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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</journal-id>
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<journal-title>The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</abbrev-journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">2194-9034</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIX-B1-2026-161-2026</article-id>
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<article-title>Precision Increase for LiDAR-based Localisation using a predefined global Map</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Hesse</surname>
<given-names>Martin</given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Nüchter</surname>
<given-names>Andreas</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3870-783X</ext-link>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Informatics XVII – Robotics, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>22</day>
<month>07</month>
<year>2026</year>
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<volume>XLIX-B1-2026</volume>
<fpage>161</fpage>
<lpage>166</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2026 Martin Hesse</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
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<license-p>This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this licence, visit <ext-link ext-link-type="uri"  xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</ext-link></license-p>
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<p>Localisation remains a crucial aspect of robotic design. It forms the basis of any kind of autonomous navigation for drones, cars and other specialized robots. This is usually achieved using a Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping (SLAM) algorithm, which uses an input sensor to localise the robot within a map that is created simultaneously. The input sensors are either cameras, which provide visual data, or Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) sensors, which automatically deliver a point cloud up to surveying quality. In recent years, LiDAR inertial odometry (LIO) algorithms, which combine measurements from a LiDAR sensor and inertial measurements from an IMU, have become more popular. These algorithms do not use a previously recorded map, but rather create their own map during runtime. This paper contributes an improvement to the precision by integrating a predefined 3D global point cloud map into the localisation algorithm. Over the course of multiple experiments in different testing scenarios, we have achieved a 71% reduction of the distance error for localisation, while there was no significant change regarding the orientation error. This makes the presented system a suitable localisation option for real-world robotic operations at construction sites.</p>
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