Augmenting Lane Perception and Topology Understanding with Standard Definition Navigation Maps

Katie Z Luo,Xinshuo Weng,Yan Wang,Shuang Wu,Jie Li,Kilian Q Weinberger,Yue Wang,Marco Pavone,Katie Z Luo,Xinshuo Weng,Yan Wang,Shuang Wu,Jie Li,Kilian Q Weinberger,Yue Wang,Marco Pavone

Autonomous driving has traditionally relied heavily on costly and labor-intensive High Definition (HD) maps, hindering scalability. In contrast, Standard Definition (SD) maps are more affordable and have worldwide coverage, offering a scalable alternative. In this work, we systematically explore the effect of SD maps for real-time lane-topology understanding. We propose a novel framework to integr...