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  1. PARC-Loc: Text-to-Point-Cloud Localization with Partial Assignment and Relational Consistency

    Oct 7, 2026Shengkai Ma, Zhenyu Hou, Weihua CaoMap-Based Localization3D Visual Grounding

  2. FreeLoc: Online Floorplan Localization via Diffusion-Aided Pose Refinement

    Oct 4, 2026Haocheng Peng, Boyang Zhou, Jiarui Hu +7Floor-Plan-Based Visual LocalizationMap-Based Localization

    State Key Lab of CAD&CG, Zhejiang University

  3. MVP-SLAM: Multi-Camera Visual-Inertial Floorplan-Prior SLAM

    Sep 30, 2026Asier Bikandi-Noya, Miguel Fernandez-Cortizas, Muhammad Shaheer +2Floor-Plan-Based Visual LocalizationVisual SLAM

    Authors are with the Automation and Robotics Research Group, Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability, and Trust (SnT), University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg. · Holger Voos is also associated with the Faculty of Science, Technology, and Medicine, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg.

  4. UpDown-SC: Gravity-Canonicalized Dual-Envelope Scan Context for Indoor LiDAR Place Recognition

    Sep 24, 2026Jie Xu, Yongxin Yang, Ziyi Jin +4LiDAR Place RecognitionLiDAR Localization

    Anyverse Dynamics, Beijing, China

  5. BronchoTop: Bronchoscopy Navigation via RGB-Only Topological Localization

    Sep 23, 2026Clara Tomasini, Ana Cristina Murillo, Luis RiazueloEndoscopyMap-Based Localization

    DIIS - I3A - Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain

  6. Dr-LiSA: Direct Radar-Lidar Scan Alignment for SE(3)SE(3) Localization

    Sep 22, 2026Alex Zhang, Daniil Lisus, Cedric Le Gentil +1LiDAR LocalizationMap-Based Localization

    Robotics Institute, University of Toronto, Canada · Mobile Robotics Lab, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

  7. PosEviLoc: Position-Conditioned Spatial Evidence for Language-Based 3D Localization

    Sep 20, 2026Tianyi Shang, Yike Shi, Zhenyu LiMap-Based Localization3D Visual Grounding

    Purdue University · Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University · Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences)

  8. SlugTrails: An Egocentric Benchmark for Floor Plan Localization in Large Buildings

    Sep 17, 2026Yunqian Cheng, Roberto ManduchiFloor-Plan-Based Visual LocalizationVisual Place Recognition

    Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of California, Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA, USA

  9. DRT&R: Direct Radar Teach & Repeat

    Sep 15, 2026Alexander Krawciw, Daniil Lisus, Cedric Le Gentil +1Off-Road Robot NavigationEmbodied Navigation

    Robotics Institute, University of Toronto, Canada · Mobile Robotics Lab, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

  10. Odometer-Agnostic Drift Correction Using OpenStreetMap Lane Geometry

    Sep 9, 2026Joaquin Caballero, Emilio Garcia-Fidalgo, Alberto Ortiz +1Map-Based LocalizationRobot State Estimation

    Distance Technologies Oy, Helsinki, Finland · Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Institute of Artificial Intelligence, University of the Balearic Islands, 07122 Palma, Spain

  11. GALoc: Gravity Aligned Wireframes for Depth-Free Monocular Floorplan Localization

    Sep 8, 2026Jeahn Han, Minji Kim, Jeongbin Sohn +3Floor-Plan-Based Visual LocalizationMap-Based Localization

    GIST · KAIST · Zurich University of Applied Sciences

  12. HorizonNet for visual terrain navigation

    Aug 31, 2026Bertil Grelsson, Andreas Robinson, Michael Felsberg +1Robot NavigationMap-Based Localization

    Computer Vision Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Linköping University, Sweden · Inception Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Abu Dhabi, UAE

  13. Cross-View Sequential Visual Localization with Spatio-Temporal Context Modeling for Autonomous Driving

    Aug 11, 2026Jiaping Wang, Shaobo Li, Zhen WangCross-View Geo-LocalizationAutonomous Driving

