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We address the problem of ground-to-satellite image geo-localization, that is, estimating the camera latitude, longitude and orientation (azimuth angle) by matching a query image captured at the ground level against a large-scale database…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-03-29 Yujiao Shi , Xin Yu , Liu Liu , Dylan Campbell , Piotr Koniusz , Hongdong Li

Modern high-resolution satellite sensors collect optical imagery with ground sampling distances (GSDs) of 30-50cm, which has sparked a renewed interest in photogrammetric 3D surface reconstruction from satellite data. State-of-the-art…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-05-14 Mathias Rothermel , Ke Gong , Dieter Fritsch , Konrad Schindler , Norbert Haala

We present a method for inferring dense depth maps from images and sparse depth measurements by leveraging synthetic data to learn the association of sparse point clouds with dense natural shapes, and using the image as evidence to validate…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-08-25 Alex Wong , Safa Cicek , Stefano Soatto

Monitoring space objects is crucial for space situational awareness, yet reconstructing 3D satellite models from ground-based telescope images is challenging due to atmospheric turbulence, long observation distances, limited viewpoints, and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-18 Zhiming Chang , Boyang Liu , Yifei Xia , Youming Guo , Boxin Shi , He Sun

This paper tackles the problem of novel view synthesis from a single image. In particular, we target real-world scenes with rich geometric structure, a challenging task due to the large appearance variations of such scenes and the lack of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-04-18 Miaomiao Liu , Xuming He , Mathieu Salzmann

Satellite image classification is a challenging problem that lies at the crossroads of remote sensing, computer vision, and machine learning. Due to the high variability inherent in satellite data, most of the current object classification…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2015-09-14 Saikat Basu , Sangram Ganguly , Supratik Mukhopadhyay , Robert DiBiano , Manohar Karki , Ramakrishna Nemani

Capturing and rendering novel views of complex real-world scenes is a long-standing problem in computer graphics and vision, with applications in augmented and virtual reality, immersive experiences and 3D photography. The advent of deep…

Graphics · Computer Science 2024-08-09 Ravi Ramamoorthi

In recent years, street view imagery has grown to become one of the most important sources of geospatial data collection and urban analytics, which facilitates generating meaningful insights and assisting in decision-making. Synthesizing a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-01 Khawlah Bajbaa , Muhammad Usman , Saeed Anwar , Ibrahim Radwan , Abdul Bais

We introduce the task of mixed-view panorama synthesis, where the goal is to synthesize a novel panorama given a small set of input panoramas and a satellite image of the area. This contrasts with previous work which only uses input…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-03 Zhexiao Xiong , Xin Xing , Scott Workman , Subash Khanal , Nathan Jacobs

In this paper, we explore how synthetically generated 3D face models can be used to construct a high accuracy ground truth for depth. This allows us to train the Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) to solve facial depth estimation problems.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-27 Faisal Khan , Shubhajit Basak , Hossein Javidnia , Michael Schukat , Peter Corcoran

Digital Surface Model generation from satellite imagery is a difficult task that has been largely overlooked by the deep learning community. Stereo reconstruction techniques developed for terrestrial systems including self driving cars do…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-12-13 Wayne Treible , Scott Sorensen , Andrew D. Gilliam , Chandra Kambhamettu , Joseph L. Mundy

We present Sat2Sound, a unified multimodal framework for geospatial soundscape understanding, designed to predict and map the distribution of sounds across the Earth's surface. Existing methods for this task rely on paired satellite images…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Subash Khanal , Srikumar Sastry , Aayush Dhakal , Adeel Ahmad , Abby Stylianou , Nathan Jacobs

3D modeling from satellite imagery is essential in areas of environmental science, urban planning, agriculture, and disaster response. However, traditional 3D modeling techniques face unique challenges in the remote sensing context,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-12-29 Nikhil Behari , Akshat Dave , Kushagra Tiwary , William Yang , Ramesh Raskar

In recent years, an ever-increasing number of remote satellites are orbiting the Earth which streams vast amount of visual data to support a wide range of civil, public and military applications. One of the key information obtained from…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-06-24 Kang Zhao , Muhammad Kamran , Gunho Sohn

This paper addresses the problem of estimating the 3-DoF camera pose for a ground-level image with respect to a satellite image that encompasses the local surroundings. We propose a novel end-to-end approach that leverages the learning of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-12-29 Zhenbo Song , Xianghui Ze , Jianfeng Lu , Yujiao Shi

In this paper, we propose a 3D geometry-aware deformable Gaussian Splatting method for dynamic view synthesis. Existing neural radiance fields (NeRF) based solutions learn the deformation in an implicit manner, which cannot incorporate 3D…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-16 Zhicheng Lu , Xiang Guo , Le Hui , Tianrui Chen , Min Yang , Xiao Tang , Feng Zhu , Yuchao Dai

With advancements in satellite imaging technology, acquiring high-resolution multi-view satellite imagery has become increasingly accessible, enabling rapid and location-independent ground model reconstruction. However, traditional stereo…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-05 Tianle Liu , Shuangming Zhao , Wanshou Jiang , Bingxuan Guo

We present GeoSynth, a model for synthesizing satellite images with global style and image-driven layout control. The global style control is via textual prompts or geographic location. These enable the specification of scene semantics or…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-11 Srikumar Sastry , Subash Khanal , Aayush Dhakal , Nathan Jacobs

We introduce Sky2Ground, a three-view dataset designed for varying altitude camera localization, correspondence learning, and reconstruction. The dataset combines structured synthetic imagery with real, in-the-wild images, providing both…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Zengyan Wang , Sirshapan Mitra , Rajat Modi , Grace Lim , Yogesh Rawat

Disparity/depth estimation from sequences of stereo images is an important element in 3D vision. Owing to occlusions, imperfect settings and homogeneous luminance, accurate estimate of depth remains a challenging problem. Targetting view…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-17 Nantheera Anantrasirichai , Majid Geravand , David Braendler , David R. Bull