GSMap: 2D Gaussians for Online HD Mapping
Existing high-definition map construction methods struggle to simultaneously achieve geometric accuracy and topological correctness: vectorization-based approaches preserve structural integrity but suffer from geometric distortions, whereas rasterization-based methods offer precise geometry yet lack explicit structural representation. To address this limitation, this work proposes GSMap, a novel framework that introduces learnable 2D Gaussian sequences to represent map elements, modeling vector vertices as Gaussian centers. By integrating differentiable rasterization for pixel-level geometric constraints and topology-aware vectorization to enforce structural regularity, GSMap enables end-to-end joint optimization of geometry and topology. The method significantly outperforms existing approaches on both nuScenes and Argoverse2 benchmarks while remaining compatible with mainstream HD map architectures.