    School of Information Engineering, Chang'an University, P.R.China

  14. SeqLoc: Beyond the Single Frame for Cross-View Geo-Localization in Feature-Sparse Scenes

    Aug 8, 2026Junwei Zheng, Yun Huang, Ruize Dai +8Cross-View Geo-LocalizationVisual Place Recognition

    Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany · Hunan University, Changsha, China · University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

  15. Geometry-Aware Camera Localization for Bronchoscopy

    Aug 7, 2026Lumin Chen, Qingyao Tian, Jinpeng Li +5Medical ImagingCamera Pose Estimation

    Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Hong Kong Institute of Science & Innovation, Chinese Academy of Sciences · Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences · The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University

  16. Unordered Landmark Visual Navigation

    Aug 7, 2026Hao Ren, Junzhe Zhu, Yihan Li +8Visual NavigationRobot Navigation

    Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China · Insta360 Research, Shenzhen, China

  17. Topometric Autonomous Vehicle Localization by Combining Visual Embeddings and Feed-Forward 3D Models

    Aug 6, 2026Eulogio Quemada-Torres, Alberto Jaenal, Francisco-Angel Moreno +1Visual Place RecognitionMap-Based Localization

    Machine Perception and Intelligent Robotics Group (MAPIR), Department of Systems Engineering and Automation, Malaga Institute for Mechatronics Engineering and Cyber-Physical Systems (IMECH.UMA), University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain · Robotics, Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence Group (RoPeRT), Aragon Institute for Engineering Research (I3A), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain

  18. LOCUS-DT: Localization via Observation-Conditioned Uncertainty Scoring with Digital Twins

    Aug 1, 2026Haozhe Lei, Roberto Bomfin, Marwa Chafii +1Wireless LocalizationMap-Based Localization

    NYU WIRELESS, Tandon School of Engineering, New York University, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA · Engineering Division, New York University Abu Dhabi, 129188, UAE

  19. From Uncertainty to Determinism: Coarse-to-Fine Visual Floorplan Localization without Ray Matching

    Jul 29, 2026Shiyong Meng, Bolei Chen, Ping Zhong +4Floor-Plan-Based Visual LocalizationMap-Based Localization

    School of Computer Science and Engineering, Central South University

  20. Leveraging Semantic Maps for City-Scale Cross-View Localization

    Jul 28, 2026Ethan Fahnestock, Erick Fuentes, Philip R Osteen +1Cross-View Geo-LocalizationMap-Based Localization

    CSAIL, MIT · DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory (ARL)

  21. Accuracy potential of visual localization exploiting high-end street-level imagery

    Jul 27, 2026Jonas Meyer, Stephan Nebiker, Pascal Theiler +1Camera Pose EstimationMap-Based Localization

    Institute of Geomatics, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Hofackerstrasse 30, Muttenz, 4132, BL, Switzerland · ciNovitas AG, Schlossbergweg 3, Baden, 5400, AG, Switzerland · Institute for Photogrammetry and Geoinformatics, University of Stuttgart, Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 24D, Stuttgart, 70174, BW, Germany

  22. Visual Relocalization from Sparse Views in Aliased and Low-Texture Environments via Novel View Synthesis

    Jul 24, 2026Maria Peribañez, Javier Civera, Rudolph Triebel +13D Gaussian SplattingCamera Pose Estimation

    University of Zaragoza, Spain · German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics · Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany

  23. Move First, Commit Later: Selective LiDAR-to-BIM Global Initialization via Sequential Consensus with Symmetry-Aware Abstention

    Jul 19, 2026Yujie Zhang, Yuxuan Guo, Jiashuo Zheng +3Point Cloud RegistrationLiDAR Localization

    School of Mechanical Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China

  24. Map as a Prompt: Learning Multi-Modal Spatial-Signal Foundation Models for Cross-scenario Wireless Localization

    Jul 17, 2026Yong Chu, Xun Zhou, Zenglin Xu +2Wireless Foundation ModelsPrompt Tuning

    Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen · Pengcheng Laboratory · Shanghai Academy of AI for Science +1

