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Cross-view geo-localization is the problem of estimating the position and orientation (latitude, longitude and azimuth angle) of a camera at ground level given a large-scale database of geo-tagged aerial (e.g., satellite) images. Existing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-05-11 Yujiao Shi , Xin Yu , Dylan Campbell , Hongdong Li

This paper addresses the problem of vehicle-mounted camera localization by matching a ground-level image with an overhead-view satellite map. Existing methods often treat this problem as cross-view image retrieval, and use learned deep…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-09-07 Yujiao Shi , Hongdong Li

Cross-view geo-localization determines the location of a query image, captured by a drone or ground-based camera, by matching it to a geo-referenced satellite image. While traditional approaches focus on image-level localization, many…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-26 Zheyang Huang , Jagannath Aryal , Saeid Nahavandi , Xuequan Lu , Chee Peng Lim , Lei Wei , Hailing Zhou

The problem of localization on a geo-referenced satellite map given a query ground view image is useful yet remains challenging due to the drastic change in viewpoint. To this end, in this paper we work on the extension of our earlier work…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-06-04 Sixing Hu , Gim Hee Lee

Cross-view geo-localization (CVGL) plays a vital role in drone-based multimedia applications, enabling precise localization by matching drone-captured aerial images against geo-tagged satellite databases in GNSS-denied environments.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-09 Jian Sun , Kangdao Liu , Chi Zhang , Chuangquan Chen , Junge Shen , C. L. Philip Chen , Chi-Man Vong

Cross-view geo-localization aims at establishing location correspondences between different viewpoints. Existing approaches typically learn cross-view correlations through direct feature similarity matching, often overlooking semantic…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Hongyang Zhang , Yinhao Liu , Zhenyu Kuang

With the maturity of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology, Large Scale Visual Geo-Localization (LSVGL) is increasingly important in urban computing, where the task is to accurately and efficiently recognize the geo-location of a given…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-10-12 Qiang Zhai

Cross-View Geo-Localization (CVGL) involves determining the geographical location of a query image by matching it with a corresponding GPS-tagged reference image. Current state-of-the-art methods predominantly rely on training models with…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-20 Haoyuan Li , Chang Xu , Wen Yang , Huai Yu , Gui-Song Xia

This paper presents a visual geo-localization system capable of determining the geographic locations of places (buildings and road intersections) from images without relying on GPS data. Our approach integrates three primary methods:…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-23 Rania Saoud , Slimane Larabi

In this paper, we present a high-performing solution to the UAVM 2025 Challenge, which focuses on matching narrow FOV street-level images to corresponding satellite imagery using the University-1652 dataset. As panoramic Cross-View…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-23 Xiaohan Zhang , Tavis Shore , Chen Chen , Oscar Mendez , Simon Hadfield , Safwan Wshah

Cross-view geo-spatial learning consists of two important tasks: Cross-View Geo-Localization (CVGL) and Cross-View Image Synthesis (CVIS), both of which rely on establishing geometric correspondences between ground and aerial views. Recent…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-30 Yancheng Zhang , Xiaohan Zhang , Guangyu Sun , Zonglin Lyu , Safwan Wshah , Chen Chen

Visual Geo-localization (VG) is the task of estimating the position where a given photo was taken by comparing it with a large database of images of known locations. To investigate how existing techniques would perform on a real-world…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-04-08 Gabriele Berton , Carlo Masone , Barbara Caputo

Geolocation is a fundamental component of route planning and navigation for unmanned vehicles, but GNSS-based geolocation fails under denial-of-service conditions. Cross-view geo-localization (CVGL), which aims to estimate the geographical…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-04-21 Jianwei Zhao , Qiang Zhai , Pengbo Zhao , Rui Huang , Hong Cheng

In this paper, we address the problem of cross-view image geo-localization. Specifically, we aim to estimate the GPS location of a query street view image by finding the matching images in a reference database of geo-tagged bird's eye view…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-03-24 Yicong Tian , Chen Chen , Mubarak Shah

Determining the precise geographic location of an image at a global scale remains an unsolved challenge. Standard image retrieval techniques are inefficient due to the sheer volume of images (>100M) and fail when coverage is insufficient.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-31 Philipp Lindenberger , Paul-Edouard Sarlin , Jan Hosang , Matteo Balice , Marc Pollefeys , Simon Lynen , Eduard Trulls

Cross-View Geo-localisation (CVGL) matches ground imagery against satellite tiles to give absolute position fixes, an alternative to GNSS where signals are occluded, jammed, or spoofed. Recent fine-grained CVGL methods regress sub-tile…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-06 Tavis Shore , Oscar Mendez , Simon Hadfield

Cross-view geo-localization (CVGL), which matches an oblique drone view to a geo-referenced satellite tile, has emerged as a key alternative for autonomous drone navigation when GNSS signals are jammed, spoofed, or unavailable. Despite…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Chi-Nguyen Tran , Dao Sy Duy Minh , Huynh Trung Kiet , Nguyen Lam Phu Quy , Phu-Hoa Pham , Long Tran-Thanh

Cross-View object geo-localization (CVOGL) aims to precisely determine the geographic coordinates of a query object from a ground or drone perspective by referencing a satellite map. Segmentation-based approaches offer high precision but…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Chenlin Fu , Ao Gong , Yingying Zhu

Most existing cross-view object geo-localization approaches adopt anchor-based paradigm. Although effective, such methods are inherently constrained by predefined anchors. To eliminate this dependency, we first propose an anchor-free…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-01 Xingtao Ling , Chenlin Fu , Yingying Zhu

Cross-view geo-localization is a promising solution for large-scale localization problems, requiring the sequential execution of retrieval and metric localization tasks to achieve fine-grained predictions. However, existing methods…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-13 Zhuo Song , Ye Zhang , Kunhong Li , Longguang Wang , Yulan Guo