Tabulation and Completion of Measured BRDF Data for Lighting Computations

This paper proposes a practical method for the tabulation and completion of measured BRDF data. The BRDF of materials is needed for lighting computations and computer graphics. It can be measured with a gonioreflectometer, but the resulting data is often irregular and always partial. A common solution to get a complete BRDF is to fit the available data with an analytical model. An arguably more accurate solution is to interpolate and extrapolate from the available data. This solution was implemented using Scilab, a free open-source software, and tested on two typical road surface materials: plain asphalt pavement and asphalt pavement painted with retroreflective marking.

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Source 27th Session of the CIE
Author Dumont, Eric, Joulan, Karine, Ledoux, Vincent
Maintainer CCSD
Last Updated May 9, 2026, 04:42 (UTC)
Created May 9, 2026, 04:42 (UTC)
Identifier hal-00878741
Language en
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contributor Département Infrastructures et Mobilité (IFSTTAR/IM) ; Institut Français des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux (IFSTTAR)-PRES Université Paris-Est
coverage SUN CITY, South Africa
creator Dumont, Eric
date 2011-07-11T00:00:00
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harvest_source_title test moissonnage SELUNE
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