Re: [Numpy-discussion] OT: A Way to Approximate and Compress a 3DSurface

2007-11-21 Thread Robert Kern
Andrew Straw wrote: > Christopher Barker wrote: >>> For data interpolation: 2D-Delaunay triangulation based method (I think you >>> can find one in the scipy cookbook). >> yup -- but then you need the decimation to remove the "unneeded" >> points. I don't think Scipy has that. > > The sandbox d

Re: [Numpy-discussion] OT: A Way to Approximate and Compress a 3DSurface

2007-11-21 Thread Andrew Straw
Christopher Barker wrote: >> For data interpolation: 2D-Delaunay triangulation based method (I think you >> can find one in the scipy cookbook). > > yup -- but then you need the decimation to remove the "unneeded" > points. I don't think Scipy has that. The sandbox does, thanks to Robert Kern.

Re: [Numpy-discussion] OT: A Way to Approximate and Compress a 3DSurface

2007-11-21 Thread Christopher Barker
Nadav Horesh wrote: > Wouldn't a random or regular subsampling of the set will do the job? > I have N tabulated data points { (x_i, y_i, z_i) } that describes a 3D > surface. The surface is pretty "smooth." If it's equally "smooth" everywhere, then yes, a subsampling would work fine, but I'm g

Re: [Numpy-discussion] OT: A Way to Approximate and Compress a 3DSurface

2007-11-21 Thread Nadav Horesh
19:50 To: Discussion of Numerical Python Subject: [Numpy-discussion] OT: A Way to Approximate and Compress a 3DSurface Hi Everyone, This is off topic for this mailing list but I don't know where else to ask. I have N tabulated data points { (x_i, y_i, z_i) } that describes a 3D surface. T