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Articles | Volume XLIII-B4-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIII-B4-2020-415-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIII-B4-2020-415-2020
25 Aug 2020
 | 25 Aug 2020

CREATION OF HIGH DEFINITION MAP FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING

F. Tsushima, N. Kishimoto, Y. Okada, and W. Che

Keywords: High definition map, Autonomous driving, Car navigation, Geospatial data production, Mobile Mapping System Quality assurance

Abstract. High Definition Map (HD Map) is one of the essential components for autonomous driving systems. The HD Map helps localization, detection, prediction and planning of autonomous driving cars in combination with GNSS and IMU sensors. A lot of map providers and major car manufactures have been trying the development of efficient ways to create and update HD Maps with centimeter-level precision. However, there are no open standard ways well-established to produce HD Map at the present time. Since 2013, we have been being engaged in the research projects and actual production projects on the creation of HD Maps. This paper introduces practical knowledge on five key steps of our large-scale production lines for HD Map creation, which are 1) Mobile Mapping System (MMS) survey, 2) 3D plotting, 3) Feature attributes editing and road network topology building, 4) Format conversion and 5) Quality assurance.