How to switch from "single-frame mode" to "sequence mode" in this project?

[carrroo]

Hello, the paper pointed out that the accuracy of the image sequence is higher, so how to switch from "single-frame mode" to "sequence mode" in this project?
:) Thanks!

[carrroo]

I tried to replace the file name in the "test2_files.txt" with a sequence of images, however the accuracy didn't seem to improve

[sarlinpe]

From the README:

To run the evaluation in sequential mode (by default with 10 frames):
python -m maploc.evaluation.mapillary [...] --sequential

maploc.evaluation.kitti has the same flag. The maximum number of frames per segment can be updated with:

python -m maploc.evaluation.mapillary [...] --sequential chunking.max_length=20

I have updated the README accordingly.

[carrroo]

I saw the parameter configuration in "kitti.py" just recently, appreciate your reply

[carrroo]

File "/home/zj/OrienterNet/maploc/data/sequential.py", line 18, in chunk_sequence
sort_array = data.get("capture_time", data.get("index", names or indices))
ValueError: The truth value of an array with more than one element is ambiguous. Use a.any() or a.all()

After I add the "--sequential" flag, it still doesn't seem to work.
Is sequential mode not suitable for KITTI?

[sarlinpe]

Pushed a fix in 213aff4.

[carrroo]

Thank you very much for your reply!
I noticed that the function plot_example_sequential is not implemented, will sequential mode support visual export in the future?

[sarlinpe]

Yes, this is WIP in this notebook. I'll add code to generate sequential animations when I find the time.