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Raptor Guide™

Welcome to the Raptor Guide documentation.

Vantor Raptor Guide is a system that provides real-time absolute 3D positioning of airborne vehicles by performing visual map matching between images captured from an onboard calibrated camera sensor and high-resolution 3D maps.

Documentation​

  • Integration Guide - Complete SDK integration guide for visual pose estimation using onboard camera sensors and 3D maps.

  • Server Integration Guide - Network-accessible interface to the Raptor Guide SDK using Python client API or Protocol Buffers over ZeroMQ.

  • License Management Guide - Managing and configuring SDK licenses.

  • Conventions and Coordinate Systems - Terrestrial reference frames, coordinate systems, and conventions used in the Raptor Guide SDK.

  • Vulkan Requirements - Required Vulkan version 1.3 and specific device features needed for GPU acceleration.

  • Uncertainty in Raptor Guide - Understanding confidence scores, covariance matrices, and pose estimation quality metrics.

  • SDK APIs - C++ API documentation for Configuration, Guide, and Version APIs.

  • Server APIs - Protocol Buffer API for the Raptor Guide server.