用城市模型精修无人机定位,让地图更准更一致。
LiDAR-based Registration against Georeferenced Models for Globally Consistent Allocentric Maps
- 用激光雷达匹配城市3D模型和高程图,优化粗略定位
- 将定位误差从最高16米降到0.5米以下
- 适合需要高精度地理地图的搜救与巡检场景
现代无人机在搜救任务中不可或缺,可提供态势感知或近距离图像而无需人员冒险。但其定位严重依赖全球导航卫星系统(GNSS),在建筑附近精度急剧下降。这种误差阻碍了多源数据在统一地理坐标系下的融合。相比之下,CityGML模型提供精确地理坐标的建筑轮廓,而激光雷达在近3D结构区域表现最佳。因此,我们通过将激光雷达地图与CityGML及数字高程图(DEM)模型配准,对粗略的GNSS测量进行修正,用于生成以环境为中心的全局一致地图。利用2D高度图上的占据情况计算合理性评分,选择最优假设。随后,将配准结果集成到基于连续时间样条的姿态图优化器中,结合激光雷达里程计及其他传感模态,获得全局一致、地理参考的轨迹与地图。我们在两个不同测试站点的多次飞行中评估了该方法的有效性。结果显示,本方法成功将GNSS偏移误差从最高16米降至0.5米以下,并实现了与先验3D地理空间模型全局一致的地图。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Modern unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are irreplaceable in search and rescue (SAR) missions to obtain a situational overview or provide closeups without endangering personnel. However, UAVs heavily rely on global navigation satellite system (GNSS) for localization which works well in open spaces, but the precision drastically degrades in the vicinity of buildings. These inaccuracies hinder aggregation of diverse data from multiple sources in a unified georeferenced frame for SAR operators. In contrast, CityGML models provide approximate building shapes with accurate georeferenced poses. Besides, LiDAR works best in the vicinity of 3D structures. Hence, we refine coarse GNSS measurements by registering LiDAR maps against CityGML and digital elevation map (DEM) models as a prior for allocentric mapping. An intuitive plausibility score selects the best hypothesis based on occupancy using a 2D height map. Afterwards, we integrate the registration results in a continuous-time spline-based pose graph optimizer with LiDAR odometry and further sensing modalities to obtain globally consistent, georeferenced trajectories and maps. We evaluate the viability of our approach on multiple flights captured at two distinct testing sites. Our method successfully reduced GNSS offset errors from up-to 16 m to below 0.5 m on multiple flights. Furthermore, we obtain globally consistent maps w.r.t. prior 3D geospatial models.
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