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High-definition maps (HD maps) are a key component of most modern self-driving systems due to their valuable semantic and geometric information. Unfortunately, building HD maps has proven hard to scale due to their cost as well as the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-01-19 Sergio Casas , Abbas Sadat , Raquel Urtasun

The prediction of surrounding agents' motion is a key for safe autonomous driving. In this paper, we explore navigation maps as an alternative to the predominant High Definition (HD) maps for learning-based motion prediction. Navigation…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-02-14 Julian Schmidt , Julian Jordan , Franz Gritschneder , Thomas Monninger , Klaus Dietmayer

Accurate environmental representations are essential for autonomous driving, providing the foundation for safe and efficient navigation. Traditionally, high-definition (HD) maps are providing this representation of the static road…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-04 Thomas Monninger , Zihan Zhang , Steffen Staab , Sihao Ding

In a world where autonomous driving cars are becoming increasingly more common, creating an adequate infrastructure for this new technology is essential. This includes building and labeling high-definition (HD) maps accurately and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-06-02 Mahdi Elhousni , Yecheng Lyu , Ziming Zhang , Xinming Huang

Along with the rapid growth of autonomous vehicles (AVs), more and more demands are required for environment perception technology. Among others, HD mapping has become one of the more prominent roles in helping the vehicle realize essential…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-09-17 Benny Wijaya , Kun Jiang , Mengmeng Yang , Tuopu Wen , Yunlong Wang , Xuewei Tang , Zheng Fu , Taohua Zhou , Diange Yang

Semantic 2D maps are commonly used by humans and machines for navigation purposes, whether it's walking or driving. However, these maps have limitations: they lack detail, often contain inaccuracies, and are difficult to create and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-11-02 Paul-Edouard Sarlin , Eduard Trulls , Marc Pollefeys , Jan Hosang , Simon Lynen

Currently, High-Definition (HD) maps are a prerequisite for the stable operation of autonomous vehicles. Such maps contain information about all static road objects for the vehicle to consider during navigation, such as road edges, road…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-11-01 Mohamed Sayed , Stepan Perminov , Dzmitry Tsetserukou

Constructing high-definition (HD) maps is a crucial requirement for enabling autonomous driving. In recent years, several map segmentation algorithms have been developed to address this need, leveraging advancements in Bird's-Eye View (BEV)…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-04 Peijin Jia , Tuopu Wen , Ziang Luo , Mengmeng Yang , Kun Jiang , Zhiquan Lei , Xuewei Tang , Ziyuan Liu , Le Cui , Bo Zhang , Long Huang , Diange Yang

Safety constitutes a foundational imperative for autonomous driving systems, necessitating maximal incorporation of accessible prior information. This study establishes that temporal perception buffers and cost-efficient high-definition…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-28 Nan Peng , Xun Zhou , Mingming Wang , Guisong Chen , Wenqi Xu

High-definition (HD) maps play a crucial role in autonomous driving systems. Recent methods have attempted to construct HD maps in real-time using vehicle onboard sensors. Due to the inherent limitations of onboard sensors, which include…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-01-31 Wenjie Gao , Jiawei Fu , Yanqing Shen , Haodong Jing , Shitao Chen , Nanning Zheng

Street-view image has been widely applied as a crucial mobile mapping data source. The inpainting of street-view images is a critical step for street-view image processing, not only for the privacy protection, but also for the urban…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-20 Jianshun Zeng , Wang Li , Yanjie Lv , Shuai Gao , YuChu Qin

In autonomous driving, mapping is critical for motion planning but remains an under-utilized resource for perception tasks such as 3D object detection. Maps can provide robust structural priors of the static environment, helping resolve…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-25 Yang Fu , Yuliang Zou , Hao Xiang , Xin Huang , Yijing Bai , Chen Song , Weijing Shi , Govind Thattai , Dragomir Anguelov , Mingxing Tan , Yingwei Li

High-Definition Maps (HD maps) are essential for the precise navigation and decision-making of autonomous vehicles, yet their creation and upkeep present significant cost and timeliness challenges. The online construction of HD maps using…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-25 Shuang Zeng , Xinyuan Chang , Xinran Liu , Yujian Yuan , Shiyi Liang , Zheng Pan , Mu Xu , Xing Wei

Mapping is essential in robotics and autonomous systems because it provides the spatial foundation for path planning. Efficient mapping enables planning algorithms to generate reliable paths while ensuring safety and adapting in real time…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-22 Yihui Mao , Tian Tan , Xuehui Shen , Warren E. Dixon , Rushikesh Kamalapurkar

End-to-end learning for autonomous navigation has received substantial attention recently as a promising method for reducing modeling error. However, its data complexity, especially around generalization to unseen environments, is high. We…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-04-04 Xiangyun Meng , Nathan Ratliff , Yu Xiang , Dieter Fox

High-definition (HD) semantic map generation of the environment is an essential component of autonomous driving. Existing methods have achieved good performance in this task by fusing different sensor modalities, such as LiDAR and camera.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-28 Hao Dong , Weihao Gu , Xianjing Zhang , Jintao Xu , Rui Ai , Huimin Lu , Juho Kannala , Xieyuanli Chen

High-definition (HD) maps are essential for autonomous driving, as they provide precise road information for downstream tasks. Recent advances highlight the potential of temporal modeling in addressing challenges like occlusions and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-29 Ruizi Yang , Xiaolu Liu , Junbo Chen , Jianke Zhu

Recent advancements in statistical learning and computational abilities have enabled autonomous vehicle technology to develop at a much faster rate. While many of the architectures previously introduced are capable of operating under highly…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-09-14 David Paz , Hengyuan Zhang , Qinru Li , Hao Xiang , Henrik Christensen

The majority of current approaches in autonomous driving rely on High-Definition (HD) maps which detail the road geometry and surrounding area. Yet, this reliance is one of the obstacles to mass deployment of autonomous vehicles due to poor…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-04-02 Li Zhang , Faezeh Tafazzoli , Gunther Krehl , Runsheng Xu , Timo Rehfeld , Manuel Schier , Arunava Seal

With the recent advancement of deep learning technology, data-driven approaches for autonomous car prediction and planning have achieved extraordinary performance. Nevertheless, most of these approaches follow a non-interactive prediction…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-04-20 Hengli Wang , Peide Cai , Rui Fan , Yuxiang Sun , Ming Liu