Leveraging Topographic Maps for Image to Terrain Alignment

With the wide-spread availability of photographic and cartographic data, it becomes desirable to be able to geo-localize any picture in the world. Existing approaches have so far shown impressive results, but they are still lacking in either precision or applicability. In the present work, we explor...

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Published in2012 Second International Conference on 3D Imaging, Modeling, Processing, Visualization & Transmission pp. 487 - 492
Main Authors Baatz, G., Saurer, O., Koser, K., Pollefeys, M.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.10.2012
Subjects
Cameras
Image segmentation
Labeling
Semantics
Solid modeling
Transforms
Vectors
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Summary:With the wide-spread availability of photographic and cartographic data, it becomes desirable to be able to geo-localize any picture in the world. Existing approaches have so far shown impressive results, but they are still lacking in either precision or applicability. In the present work, we explore as an additional cue, semantic image labeling coupled with topographic maps. As an intermediate step towards the ultimate goal of universal geo-localiztion, we show that these cues are suitable for estimating the viewing direction of a terrestrial image, given the image's location.
ISBN:1467344702
9781467344708
ISSN:1550-6185
DOI:10.1109/3DIMPVT.2012.33