Beyond a Single Light: A Large-Scale Aerial Dataset for Urban Scene Reconstruction Under Varying Illumination

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Main Authors: Li, Zhuoxiao, Ma, Wenzong, Wu, Taoyu, Zhu, Jinjing, Q, Zhenchao, Zhang, Shuai, Ou, Jing, Ren, Yinrui, Qi, Weiqing, Shen, Guobin, Xiong, Hui, Zhao, Wufan
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author Li, Zhuoxiao
Ma, Wenzong
Wu, Taoyu
Zhu, Jinjing
Q, Zhenchao
Zhang, Shuai
Ou, Jing
Ren, Yinrui
Qi, Weiqing
Shen, Guobin
Xiong, Hui
Zhao, Wufan
author_facet Li, Zhuoxiao
Ma, Wenzong
Wu, Taoyu
Zhu, Jinjing
Q, Zhenchao
Zhang, Shuai
Ou, Jing
Ren, Yinrui
Qi, Weiqing
Shen, Guobin
Xiong, Hui
Zhao, Wufan
contents Recent advances in Neural Radiance Fields and 3D Gaussian Splatting have demonstrated strong potential for large-scale UAV-based 3D reconstruction tasks by fitting the appearance of images. However, real-world large-scale captures are often based on multi-temporal data capture, where illumination inconsistencies across different times of day can significantly lead to color artifacts, geometric inaccuracies, and inconsistent appearance. Due to the lack of UAV datasets that systematically capture the same areas under varying illumination conditions, this challenge remains largely underexplored. To fill this gap, we introduceSkyLume, a large-scale, real-world UAV dataset specifically designed for studying illumination robust 3D reconstruction in urban scene modeling: (1) We collect data from 10 urban regions data comprising more than 100k high resolution UAV images (four oblique views and nadir), where each region is captured at three periods of the day to systematically isolate illumination changes. (2) To support precise evaluation of geometry and appearance, we provide per-scene LiDAR scans and accurate 3D ground-truth for assessing depth, surface normals, and reconstruction quality under varying illumination. (3) For the inverse rendering task, we introduce the Temporal Consistency Coefficient (TCC), a metric that measuress cross-time albedo stability and directly evaluates the robustness of the disentanglement of light and material. We aim for this resource to serve as a foundation that advances research and real-world evaluation in large-scale inverse rendering, geometry reconstruction, and novel view synthesis.
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spellingShingle Beyond a Single Light: A Large-Scale Aerial Dataset for Urban Scene Reconstruction Under Varying Illumination
Li, Zhuoxiao
Ma, Wenzong
Wu, Taoyu
Zhu, Jinjing
Q, Zhenchao
Zhang, Shuai
Ou, Jing
Ren, Yinrui
Qi, Weiqing
Shen, Guobin
Xiong, Hui
Zhao, Wufan
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Recent advances in Neural Radiance Fields and 3D Gaussian Splatting have demonstrated strong potential for large-scale UAV-based 3D reconstruction tasks by fitting the appearance of images. However, real-world large-scale captures are often based on multi-temporal data capture, where illumination inconsistencies across different times of day can significantly lead to color artifacts, geometric inaccuracies, and inconsistent appearance. Due to the lack of UAV datasets that systematically capture the same areas under varying illumination conditions, this challenge remains largely underexplored. To fill this gap, we introduceSkyLume, a large-scale, real-world UAV dataset specifically designed for studying illumination robust 3D reconstruction in urban scene modeling: (1) We collect data from 10 urban regions data comprising more than 100k high resolution UAV images (four oblique views and nadir), where each region is captured at three periods of the day to systematically isolate illumination changes. (2) To support precise evaluation of geometry and appearance, we provide per-scene LiDAR scans and accurate 3D ground-truth for assessing depth, surface normals, and reconstruction quality under varying illumination. (3) For the inverse rendering task, we introduce the Temporal Consistency Coefficient (TCC), a metric that measuress cross-time albedo stability and directly evaluates the robustness of the disentanglement of light and material. We aim for this resource to serve as a foundation that advances research and real-world evaluation in large-scale inverse rendering, geometry reconstruction, and novel view synthesis.
title Beyond a Single Light: A Large-Scale Aerial Dataset for Urban Scene Reconstruction Under Varying Illumination
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.14200