fractal_coastline
fractal_coastline,
an Octave code which
uses perturbed Bezier interpolation to create a fractal coastline
from a crude outline of a state, country, island, or even
any general closed polygonal curve.
Licensing:
The information on this web page is distributed under the MIT license.
Languages:
fractal_coastline is available in
a MATLAB version and
an Octave version..
Related Data and Programs:
fractal_coastline_test
Reference:
-
David Kahaner, Cleve Moler, Steven Nash,
Numerical Methods and Software,
Prentice Hall, 1989,
ISBN: 0-13-627258-4,
LC: TA345.K34.
Source Code:
-
coastline_display.m,
displays a closed polygonal curve.
-
coastline_perturb.m,
replaces a closed polygonal curve with a new version
by inserting a perturbed point midway between each
pair of original points.
-
s_escape_tex.m,
keeps MATLAB from misinterpreting an underscore in a filename.
Last revised on 22 June 2024.