Camera Localization

Benchmarks archive 2025-07-28

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Syntology column: samples harvested from the paper's repositories and executed on synthesized fixtures; “ran” is not a correctness claim and does not order the table. A dash means no Syntology record for that paper, not a recorded non-run. Read from the graph 2026-09-24.

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Datasets archive 2025-07-28

9 datasets whose archive record lists this task, ordered by the archive's paper count.

Subtasks archive 2025-07-28

2 subtasks in the archive's task tree.

Most implemented papers archive 2025-07-28

30 shown of 52 papers with code (116 tagged with this task in all), ordered by repositories listed in the archive, not by stars (the archive holds no stars, so PwC's “Social” and “Latest” sorts cannot be reproduced). Papers without a page here are shown as plain text.

• DSAC - Differentiable RANSAC for Camera Localization
  17 Nov 2016 4 repositories listed
  The most promising approach is inspired by reinforcement learning, namely to replace the deterministic hypothesis selection by a probabilistic selection for which we can derive the expected loss w.
• Neural-Guided RANSAC: Learning Where to Sample Model Hypotheses
  10 May 2019 3 repositories listed Syntology ran 0 of 4 samples · 4 unverified
  In contrast, we learn hypothesis search in a principled fashion that lets us optimize an arbitrary task loss during training, leading to large improvements on classic computer vision tasks.
• Fast and Lightweight Scene Regressor for Camera Relocalization
  4 Dec 2022 2 repositories listed
  The proposed approach uses sparse descriptors to regress the scene coordinates, instead of a dense RGB image.
• Back to the Feature: Learning Robust Camera Localization from Pixels to Pose
  16 Mar 2021 2 repositories listed Syntology ran 7 of 10 samples · 3 unverified · 10 pointer-only (licence)
  In this paper, we go Back to the Feature: we argue that deep networks should focus on learning robust and invariant visual features, while the geometric estimation should be left to principled algorithms.
• 6D Camera Relocalization in Ambiguous Scenes via Continuous Multimodal Inference
  9 Apr 2020 2 repositories listed
  We present a multimodal camera relocalization framework that captures ambiguities and uncertainties with continuous mixture models defined on the manifold of camera poses.
• R2D2: Reliable and Repeatable Detector and Descriptor
  1 Dec 2019 2 repositories listed
  We thus propose to jointly learn keypoint detection and description together with a predictor of the local descriptor discriminativeness.
• CMRNet: Camera to LiDAR-Map Registration
  24 Jun 2019 2 repositories listed
  In this paper we present CMRNet, a realtime approach based on a Convolutional Neural Network to localize an RGB image of a scene in a map built from LiDAR data.
• Panoramic Annular Localizer: Tackling the Variation Challenges of Outdoor Localization Using Panoramic Annular Images and Active Deep Descriptors
  14 May 2019 2 repositories listed
  The panoramic annular images captured by the single camera are processed and fed into the NetVLAD network to form the active deep descriptor, and sequential matching is utilized to generate the localization result.
• Event-based Camera Pose Tracking using a Generative Event Model
  7 Oct 2015 2 repositories listed
  Event-based vision sensors mimic the operation of biological retina and they represent a major paradigm shift from traditional cameras.
• GSplatLoc: Ultra-Precise Camera Localization via 3D Gaussian Splatting
  28 Dec 2024 1 repository listed
  We present GSplatLoc, a camera localization method that leverages the differentiable rendering capabilities of 3D Gaussian splatting for ultra-precise pose estimation.
• PEnG: Pose-Enhanced Geo-Localisation
  24 Nov 2024 1 repository listed
  To solve this limitation, we propose combining cross-view geo-localisation and relative pose estimation to increase precision to a level practical for real-world application.
• MBA-SLAM: Motion Blur Aware Dense Visual SLAM with Radiance Fields Representation
  13 Nov 2024 1 repository listed
  In our experiments, we demonstrate that MBA-SLAM surpasses previous state-of-the-art methods in both camera localization and map reconstruction, showcasing superior performance across a range of datasets, including…
• Leveraging Semantic Cues from Foundation Vision Models for Enhanced Local Feature Correspondence
  12 Oct 2024 1 repository listed
  Visual correspondence is a crucial step in key computer vision tasks, including camera localization, image registration, and structure from motion.
• SpaGBOL: Spatial-Graph-Based Orientated Localisation
  23 Sep 2024 1 repository listed
  SpaGBOL achieves state-of-the-art accuracies on the unseen test graph - with relative Top-1 retrieval improvements on previous techniques of 11%, and 50% when filtering with Bearing Vector Matching on the SpaGBOL…
