGULARLY PLACED SPOT HEIGHTS |
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| Authors: | I J Dowman |
| Institution: | University College London |
| Abstract: | The paper describes how a computer can be programmed to form triangles from points, having x, y and z co-ordinates and selected in an arbitrary manner, to calculate the area of each triangle and to determine the volume of the prism above or below the triangle. The sum of these volumes gives the total volume of a body. |
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