J. Royan, P. Gioia, R. Cavagna, and C. Bouville. Network-based visualization of 3d landscapes and city models. Computer Graphics and Application, November-December, 2007.

To improve the visualization of large 3D landscapes and city models in a network environment, the authors use two different types of hierarchical level-of-detail models for terrain and groups of buildings. They also leverage the models to implement progressive streaming in both client-server and peer-to-peer network architectures.