Large-Scale Visual Geo-Localization (Advances in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition)

THIS TIMELY AND AUTHORITATIVE VOLUME EXPLORES THE BIDIRECTIONAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN IMAGES AND LOCATIONS. THE TEXT PRESENTS A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE STATE OF THE ART IN LARGE-SCALE VISUAL GEO-LOCALIZATION, AND DISCUSSES THE EMERGING TRENDS IN THIS AREA. VALUABLE INSIGHTS ARE SUPPLIED BY A PRE-EMINENT SELECTION OF EXPERTS IN THE FIELD, INTO A VARIED RANGE OF REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS OF GEO-LOCALIZATION. TOPICS AND FEATURES: DISCUSSES THE LATEST METHODS TO EXPLOIT INTERNET-SCALE IMAGE DATABASES FOR DEVISING GEOGRAPHICALLY RICH FEATURES AND GEO-LOCALIZING QUERY IMAGES AT DIFFERENT SCALES; INVESTIGATES GEO-LOCALIZATION TECHNIQUES THAT ARE BUILT UPON HIGH-LEVEL AND SEMANTIC CUES; DESCRIBES METHODS THAT PERFORM PRECISE LOCALIZATION BY GEOMETRICALLY ALIGNING THE QUERY IMAGE AGAINST A 3D MODEL; REVIEWS TECHNIQUES THAT ACCOMPLISH IMAGE UNDERSTANDING ASSISTED BY THE GEO-LOCATION, AS WELL AS SEVERAL APPROACHES FOR GEO-LOCALIZATION UNDER PRACTICAL, REAL-WORLD SETTINGS.