UniMapGen: A Generative Framework for Large-Scale Map Construction from Multi-modal Data

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22262v1
• Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 12:26:33 GMT
• Title: UniMapGen: A Generative Framework for Large-Scale Map Construction from Multi-modal Data
• Authors: Yujian Yuan, Changjie Wu, Xinyuan Chang, Sijin Wang, Hang Zhang, Shiyi Liang, Shuang Zeng, Mu Xu,
• Abstract summary: This paper presents a novel generative framework, UniMapGen, for large-scale map construction.<n>UniMapGen represents lane lines as textbfdiscrete sequence and establishes an iterative strategy to generate more complete and smooth map vectors.<n>UniMapGen achieves state-of-the-art performance on the OpenSatMap dataset.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Large-scale map construction is foundational for critical applications such as autonomous driving and navigation systems. Traditional large-scale map construction approaches mainly rely on costly and inefficient special data collection vehicles and labor-intensive annotation processes. While existing satellite-based methods have demonstrated promising potential in enhancing the efficiency and coverage of map construction, they exhibit two major limitations: (1) inherent drawbacks of satellite data (e.g., occlusions, outdatedness) and (2) inefficient vectorization from perception-based methods, resulting in discontinuous and rough roads that require extensive post-processing. This paper presents a novel generative framework, UniMapGen, for large-scale map construction, offering three key innovations: (1) representing lane lines as \textbf{discrete sequence} and establishing an iterative strategy to generate more complete and smooth map vectors than traditional perception-based methods. (2) proposing a flexible architecture that supports \textbf{multi-modal} inputs, enabling dynamic selection among BEV, PV, and text prompt, to overcome the drawbacks of satellite data. (3) developing a \textbf{state update} strategy for global continuity and consistency of the constructed large-scale map. UniMapGen achieves state-of-the-art performance on the OpenSatMap dataset. Furthermore, UniMapGen can infer occluded roads and predict roads missing from dataset annotations. Our code will be released.

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