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OpenFLAME (Open Federated Localization and Mapping Engine) is a federated platform for hosting, organizing, and discovering digital maps. The vision of OpenFLAME is to enable world-scale mapping to support the next generation of spatial applications.

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Interactive 3D Map
Interactive 3D Map

Discovers maps in the current view using OpenFLAME's discovery API and displays 3D tiles.

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Waypoint Tagger
Waypoint Tagger

Helps map creators visualize their scan in 3D and tag waypoints.

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Geo-domain Explorer
Geo-domain Explorer

Visualizes geo-domains queried and automates the creation of DNS records.

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DNS Updater
DNS Updater

Web server that automatically updates geo-domain zone files and visualizes geo-domains registered on the DNS server it is linked with.

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Localization Server
Localization Server

Map server that supports image-based 6DoF localization service.

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Tile Server
Tile Server

Delivers 3D tiles for use with the interactive map application, with cloud-backed storage.

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Publications

OpenFLAME: A Federated Spatial Naming Infrastructure
arXiv

Sagar Bharadwaj, Ziyong Ma, Ivan Liang, Michael Farb, Anthony Rowe, Srinivasan Seshan

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Uniting the World by Dividing it: Federated Maps to Enable Spatial Applications
HotOS, 2025

Sagar Bharadwaj, Anthony Rowe, Srinivasan Seshan

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OpenFLAME: Federated Visual Positioning System to Enable Large-Scale AR
ISMAR, 2025

Sagar Bharadwaj, Harrison Williams, Luke Wang, Michael Liang, Tao Jin, Srinivasan Seshan, Anthony Rowe

Paper Video