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title: Localisation with Artificial Landmarks
description: A self-driving car looking for a space must know where it is on a map, and an equally precise map and localisation algorithm are required.
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# [Localisation with Artificial Landmarks](https://business.parkopedia.com/blog/localisation-with-artificial-landmarks)

 Written by [Federico Proni, Robotics Software Engineer](https://business.parkopedia.com/blog/author/federico-proni-robotics-software-engineer) | 18 December 2019 10:08:00 Z

Localisation is a central problem in robotics and it is very relevant to the [AVP project](https://avp-project.uk/) that Parkopedia leads. A self-driving car looking for an empty parking slot must know where it is on a map. For a precise manoeuvre, such as parking, an equally precise map and localisation algorithm are required. 

With the prohibitively high cost of LiDARs, [read more about how the AVP consortium is developing a vision-based localisation solution that uses HD Maps](https://avp-project.uk/localisation-with-artificial-landmarks). 

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