A database generated off-line containing high-resolution models incorporated into source imagery. The method and apparatus builds a data intensive scene representation and renders it off-line, captures an orthographic projection of the rendered scene and stores it as a pixel representation of the rendered...http://www.google.com/patents/US6456288?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6456288 - Method and apparatus for building a real time graphic scene database having increased resolution and improved rendering speed
