SpatialLLM：Enhancing Large Language Models for Urban Spatial Intelligence

Paper

📋 Overview

SpatialLLM is a comprehensive framework for enhancing Large Language Models with urban spatial understanding capabilities. This project integrates point cloud processing, OpenStreetMap (OSM) data, and multi-view images to structured scene text, enabling LLMs to perform complex spatial reasoning tasks in urban environments.

🚀 install

# Create and activate conda environment
conda create -n spatialllm python=3.8
conda activate spatialllm

# Install geospatial dependencies via conda
conda install -c conda-forge geopandas
conda install -c conda-forge geopy
conda install -c conda-forge gdal

# Install remaining dependencies via pip
pip install -r requirements.txt

🔧 Data Processing Pipeline

Step 1: Extract OSM Information

python process/osm_process.py \
    --shp_path Directory containing OSM shapefiles (buildings, roads, etc.) \
    --output Output JSON file path

Step 2: Automatic Point Cloud Annotation

python process/auto_annotate.py \
    --work_dir Path containing all input/output files \
    --shp_dir Directory containing OSM shapefiles \
    --pc_file Point cloud filename (`.ply` or `.txt`) in `work_dir` \
    --control_txt Control text file for annotation parameters \
    --res Raster resolution

# Control Points File
# Format: `x y z lon lat` (one point per line)

Step 3: Generate Scene Graph

python process/generate_scene_graph.py \
    --pc_file Annotated point cloud from Step 2 \
    --shp_dir OSM shapefiles directory \
    --osm_map_file Instance mapping file from Step 2 \
    --osm_json_file **INPUT** OSM features to be enriched \
    --output_json **OUTPUT** Final structured scene graph

Infer

python infer/inference.py 

💡 Tip: You can also directly use the structured scene text as context in web-based LLM interfaces (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.) for interactive spatial reasoning conversations.

📚 Examples

We provide multiple examples demonstrating various spatial understanding capabilities. Please refer to the examples/ directory for detailed results.

🤝 Acknowledgement

SpatialLLM is built upon the extremely wonderful UrbanBIS

Contact us

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