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We propose an end-to-end real time framework to generate high resolution graphics grade textured 3D map of urban environment. The generated detailed map finds its application in the precise localization and navigation of autonomous…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-01-19 Ashish Kumar , James R. McBride , Gaurav Pandey

High-Definition (HD) maps play a crucial role in autonomous vehicle navigation, complementing onboard perception sensors for improved accuracy and safety. Traditional HD map generation relies on dedicated mapping vehicles, which are costly…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-24 Gamal Elghazaly , Raphael Frank

Vector maps are essential in autonomous driving for tasks like localization and planning, yet their creation and maintenance are notably costly. While recent advances in online vector map generation for autonomous vehicles are promising,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-02 Narayanan Elavathur Ranganatha , Hengyuan Zhang , Shashank Venkatramani , Jing-Yan Liao , Henrik I. Christensen

Vectorized high-definition map (HD-map) construction, which focuses on the perception of centimeter-level environmental information, has attracted significant research interest in the autonomous driving community. Most existing approaches…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-06-19 Limeng Qiao , Wenjie Ding , Xi Qiu , Chi Zhang

Autonomous vehicles are gradually entering city roads today, with the help of high-definition maps (HDMaps). However, the reliance on HDMaps prevents autonomous vehicles from stepping into regions without this expensive digital…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-01 Zhou Jiang , Zhenxin Zhu , Pengfei Li , Huan-ang Gao , Tianyuan Yuan , Yongliang Shi , Hang Zhao , Hao Zhao

The development of online high-definition maps is significant since they provide real-time, accurate, and updatable geographic information for location-based applications, such as autonomous driving and intelligent transportation, thus…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-11-07 Mingchao Jiang , Yin Cheng , Linghai Liu

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

While bird's-eye-view (BEV) perception models can be useful for building high-definition maps (HD-Maps) with less human labor, their results are often unreliable and demonstrate noticeable inconsistencies in the predicted HD-Maps from…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-10-10 Ziyang Xie , Ziqi Pang , Yu-Xiong Wang

Traditional map-making relies heavily on Geographic Information Systems (GIS), requiring domain expertise and being time-consuming, especially for repetitive tasks. Recent advances in generative AI (GenAI), particularly image diffusion…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-17 Claudio Affolter , Sidi Wu , Yizi Chen , Lorenz Hurni

In image-based camera localization systems, information about the environment is usually stored in some representation, which can be referred to as a map. Conventionally, most maps are built upon hand-crafted features. Recently, neural…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-04-17 Mingpan Guo , Stefan Matthes , Jiaojiao Ye , Hao Shen

Lane detection is a vital task for vehicles to navigate and localize their position on the road. To ensure reliable driving, lane detection models must have robust generalization performance in various road environments. However, despite…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-06-04 Daeun Lee , Minhyeok Heo , Jiwon Kim

Autonomous driving car is becoming more of a reality, as a key component,high-definition(HD) maps shows its value in both market place and industry. Even though HD maps generation from LiDAR or stereo/perspective imagery has achieved…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-02-07 Andi Zang , Runsheng Xu , Zichen Li , David Doria

High-definition (HD) maps are core artifacts for automated driving systems, but their generation commonly relies on sensor-intensive mobile mapping campaigns, while quality assessment often depends on high-precision reference data. These…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-20 Ruidi He , Vaibhav Tiwari , Mohanad Al-Ghobari , Meng Zhang , Andreas Rausch

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

Modern intelligent and autonomous robotic applications often require robots to have more information about their environment than that provided by traditional occupancy grid maps. For example, a robot tasked to perform autonomous semantic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-03-30 Tobias Zaenker , Francesco Verdoja , Ville Kyrki

We propose a novel end-to-end pipeline for online long-range vectorized high-definition (HD) map construction using on-board camera sensors. The vectorized representation of HD maps, employing polylines and polygons to represent map…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-01-09 Jingyi Yu , Zizhao Zhang , Shengfu Xia , Jizhang Sang

Map-based methods for autonomous racing estimate the vehicle's location, which is used to follow a high-level plan. While map-based optimisation methods demonstrate high-performance results, they are limited by requiring a map of the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-02-01 Benjamin David Evans , Hendrik Willem Jordaan , Herman Arnold Engelbrecht

The validation and verification of automated driving functions (ADFs) is a challenging task on the journey of making those functions available to the public beyond the current research context. Simulation is a valuable building block for…

Other Computer Science · Computer Science 2022-10-04 Daniel Becker , Christian Geller , Lutz Eckstein

Many historical map sheets are publicly available for studies that require long-term historical geographic data. The cartographic design of these maps includes a combination of map symbols and text labels. Automatically reading text labels…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-12-14 Zekun Li , Runyu Guan , Qianmu Yu , Yao-Yi Chiang , Craig A. Knoblock

High-definition (HD) maps are important for autonomous driving, but their manual generation and maintenance is very expensive. This motivates the usage of an automated map generation pipeline. Fleet vehicles provide sufficient sensors for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-05 Alexander Blumberg , Jonas Merkert , Christoph Stiller