Bending the Curve of HD Maps Production for Autonomous Vehicle Applications in Taiwan

• Published in: IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing Vol. 15; pp. 8346 - 8359
• Main Authors: Chiang, Kai-Wei, Zeng, Jhih-Cing, Tsai, Meng-Lun, Darweesh, Hatem, Chen, Pin-Xu, Wang, Chi-Kuei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Piscataway IEEE 2022; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Autonomous navigation; Autonomous vehicles; Competitiveness; Conversion; Costs; Deformation; Driving; Format; Geophysics. Cosmic physics; HD map format conversion; HD map semiautomated production; HD map standardization; High definition; high-definition maps (HD maps); Ocean engineering; Point cloud compression; Production; QC801-809; Roads; Sensors; Standardization; TC1501-1800; Traffic signals; Traffic signs; Taiwan

Mapping technologies have improved over time, and autonomous driving techniques have advanced substantially over recent decades. High-definition (HD) maps are key for autonomous driving because of their accurate and rich interpretations of road scenes. HD maps provide information about road features...