ConGeo: Robust Cross-view Geo-localization across Ground View Variations

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Main Authors: Mi, Li, Xu, Chang, Castillo-Navarro, Javiera, Montariol, Syrielle, Yang, Wen, Bosselut, Antoine, Tuia, Devis
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author Mi, Li
Xu, Chang
Castillo-Navarro, Javiera
Montariol, Syrielle
Yang, Wen
Bosselut, Antoine
Tuia, Devis
author_facet Mi, Li
Xu, Chang
Castillo-Navarro, Javiera
Montariol, Syrielle
Yang, Wen
Bosselut, Antoine
Tuia, Devis
contents Cross-view geo-localization aims at localizing a ground-level query image by matching it to its corresponding geo-referenced aerial view. In real-world scenarios, the task requires accommodating diverse ground images captured by users with varying orientations and reduced field of views (FoVs). However, existing learning pipelines are orientation-specific or FoV-specific, demanding separate model training for different ground view variations. Such models heavily depend on the North-aligned spatial correspondence and predefined FoVs in the training data, compromising their robustness across different settings. To tackle this challenge, we propose ConGeo, a single- and cross-view Contrastive method for Geo-localization: it enhances robustness and consistency in feature representations to improve a model's invariance to orientation and its resilience to FoV variations, by enforcing proximity between ground view variations of the same location. As a generic learning objective for cross-view geo-localization, when integrated into state-of-the-art pipelines, ConGeo significantly boosts the performance of three base models on four geo-localization benchmarks for diverse ground view variations and outperforms competing methods that train separate models for each ground view variation.
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spellingShingle ConGeo: Robust Cross-view Geo-localization across Ground View Variations
Mi, Li
Xu, Chang
Castillo-Navarro, Javiera
Montariol, Syrielle
Yang, Wen
Bosselut, Antoine
Tuia, Devis
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Cross-view geo-localization aims at localizing a ground-level query image by matching it to its corresponding geo-referenced aerial view. In real-world scenarios, the task requires accommodating diverse ground images captured by users with varying orientations and reduced field of views (FoVs). However, existing learning pipelines are orientation-specific or FoV-specific, demanding separate model training for different ground view variations. Such models heavily depend on the North-aligned spatial correspondence and predefined FoVs in the training data, compromising their robustness across different settings. To tackle this challenge, we propose ConGeo, a single- and cross-view Contrastive method for Geo-localization: it enhances robustness and consistency in feature representations to improve a model's invariance to orientation and its resilience to FoV variations, by enforcing proximity between ground view variations of the same location. As a generic learning objective for cross-view geo-localization, when integrated into state-of-the-art pipelines, ConGeo significantly boosts the performance of three base models on four geo-localization benchmarks for diverse ground view variations and outperforms competing methods that train separate models for each ground view variation.
title ConGeo: Robust Cross-view Geo-localization across Ground View Variations
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.13965