Research Article

Exploiting Attitude Sensing in Vision-Based Navigation for an Airship

Table 2

Comparison of visual odometry with the GPS reference. All values are given in meters.

Unit: meters3D Position error2D Position errorError in the length of t
Avg. Max. Final Avg. Max. Final RMS Avg. Max.

Homography 57.5 98.2 52.3 43.1 67.6 52.0 0.88 −0.63 1.24

Visual odometry: Procrustes 16.5 43.6 43.6 15.3 43.3 43.3 0.73 −0.46 0.59