Route Visualization in Indoor Panoramic Imagery with Open Area Maps

Abstract

Route visualization in outdoor panoramic imagery is a very useful feature, available in most map web applications. On the other hand, indoor maps and routing are not yet largely available, even less so related visualizations. In this paper, we present a framework for visualization of indoor points of interest (POIs) and routes. The framework is based on an existing indoor mapping platform for simple creation of navigable floor plans, and comprises tools to manually and semi-automatically align panoramic imagery with the floor plans, and algorithms to select the relevant images and camera orientations for the visualization of the POIs and routes.