Test Maps for Road Vectorization and Text Recognition
This page describes the sources and provides samples of the test maps used in the road vectorization and text recognition papers here. Due to the copyright of the original owners, we cannot publicly distribute the digital copies of these maps on our webpage.

If you would like to test your vectorization techniques on these maps and need the ground truth, please send an email to: yaoyichi at gmail dot com.

Baghdad map by Gizi Map Link


Baghdad map by Gecko Maps Link


Baghdad map by International Travel Maps Link


Google MapsLink


Live Maps (Now Bing Maps) Link


OpenStreetMapLink


MapQuest Maps Link


Yahoo Maps Link


Rand McNally Link



United Nation Afghanistan map Link


United Nations Iraq map (AS SAMAWAH) Link


Map tile from USGS Topographic Maps: Map page, San Jose, California (San Jose Quadrangle); edition of 1899 (reprint 1926), engraved in July 1897 by USGS; scale: 1/62,500 Link


Kabul City CenterLink