Hi Fred,

My name is Tim Hutton, apologies for the lack of identification in the
previous post (it was my first message to this list). My email and
details are below this time.

In VTK (the visualization toolkit) there is the option of using the
r2logr kernel or the r kernel, since the class does both 2D and 3D TPS.
I presume this is what you are referring to. In 3D the r kernel should
be used, in 2D the r2logr kernel, right? (This comes directly from your
work, and from what you've said when I asked a question at one of your
talks at UCL.) Thus I don't think there is an error - if there is really
a problem with the code then please let us know! The code was developed
by David Gobbi and myself and others.

I think other people are experimenting with other kernels, so VTK also
has the option of defining your own.

I should point out to everyone that the $10 million is only a rough
estimate of what VTK would cost to commercially re-develop. It is an
open-source system, and so available for free.

http://www.visualizationtoolkit.org

Tim.

At 08:17 06/10/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>        Somebody named Tim posted a link to a TPS implementation in
>  the Virtual Tool Kit.  Please note this is not a 3D thin-plate
>  spline, as it has the wrong kernel function.  I am sufficiently
>  startled by this error in a $10 million public software package
>  that I am forwarding the message to the manager of that package.
>                                Fred Bookstein
>                                [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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