• Towards Global Localization using Multi-Modal Object-Instance Re-Identification
  18 Sep 2024 1 repository listed
  Re-identification (ReID) is a critical challenge in computer vision, predominantly studied in the context of pedestrians and vehicles.
• Weakly-supervised Camera Localization by Ground-to-satellite Image Registration
  10 Sep 2024 1 repository listed Syntology ran 0 of 1 samples · 1 unverified · 1 pointer-only (licence)
  To alleviate this issue, this paper proposes a weakly supervised learning strategy for ground-to-satellite image registration when only noisy pose labels for ground images are available for network training.
• SPVLoc: Semantic Panoramic Viewport Matching for 6D Camera Localization in Unseen Environments
  16 Apr 2024 1 repository listed
  In this paper, we present SPVLoc, a global indoor localization method that accurately determines the six-dimensional (6D) camera pose of a query image and requires minimal scene-specific prior knowledge and no…
• Improved Scene Landmark Detection for Camera Localization
  31 Jan 2024 1 repository listed
  To mitigate the capacity issue, we propose to split the landmarks into subgroups and train a separate network for each subgroup.
• SemanticSLAM: Learning based Semantic Map Construction and Robust Camera Localization
  23 Jan 2024 1 repository listed
  This approach enables the creation of a semantic map of the environment and ensures reliable camera localization.
• BEV-CV: Birds-Eye-View Transform for Cross-View Geo-Localisation
  23 Dec 2023 1 repository listed
  Cross-view image matching for geo-localisation is a challenging problem due to the significant visual difference between aerial and ground-level viewpoints.
• DynaMoN: Motion-Aware Fast and Robust Camera Localization for Dynamic Neural Radiance Fields
  16 Sep 2023 1 repository listed
  To address this challenge, we propose Dynamic Motion-Aware Fast and Robust Camera Localization for Dynamic Neural Radiance Fields (DynaMoN).
• Boosting 3-DoF Ground-to-Satellite Camera Localization Accuracy via Geometry-Guided Cross-View Transformer
  16 Jul 2023 1 repository listed
  In this paper, we propose a method to increase the accuracy of a ground camera's location and orientation by estimating the relative rotation and translation between the ground-level image and its matched/retrieved…
• Synfeal: A Data-Driven Simulator for End-to-End Camera Localization
  29 May 2023 1 repository listed
  Our results also suggest that when a large localization dataset with high quality is available, training from scratch leads to better performances.
• Region contrastive camera localization
  1 May 2023 1 repository listed
  The proposed approach maps image features from different camera views of the same 3D region to nearby points in the learned feature space.
• From a Bird's Eye View to See: Joint Camera and Subject Registration without the Camera Calibration
  19 Dec 2022 1 repository listed
  We tackle a new problem of multi-view camera and subject registration in the bird's eye view (BEV) without pre-given camera calibration.
• Shared Coupling-bridge for Weakly Supervised Local Feature Learning
  14 Dec 2022 1 repository listed
  Sparse local feature extraction is usually believed to be of important significance in typical vision tasks such as simultaneous localization and mapping, image matching and 3D reconstruction.
• ESLAM: Efficient Dense SLAM System Based on Hybrid Representation of Signed Distance Fields
  21 Nov 2022 1 repository listed Syntology ran 4 of 4 samples · 0 unverified
  We present ESLAM, an efficient implicit neural representation method for Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM).
• RobustLoc: Robust Camera Pose Regression in Challenging Driving Environments
  21 Nov 2022 1 repository listed
  Experiments demonstrate that RobustLoc surpasses current state-of-the-art camera pose regression models and achieves robust performance in various environments.
• NeuMap: Neural Coordinate Mapping by Auto-Transdecoder for Camera Localization
  21 Nov 2022 1 repository listed
  State-of-the-art feature matching methods require each scene to be stored as a 3D point cloud with per-point features, consuming several gigabytes of storage per scene.
• LaLaLoc++: Global Floor Plan Comprehension for Layout Localisation in Unvisited Environments
  22 Oct 2022 1 repository listed
  We perform localisation by aligning room layout inferred from a panorama image with the floor plan of a scene.

Syntology lines on 4 of the papers shown; no Syntology record for the others (a paper without an arXiv id cannot be joined to the graph, and absence from the graph layer is not a recorded non-run). “Ran” means the sample executed on a synthesized fixture, not that the paper's result was reproduced. Read from the graph 2026-09-24.