Generation of surface maps to improve navigation

One or more tangible non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-readable instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• accessing image data and sensor data, wherein the image data comprises semantic information that is descriptive of one or more geographic features of a geographic region, and wherein the sensor data comprises sensor information associated with three-dimensional features of one or more surface elements associated with one or more surfaces in the geographic region;
• determining one or more irregular surfaces based at least in part on whether the one or more surface elements and the semantic information that is descriptive of the one or more geographic features of the geographic region satisfy one or more irregular surface criteria, wherein satisfying the one or more irregular surface criteria comprises the three-dimensional features indicating that the one or more surface elements exceed a surface area threshold and include a depression that exceeds a depth threshold;
• generating map data for the geographic region associated with the one or more surface elements based on whether there is the association between the one or more surface elements and the semantic information that is descriptive of the one or more geographic features;
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• controlling one or more vehicle systems of a vehicle based at least in part on the map data, wherein the one or more vehicle systems comprise one or more motor systems.

A computing system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
• accessing image data and sensor data, wherein the image data comprises semantic information that is descriptive of one or more geographic features of a geographic region, and wherein, the sensor data comprises sensor information associated with three-dimensional features of one or more surface elements associated with one or more surfaces in the geographic region;
• determining one or more irregular surfaces based at least in part on whether the one or more surface elements and the semantic information that is descriptive of the one or more geographic features of the geographic region satisfy one or more irregular surface criteria, wherein the satisfying the one or more irregular surface criteria comprises the three-dimensional features indicating that the one or more surface elements exceed a surface area threshold and include a depression that exceeds a depth threshold;
• generating map data for the geographic region associated with the one or more surface elements based on whether there is the association between the one or more surface elements and the semantic information that is descriptive of the one or more geographic features;
• and
• controlling one or more vehicle systems of a vehicle based at least in part on the map data, wherein the one or more vehicle systems comprise one or more motor systems.