| Title: | Localization and 3D Reconstruction of Urban Scenes Using GPS |
| Author: | Kim, Kihwan ; Summet, Jay ; Starner, Thad ; Ashbrook, Daniel ; Kapade, Mrunal ; Essa, Irfan A. |
| Abstract: | Using off-the-shelf Global Positioning System (GPS) units, we reconstruct buildings in 3D by exploiting the reduction in signal to noise ratio (SNR) that occurs when the buildings obstruct the line-of-sight between the moving units and the orbiting satellites. We measure the size and height of skyscrapers as well as automatically constructing a density map representing the location of multiple buildings in an urban landscape. If deployed on a large scale, via a cellular service provider’s GPS-enabled mobile phones or GPS-tracked delivery vehicles, the system could provide an inexpensive means of continuously creating and updating 3D maps of urban environments. |
| Type: | Technical Report |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/25827 |
| Date: | 2008 |
| Contributor: | Georgia Institute of Technology. College of Computing |
| Relation: | SIC Technical Reports ; GT-IC-08-06 |
| Publisher: | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Subject: |
Data collection
Density map Global Positioning System (GPS) Signal to noise ratio (SNR) 3D reconstruction |
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