  25. AeroMap3D: Anchoring Monocular UAV 6-DoF Localization to Visual-Geometric-Semantic Map Priors

    Jul 15, 2026Zhiyun Deng, Luis SentisCross-View Geo-LocalizationUAV Navigation

    The University of Texas at Austin · AIVE AI Systems

  26. RadLoc: Radar-based 3-DoF Global Localization via Fast, Robust, and Lightweight Spatial Descriptor Across Diverse Environmental Scenarios

    Jul 9, 2026Hogyun Kim, Jiwon Choi, Jungwoo Lee +1Map-Based LocalizationRobot Localization

    Electrical Engineering, Inha University, Incheon, South Korea

  27. RadioDiff-v2: Generative Angular Radio Maps for Multi-Beam Selection and Localization

    Jul 9, 2026Xiucheng Wang, Junxi Huang, Nan ChengDiffusion Transformer6G Networks

    State Key Laboratory of ISN and School of Telecommunications Engineering, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, China

  28. SASGeo: Stability-Aware Semantic Map Localization for GNSS-Denied UAVs -- A Framework and Synthetic Proof of Concept

    Jul 7, 2026Natalia Trukhina, Vadim VashkelisCross-View Geo-LocalizationUAV Navigation

    Embedded Intelligence Lab (emilab.org)

  29. Hilti-Trimble-Oxford Dataset: 360 Visual-Inertial Benchmark with Floor Plan Priors for SLAM and Localization

    Jul 7, 2026Samuele Centanni, Yuhao Zhang, Yifu Tao +8Robotic ConstructionFloor-Plan-Based Visual Localization

    Hilti AG, Corporate Research & Technology, Schaan, Liechtenstein · University of Oxford, Dynamic Robot Systems Group, Oxford, UK · ETH Zürich, Robotics Systems Lab, Zürich, Switzerland +2

  30. Where Am I? Semantic Map Grounding via Vision-Language Models for Multi-Modal Localization

    Jul 1, 2026Suraj Borate, Aarav Shah, Madhu VadaliMap-Based LocalizationRobot Localization

    IIT Gandhinagar, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India

  31. PiLoT v2: Pixel-to-Orthogonal Map Alignment for Free-view UAV Geo-localization

    Jun 30, 2026Xinyi Liu, Xiaoya Cheng, Rouwan Wu +4Cross-View Geo-LocalizationImage Matching

    National University of Defense Technology

  32. SemCityLoc: Aerial 6DoF Localization Using Semantic 3D City Models

    Jun 25, 2026Jingfeng Mao, Xuyang Chen, Qilin Zhang +6Map-Based LocalizationRobot Localization

    Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany · CV4DT, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom · Munich Center for Machine Learning, Munich, Germany +3

  33. OrthoTrack: Continuous 6-DoF UAV Trajectory Estimation Anchored in Public Orthophotos

    Jun 24, 2026Oussema Dhaouadi, Zuria Bauer, Johannes Michael Meier +3UAV NavigationCamera Pose Estimation

    ETH Zurich · TU Munich · University of Cambridge +2

  34. Route-Constrained Robust Fusion Estimation for MEMS/GNSS Integrated Navigation of Unmanned Ground Vehicles in GNSS Degraded Environments

    Jun 18, 2026Jingzhi Cui, Chao Zhang, Yuliang Mao +4Robot NavigationGNSS-Denied Localization

    State Key Laboratory of Precision Space-time Information Sensing Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China · Xiaomi Inc., Beijing, China

  35. Effective and Low-cost Lane-based Map Localization for Vehicle-Centric Route Generation

    Jun 15, 2026Hong-Shiang Lin, Jung-Hsin Chen, Yu-Luen Tzeng +4Autonomous Driving PlanningMap-Based Localization

    CSIE, NTPU, Taiwan · National Taipei University

  36. G2IA: Geometry-Guided Instance-Aware Retrieval and Refinement for Cross-Modal Place Recognition

    Jun 13, 2026Xianyun Jiao, Jingyi Xu, Zhongmiao Yan +2LiDAR Place RecognitionVisual Place Recognition

    Shanghai Jiao Tong University · National University of Defense Technology

  37. SG2Loc: Sequential Visual Localization on 3D Scene Graphs

    Jun 10, 2026Nicole Damblon, Olga Vysotska, Federico Tombari +2Map-Based LocalizationRobot Localization

