Mapping and localization is a critical module of autonomous driving, and significant achievements have been reached in this field. Beyond Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), research in point cloud registration, visual feature matching, and inertia navigation has greatly enhanced the accuracy and robustness of mapping and localization in different scenarios. However, highly urbanized scenes are still challenging: LIDAR- and camera-based methods perform poorly with numerous dynamic objects; the GNSS-based solutions experience signal loss and multipath problems; the inertia measurement units (IMU) suffer from drifting. Unfortunately, current public datasets either do not adequately address this urban challenge or do not provide enough sensor information related to mapping and localization. Here we present UrbanLoco: a mapping/localization dataset collected in highly-urbanized environments with a full sensor-suite. The dataset includes 13 trajectories collected in San Francisco and Hong Kong, covering a total length of over 40 kilometers. Our dataset includes a wide variety of urban terrains: urban canyons, bridges, tunnels, sharp turns, etc. More importantly, our dataset includes information from LIDAR, cameras, IMU, and GNSS receivers.
Keywords: Mpapping, Localization, Urban Areas, Full Sensor Suit, Hong Kong, San Francisco
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The platform for data collection in Hong Kong is a Honda Fit. The platform is equipped with the following sensors:
The coordinates transformation between multiple sensors, and intrinsic parameters of camera can be found via Intrinsic and Extrinsic Parameters.
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Some key features are as follows: | Date of Collection | Total Size | Sensors | Download | Features |
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2019/08/28 | 44.6 GB | GNSS/LiDAR/Camera/IMU/SPAN-CPT | GoogleDrive | Dynamic Objects, Sharp Turn |
Brief: Dataset CAMarketStreet20190828155828 is collected near market street of San Francisco.
Some key features are as follows: | Date of Collection | Total Size | Sensors | Download | Features |
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2019/08/28 | 60.6 GB | GNSS/LiDAR/Camera/IMU/SPAN-CPT | GoogleDrive | Dynamic Objects, high-rising buildings |
Brief: Dataset CARussianHill20190828173350 is collected near Bay Bridge of San Francisco.
Some key features are as follows: | Date of Collection | Total Size | Sensors | Download | Features |
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2019/08/28 | 67.2 GB | GNSS/LiDAR/Camera/IMU/SPAN-CPT | GoogleDrive | Dynamic Objects, high-rising buildings |
Brief: Dataset CAChinaTown20190828180248 is collected near a China Town of San Francisco.
Some key features are as follows: | Date of Collection | Total Size | Sensors | Download | Features |
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2019/08/28 | 54.3 GB | GNSS/LiDAR/Camera/IMU/SPAN-CPT | GoogleDrive | Dynamic Objects, high-rising buildings |
Brief: Dataset CAColiTower20190828184706 is collected near Coli Tower of San Francisco.
Some key features are as follows: | Date of Collection | Total Size | Sensors | Download | Features |
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2019/08/28 | 9.73 GB | GNSS/LiDAR/Camera/IMU/SPAN-CPT | GoogleDrive | Dynamic Objects, high-rising buildings |
Brief: Dataset CALombardStreet20190828190411 is collected near Lombard street of San Francisco.
Some key features are as follows: | Date of Collection | Total Size | Sensors | Download | Features |
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2019/08/28 | 9.83 GB | GNSS/LiDAR/Camera/IMU/SPAN-CPT | GoogleDrive | Dynamic Objects, high-rising buildings |
Brief: Dataset CAGoldenBridge20190828191451 is collected near Golden Bridge of San Francisco.
Some key features are as follows: | Date of Collection | Total Size | Sensors | Download | Features |
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2019/08/28 | 40.1 GB | GNSS/LiDAR/Camera/IMU/SPAN-CPT | GoogleDrive | Dynamic Objects, high-speed dataset |
The platform for data collection in Hong Kong is a Honda Fit. The platform is equipped with the following sensors:
The coordinates transformation between multiple sensors, and intrinsic measurements of camera can be found via Extrinsic Parameters and Intrinsic Parameters of Camera. The fish-eye camera intrinsic parameters can be found through here.
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Brief: Dataset HK-Data20190426-2 is collected near Whampooa of Hong Kong.
Some key features are as follows: | Date of Collection | Total Size | Sensors | Download | Features |
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2019/04/26 | 41.6 GB | GNSS/LiDAR/Fish-eye Camera/IMU/SPAN-CPT | GoogleDrive | Dynamic Objects, Tall buildings |
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Some key features are as follows: | Date of Collection | Total Size | Sensors | Download | Features |
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2019/04/26 | 24.0 GB | GNSS/LiDAR/Fish-eye Camera/IMU/SPAN-CPT | GoogleDrive | Poor GNSS visibilities, Very Tall buildings |
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Some key features are as follows: | Date of Collection | Total Size | Sensors | Download | Features |
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2019/03/16 | 62.3 GB | GNSS/LiDAR/Fish-eye Camera/IMU/SPAN-CPT | GoogleDrive | Poor GNSS visibilities, Very Tall buildings |
Brief: Dataset HK-Data20190316-1 is collected near Ma Tau Kok of Hong Kong.
Some key features are as follows: | Date of Collection | Total Size | Sensors | Download | Features |
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2019/03/16 | 27.9 GB | GNSS/LiDAR/Fish-eye Camera/IMU/SPAN-CPT | GoogleDrive | Poor GNSS visibilities, Very Tall buildings |
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Some key features are as follows: | Date of Collection | Total Size | Sensors | Download | Features |
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2019/03/16 | 6.11 GB | GNSS/LiDAR/Camera/IMU/SPAN-CPT | GoogleDrive | decent GNSS visibilities, sub-urban |
cd ~/catkin_ws/src
git clone https://github.com/weisongwen/UrbanLoco
cd ../
catkin_make
source ~/catkin_ws/devel/setup.bash
sudo pip install pykml
python spancpt2kml.py
python ublox2kml.py
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to RINEX fileSome researchers may want to apply the RTKLIB to process the GNSS data using the RTKLIB which is mainly used in the GNSS field, we recommend to use one piece of code from ublox2rinex and issue.
The authors from Berkeley hereby thank the generous support of Robosense, whose donation of a Robosense R32 LIDAR is a critical step in our data acquisition process. We also thank Di Wang for his contributions on vehicle instrumentation at UC Berkeley.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License and is provided for non-commercial but academic use. If you are interested in using this dataset for commercial purposes, please contact us.