UniABG: Unified Adversarial View Bridging and Graph Correspondence for Unsupervised Cross-View Geo-Localization
Abstract
Cross-view geo-localization (CVGL) matches query images (e.g., drone) to geographically corresponding opposite-view imagery (e.g., satellite). While supervised methods achieve strong performance, their reliance on extensive pairwise annotations limits scalability. Unsupervised alternatives avoid annotation costs but suffer from noisy pseudo-labels due to intrinsic cross-view domain gaps. To address these limitations, we propose UniABG, a novel dual-stage unsupervised cross-view geo-localization framework integrating adversarial view bridging with graph-based correspondence calibration. Our approach first employs View-Aware Adversarial Bridging (VAAB) to model view-invariant features and enhance pseudo-label robustness. Subsequently, Heterogeneous Graph Filtering Calibration (HGFC) refines cross-view associations by constructing dual inter-view structure graphs, achieving reliable view correspondence. Extensive experiments demonstrate state-of-the-art unsupervised performance, showing that UniABG improves Satellite → Drone AP by +10.63% on University-1652 and +16.73% on SUES-200, even surpassing supervised baselines.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Advanced Neural Network Applications
Multimodal Machine Learning Applications
Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
- Publisher
- Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 2823–2831
- Publication date
- 14 March 2026