Memorable Maps: A Framework for Re-defining Places in Visual Place Recognition
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Abstract (arXiv)
This paper presents a cognition-inspired agnostic framework for building a map for Visual Place Recognition. This framework draws inspiration from human-memorability, utilizes the traditional image entropy concept and computes the static content in an image; thereby presenting a tri-folded criterion to assess the 'memorability' of an image for visual place recognition. A dataset namely 'ESSEX3IN1' is created, composed of highly confusing images from indoor, outdoor and natural scenes for analysis. When used in conjunction with state-of-the-art visual place recognition methods, the proposed framework provides significant performance boost to these techniques, as evidenced by results on ESSEX3IN1 and other public datasets.
Key facts. Cited by 16 papers in the map (data through 7 Oct 2026). First posted on arXiv 8 Nov 2018.
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- 2021SeqNet: Learning Descriptors for Sequence-based Hierarchical Place Recognitioncited by 56
- 2021Improving Visual Place Recognition Performance by Maximising Complementaritycited by 15
- 2022MultiRes-NetVLAD: Augmenting Place Recognition Training with Low-Resolution Imagerycited by 14
- 2021An Efficient and Scalable Collection of Fly-inspired Voting Units for Visual Place Recognition in Changing Environmentscited by 12
- 2022SwitchHit: A Probabilistic, Complementarity-Based Switching System for Improved Visual Place Recognition in Changing Environmentscited by 8
- 2022Highly-Efficient Binary Neural Networks for Visual Place Recognitioncited by 7
- 2021Unsupervised Complementary-aware Multi-process Fusion for Visual Place Recognitioncited by 6
- 2021EchoVPR: Echo State Networks for Visual Place Recognitioncited by 2
- 2022Data Efficient Visual Place Recognition Using Extremely JPEG-Compressed Imagescited by 1
- 2023Data-Efficient Sequence-Based Visual Place Recognition with Highly Compressed JPEG Imagescited by 1
- 2021Scene Retrieval for Contextual Visual Mappingcited by 0
- 2021A Benchmark Comparison of Visual Place Recognition Techniques for Resource-Constrained Embedded Platformscited by 0
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- 2023A Complementarity-Based Switch-Fuse System for Improved Visual Place Recognitioncited by 0
- 2023An Evaluation and Ranking of Different Voting Schemes for Improved Visual Place Recognitioncited by 0
- 2025Learning Street View Representations with Spatiotemporal Contrastcited by 0
- 2026Calibrating Retrieval Geometry: Reliability-Guided Training-Free Aggregation for Visual Place Recognitioncited by 0
- 2026Calibrating Retrieval Geometry: Reliability-Guided Training-Free Aggregation for Visual Place Recognition22 Sep 2026
- 2025Learning Street View Representations with Spatiotemporal Contrast7 Feb 2025
- 2023An Evaluation and Ranking of Different Voting Schemes for Improved Visual Place Recognition9 May 2023
- 2023A Complementarity-Based Switch-Fuse System for Improved Visual Place Recognition1 Mar 2023
- 2023Data-Efficient Sequence-Based Visual Place Recognition with Highly Compressed JPEG Images26 Feb 2023
- 2022Data Efficient Visual Place Recognition Using Extremely JPEG-Compressed Images17 Sep 2022
- 2022SwitchHit: A Probabilistic, Complementarity-Based Switching System for Improved Visual Place Recognition in Changing Environments1 Mar 2022
- 2022Highly-Efficient Binary Neural Networks for Visual Place Recognition24 Feb 2022
- 2022MultiRes-NetVLAD: Augmenting Place Recognition Training with Low-Resolution Imagery18 Feb 2022
- 2021Unsupervised Complementary-aware Multi-process Fusion for Visual Place Recognition9 Dec 2021
- 2021EchoVPR: Echo State Networks for Visual Place Recognition11 Oct 2021
- 2021A Benchmark Comparison of Visual Place Recognition Techniques for Resource-Constrained Embedded Platforms22 Sep 2021
4 more
- 2021An Efficient and Scalable Collection of Fly-inspired Voting Units for Visual Place Recognition in Changing Environments22 Sep 2021
- 2021Scene Retrieval for Contextual Visual Mapping25 Feb 2021
- 2021SeqNet: Learning Descriptors for Sequence-based Hierarchical Place Recognition23 Feb 2021
- 2021Improving Visual Place Recognition Performance by Maximising Complementarity16 Feb 2021
- 2021SeqNet: Learning Descriptors for Sequence-based Hierarchical Place Recognitioncited by 56
- 2021Improving Visual Place Recognition Performance by Maximising Complementaritycited by 15
- 2022MultiRes-NetVLAD: Augmenting Place Recognition Training with Low-Resolution Imagerycited by 14
- 2021An Efficient and Scalable Collection of Fly-inspired Voting Units for Visual Place Recognition in Changing Environmentscited by 12
- 2022SwitchHit: A Probabilistic, Complementarity-Based Switching System for Improved Visual Place Recognition in Changing Environmentscited by 8
- 2022Highly-Efficient Binary Neural Networks for Visual Place Recognitioncited by 7
- 2021Unsupervised Complementary-aware Multi-process Fusion for Visual Place Recognitioncited by 6
- 2021EchoVPR: Echo State Networks for Visual Place Recognitioncited by 2
- 2022Data Efficient Visual Place Recognition Using Extremely JPEG-Compressed Imagescited by 1
- 2023Data-Efficient Sequence-Based Visual Place Recognition with Highly Compressed JPEG Imagescited by 1
- 2021Scene Retrieval for Contextual Visual Mappingcited by 0
- 2021A Benchmark Comparison of Visual Place Recognition Techniques for Resource-Constrained Embedded Platformscited by 0
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- 2026Calibrating Retrieval Geometry: Reliability-Guided Training-Free Aggregation for Visual Place Recognition22 Sep 2026
- 2025Learning Street View Representations with Spatiotemporal Contrast7 Feb 2025
- 2023An Evaluation and Ranking of Different Voting Schemes for Improved Visual Place Recognition9 May 2023
- 2023A Complementarity-Based Switch-Fuse System for Improved Visual Place Recognition1 Mar 2023
- 2023Data-Efficient Sequence-Based Visual Place Recognition with Highly Compressed JPEG Images26 Feb 2023
- 2022Data Efficient Visual Place Recognition Using Extremely JPEG-Compressed Images17 Sep 2022
- 2022SwitchHit: A Probabilistic, Complementarity-Based Switching System for Improved Visual Place Recognition in Changing Environments1 Mar 2022
- 2022Highly-Efficient Binary Neural Networks for Visual Place Recognition24 Feb 2022
- 2022MultiRes-NetVLAD: Augmenting Place Recognition Training with Low-Resolution Imagery18 Feb 2022
- 2021Unsupervised Complementary-aware Multi-process Fusion for Visual Place Recognition9 Dec 2021
- 2021EchoVPR: Echo State Networks for Visual Place Recognition11 Oct 2021
- 2021A Benchmark Comparison of Visual Place Recognition Techniques for Resource-Constrained Embedded Platforms22 Sep 2021
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