    1ETH Zurich · 2Google · 3TU Munich +1

  38. Fusing Satellite Imagery and Planimetric Maps for Cross-View Localization

    Jun 8, 2026Quang Long Ho Ngo, Zimin Xia, Alexandre AlahiMulti-Source Image FusionCross-View Geo-Localization

    1 ´Ecole Polytechnique F´ed´erale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland

  39. Z-FLoc: Zero-Shot Floorplan Localization via Geometric Primitives

    Jun 3, 2026Ayumi Umemura, Toshinori Kuwahara, Marc Pollefeys +1Floor-Plan-Based Visual LocalizationCamera Pose Estimation

    ETH Zurich · Tohoku University

  40. Hierarchical Object Representation for Spatial Robot Perception: Points, Meshes, and Superquadrics

    Jun 1, 2026Ceng Zhang, Wan Su, Mohamed Samshad +23D Reconstruction3D SGG

    1National University of Singapore (NUS) · 2Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI)

  41. VLM-GLoc: Vision-Language Model Enhanced Monte Carlo Localization for Robust Semantic Global Localization in Cluttered Quasi-Static Environments

    May 28, 2026Shivendra Agrawal, Bradley HayesMap-Based LocalizationRobot Localization

    University of Colorado Boulder · Boulder, Colorado, USA

  42. SceneAligner: 3D-Grounded Floorplan Localization in the Wild

    May 21, 2026Junhyeong Cho, Ruojin Cai, Hadar Averbuch-ElorFloor-Plan-Based Visual LocalizationMap-Based Localization

    Cornell University · Kempner Institute, Harvard University

  43. Towards Ubiquitous Mapping and Localization for Dynamic Indoor Environments

    May 18, 2026Halim Djerroud, Nico Steyn, Olivier Rabreau +2Simultaneous Localization and MappingDynamic Scene Reconstruction

    Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, LISV, 78140, Vélizy-Villacoublay, France. · Tshwane University of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering, Pretoria, South Africa

  44. Efficient Sparse-to-Dense Visual Localization via Compact Gaussian Scene Representation and Accelerated Dense Pose Estimation

    May 18, 2026Zizhuo Li, Songchu Deng, Linfeng Tang +13D Gaussian SplattingCamera Pose Estimation

    Electronic Information School, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China · School of Robotics, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China

  45. Road Maps as Free Geometric Priors: Weather-Invariant Drone Geo-Localization with GeoFuse

    May 14, 2026Yunsong Fang, Tingyu Wang, Zhedong ZhengCross-View Geo-LocalizationMap-Based Localization

    University of Macau, Macau SAR, China · Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, China

  46. Offline-Online Hierarchical 3D Global Relocalization With Synthetic LiDAR Sensing and Descriptor-Space Retrieval

    May 8, 2026Jiahua Ren, Kai Shen, Muhua Zhang +1LiDAR LocalizationMap-Based Localization

    School of Electrical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 611756, China

  47. Dr-BA: Separable Optimization for Direct Radar Bundle Adjustment & Localization

    May 7, 2026Daniil Lisus, Cedric Le Gentil, Timothy D. BarfootSimultaneous Localization and MappingMap-Based Localization

    Robotics Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

  48. egenioussBench: A New Dataset for Geospatial Visual Localisation

    May 6, 2026Phillipp Fanta-Jende, Francesco Vultaggio, Alexander Kern +2Cross-View Geo-LocalizationVisual Place Recognition

    Unit Assistive and Autonomous Systems, Center for Vision, Automation and Control, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Vienna, Austria · Institute of Geodesy and Photogrammetry, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Brunswick, Germany · Institute of Flight Guidance, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Brunswick, Germany

  49. ULF-Loc: Unbiased Landmark Feature for Robust Visual Localization with 3D Gaussian Splatting

    May 6, 2026Yingdong Gu, Shaocheng Yan, Zhenjun Zhao +43D Gaussian SplattingVisual Place Recognition

    Wuhan University · University of Zaragoza · The First Surveying and Mapping Institute of Hunan Province +1

