Visualization of Gravity Vector Field Using Improved FLIC Algorithm

In order to overcome the shortcomings of the traditional LIC algorithm with fixed filter length,an improved FLIC algorithm which filter length varied with the vector direction was proposed.And statistical variance of the intensities at all points in one texture streamline was employed to evaluate the visualization accuracy.The computational efficiency and visualization accuracy can be improved simultaneously by the new method.Furthermore,visualization of gravity vector field was carried out by improved FLIC algorithm,using color information to distinguish gravity anomalies or deflections of the vertical,and texture to express the direction of gravity vector.The results indicate that the visualization of gravity vector field has obvious advantages including multi-dimensional information expression,image cognition and vector direction details.