Exploring The Best Way For UAV Visual Localization Under Low-altitude Multi-view Observation Condition: A Benchmark

Abstract

Absolute Visual Localization (AVL) enables an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to determine its position in GNSS-denied environments by establishing geometric relationships between UAV images and geo-tagged reference maps. While many previous works have achieved AVL with image retrieval and matching techniques, research in low-altitude multi-view scenarios still remains limited. Low-altitude multi-view conditions present greater challenges due to extreme viewpoint changes. To investigate effective UAV AVL approaches under such conditions, we present this benchmark. Firstly, a large-scale low-altitude multi-view dataset called AnyVisLoc was constructed. This dataset includes 18,000 images captured at multiple scenes and altitudes, along with 2.5D reference maps containing aerial photogrammetry maps and historical satellite maps. Secondly, a unified framework was proposed to integrate the state-of-the-art AVL approaches and comprehensively test their performance. The best combined method wa

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