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RobotCar Seasons: Projecting the point cloud into the reference images
Problem: Using the camera intrinsics stored in the .out
and .nvm
files or provided in the intrinsics
folder together with the provided poses for the overcast-reference
images leads to slight shifts in the projected positions.
Reason: The reference poses for the overcast-reference
images were created using SfM by refining the poses provided by GPS/INS. As part of the refinement process, we allowed that the intrinsics are also refined.
Fix: In order to get the most accurate projections, you should use the intrinsics provided in the COLMAP reconstructions under 3D-models/invididual/colmap_reconstructions
.
In general, the intrinsics stored in the .out
and .nvm
are an approximation to the correct intrinsics: Both assume that the principal point is in the center of the image and use only a single focal length value.