Interactive Decal Compositing with Discrete Exponential Maps - Siggrpah 06
A Framework for Interactive Texturing on Curved Surfaces - 1996 ACM
Blinn's Corner "How To Draw A Sphere" ieee 1995
Chapter 11 of Thematic Cartography and Geography Visualization by Slocum et al.
Positioning Names on Maps - Eduard Imhof
The Rule Book of Cartographic Design - David Woodward (Couldn't find a web host)
Dynamic 3D maps as visual interfaces for spatio-temporal data - Jurgen Dollner ACM GIS'00
A direct texture placement and editing interface, Gingold et al. UIST'06, ACM
Placing objects automatically in areas of maps - Dorschlag et al, University of Bonn