Hierarchical Triangular Mesh
A HTM based sphere generation prototype, each primitive is approximately the same size and therefore it does not suffer from any singularities.
http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?id=64531
http://researchweb.iiit.ac.in/~shiben/docs/HexGeomClip_Shiben-PJN.pdf
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