diamond-square algorithm

English

Proper noun

the diamond-square algorithm

  1. (computer graphics) An algorithm for generating heightmaps. It starts with a two-dimensional grid and then randomly generates terrain height from four seed values arranged in a grid of points so that the entire plane is covered in squares.
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