Why hackers moved from colmap to Hierarchical-Localization

1 hacker described this switch in public comments. Their words, with links to the originals.

colmap 0 hackers criticize it
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Hierarchical-Localization 1 hacker recommends it

What hackers said about the move

“If you want to make your own maps, its acutally not that hard: https://github.com/cvg/Hierarchical-Localization is the more advance and less user friendly version of…”read full quote
“If you want to make your own maps, its acutally not that hard: https://github.com/cvg/Hierarchical-Localization is the more advance and less user friendly version of colmap”
KaiserPro, 2025-12-06original comment ↗

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colmap vs Hierarchical-Localization

colmapHierarchical-Localization
Hackers who recommend11
Hackers who criticize00
Moved away from it11
Moved to it11

Counts are distinct hackers in the sampled comments, not market share.

Criticism of colmap

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Praise for Hierarchical-Localization

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