  50. Depth-Guided Privacy-Preserving Visual Localization Using 3D Sphere Clouds

    May 1, 2026Heejoon Moon, Jongwoo Lee, Jeonggon Kim +1Camera Pose Estimation3D Scene Representation

    Department of Artificial Intelligence Hanyang Univeristy Seoul, Republic of Korea · Department of Electronic Engineering Hanyang Univeristy Seoul, Republic of Korea

  51. Learning-Based Hierarchical Scene Graph Matching for Robot Localization Leveraging Prior Maps

    Apr 30, 2026Nimrod Millenium Ndulue, Jose Andres Millan-Romera, Matteo Giorgi +2Simultaneous Localization and MappingGraph Representation Learning

    Authors are with the Automation and Robotics Research Group, Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT), University of Luxembourg. Holger Voos is also associated with the Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg. · Author is with the University of Pisa.

  52. Lights Out: A Nighttime UAV Localization Framework Using Thermal Imagery and Semantic 3D Maps

    Apr 29, 2026Ryan Allen, Melissa GreeffUAV NavigationGNSS-Denied Localization

    Robora Lab (www.roboralab.com), Queen’s University · affiliated with Ingenuity Labs Research Institute

  53. Robust Graph Matching through Semantic Relationship Generation for SLAM

    Apr 28, 2026David Perez-Saura, Jose Andres Millan-Romera, Miguel Fernandez-Cortizas +3Simultaneous Localization and MappingGraph Matching

    Automation and Robotics Research Group, Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust, University of Luxembourg, 1855 Luxembourg, Luxembourg · Computer Vision and Aerial Robotics Group at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040, Spain (CVAR-UPM) at the Centre for Automation and Robotics (UPM-CSIC)

  54. COMPASS: COmpact Multi-channel Prior-map And Scene Signature for Floor-Plan-Based Visual Localization

    Apr 28, 2026Muhammad Shaheer, Miguel Fernandez-Cortizas, Asier Bikandi-Noya +2Floor-Plan-Based Visual LocalizationCross-Modal Feature Matching

  55. Robust Localization for Autonomous Vehicles in Highway Scenes

    Apr 23, 2026Daqian Cheng, Xuchu Ding, Yujia Wu +2Autonomous Driving DatasetsAutonomous Driving

    Bot Auto · Archer Aviation · Prexa AI

  56. AsymLoc: Towards Asymmetric Feature Matching for Efficient Visual Localization

    Apr 10, 2026Mohammad Omama, Gabriele Berton, Eric Foxlin +1Visual Place RecognitionEdge Inference

    The University of Texas at Austin · Work done as a part of a summer internship at Amazon. · Amazon

  57. TreeLoc++: Robust 6-DoF LiDAR Localization in Forests with a Compact Digital Forest Inventory

    Mar 4, 2026Minwoo Jung, Dongjae Lee, Nived Chebrolu +3RoboticsLiDAR Localization

    Department of Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea · Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India · Oxford Robotics Institute, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

  58. Graph-Loc: Robust Graph-Based LiDAR Pose Tracking with Compact Structural Map Priors under Low Observability and Occlusion

    Feb 9, 2026Wentao Zhao, Yihe Niu, Zikun Chen +4LiDAR LocalizationMap-Based Localization

    School of Automation and Intelligent Sensing, Institute of Medical Robotics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China · School of Mathematical Sciences Shanghai Jiao Tong University

  59. GeoBridge++: Fact-Guided Geo-Semantic Bridging for Unified Cross-View Geo-Localization

    Dec 2, 2025Zixuan Song, Jing Zhang, Di Wang +6Cross-View Geo-LocalizationGeospatial Representation Learning

    College of Computer Science and Technology and Key Laboratory of Symbolic Computation and Knowledge Engineering of Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China · Zhongguancun Academy, Beijing 100094, China · School of Computer Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China +1

  60. Self-Localizing MIMO Beam Mapping with Continuously Evolving Channel Memory

    Nov 21, 2025Wangqian Chen, Junting Chen, Shuguang CuiWireless CommunicationsWireless Localization

    School of Science and Engineering, and the Shenzhen Future Network of Intelligence Institute (FNii-Shenzhen), The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518172, China