InterKey: Cross-modal Intersection Keypoints for Global Localization on OpenStreetMap

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2509.13857v2
• Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2025 04:12:09 GMT
• Title: InterKey: Cross-modal Intersection Keypoints for Global Localization on OpenStreetMap
• Authors: Nguyen Hoang Khoi Tran, Julie Stephany Berrio, Mao Shan, Stewart Worrall,
• Abstract summary: OpenStreetMap (OSM) offers a free and globally available alternative, but its coarse abstraction poses challenges for matching with sensor data.<n>We propose InterKey, a cross-modal framework that leverages road intersections as distinctive landmarks for global localization.<n>Our method constructs compact binary descriptors by jointly encoding road and building imprints from point clouds and OSM.
• Score: 7.975038003192725
• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Reliable global localization is critical for autonomous vehicles, especially in environments where GNSS is degraded or unavailable, such as urban canyons and tunnels. Although high-definition (HD) maps provide accurate priors, the cost of data collection, map construction, and maintenance limits scalability. OpenStreetMap (OSM) offers a free and globally available alternative, but its coarse abstraction poses challenges for matching with sensor data. We propose InterKey, a cross-modal framework that leverages road intersections as distinctive landmarks for global localization. Our method constructs compact binary descriptors by jointly encoding road and building imprints from point clouds and OSM. To bridge modality gaps, we introduce discrepancy mitigation, orientation determination, and area-equalized sampling strategies, enabling robust cross-modal matching. Experiments on the KITTI dataset demonstrate that InterKey achieves state-of-the-art accuracy, outperforming recent baselines by a large margin. The framework generalizes to sensors that can produce dense structural point clouds, offering a scalable and cost-effective solution for robust vehicle localization.

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