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In many applications of aerial/satellite image analysis (remote sensing), the generation of exact shapes of objects is a cumbersome task. In most remote sensing applications such as counting objects requires only location estimation of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-12-14 N. Lakmal Deshapriya , Dan Tran , Sriram Reddy , Kavinda Gunasekara

Anthropogenic activities pose threats to wildlife and marine fauna, prompting the need for efficient animal counting methods. This research study utilizes deep learning techniques to automate counting tasks. Inspired by previous studies on…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-06-21 Tanya Singh , Hugo Gangloff , Minh-Tan Pham

Edge detection is a critical component of many vision systems, including object detectors and image segmentation algorithms. Patches of edges exhibit well-known forms of local structure, such as straight lines or T-junctions. In this paper…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2014-11-26 Piotr Dollár , C. Lawrence Zitnick

In this paper we present our work on developing an automated system for land cover classification. This system takes a multiband satellite image of an area as input and outputs the land cover map of the area at the same resolution as the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-10-14 Vasilis Pollatos , Loukas Kouvaras , Eleni Charou

Semantic segmentation works on the computer vision algorithm for assigning each pixel of an image into a class. The task of semantic segmentation should be performed with both accuracy and efficiency. Most of the existing deep FCNs yield to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-01-18 Farshad Safavi , Irfan Ali , Venkatesh Dasari , Guanqun Song , Ting Zhu , Maryam Rahnemoonfar

In the modern world, satellite images play a key role in forest management and degradation monitoring. For a precise quantification of forest land cover changes, the availability of spatially fine resolution data is a necessity. Since 1972,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-07-07 Pritom Bose , Debolina Halder , Oliur Rahman , Turash Haque Pial

Given the growing environmental challenges, accurate monitoring and prediction of changes in water bodies are essential for sustainable management and conservation. The Continuous Monitoring of Land Disturbance (COLD) algorithm provides a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-04-07 Huong Pham , Samuel Cheng , Tao Hu , Chengbin Deng

Color images are easy to understand visually and can acquire a great deal of information, such as color and texture. They are highly and widely used in tasks such as segmentation. On the other hand, in indoor person segmentation, it is…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-05-12 Risako Tanigawa , Yasunori Ishii , Kazuki Kozuka , Takayoshi Yamashita

Covering one third of Earth's land surface, forests are vital to global biodiversity, climate regulation, and human well-being. In Europe, forests and woodlands reach approximately 40% of land area, and the forestry sector is central to…

Unmanned Aerial vehicles (UAV) are a promising technology for smart farming related applications. Aerial monitoring of agriculture farms with UAV enables key decision-making pertaining to crop monitoring. Advancements in deep learning…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-06-10 Mahdi Maktabdar Oghaz , Manzoor Razaak , Hamideh Kerdegari , Vasileios Argyriou , Paolo Remagnino

Deep learning-based coastline detection algorithms have begun to outshine traditional statistical methods in recent years. However, they are usually trained only as single-purpose models to either segment land and water or delineate the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Konrad Heidler , Lichao Mou , Celia Baumhoer , Andreas Dietz , Xiao Xiang Zhu

The use of unmanned aerial systems (UASs) has increased tremendously in the current decade. They have significantly advanced remote sensing with the capability to deploy and image the terrain as per required spatial, spectral, temporal, and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-12 Yibin Wang , Wondimagegn Beshah , Padmanava Dash , Haifeng Wang

This paper is devoted to the problem of detection of forest and non-forest areas on Earth images. We propose two statistical methods to tackle this problem: one based on multiple hypothesis testing with parametric distribution families,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-09-23 Jesper Muren , Vilhelm Niklasson , Dmitry Otryakhin , Maxim Romashin

The segmentation of individual trees from forest point clouds is a crucial task for downstream analyses such as carbon sequestration estimation. Recently, deep-learning-based methods have been proposed which show the potential of learning…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-06 Jonathan Henrich , Jan van Delden

The mapping of ocean floor layers is a current challenge for the oil industry. Existing solution methods involve mapping through seismic methods and wave inversion, which are complex and computationally expensive. The introduction of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-12-10 Guilherme G. D. Fernandes , Vitor S. P. P. Oliveira , João P. I. Astolfo

Remote sensing change detection is essential for monitoring the everchanging landscapes of the Earth. The U-Net architecture has gained popularity for its capability to capture spatial information and perform pixel-wise classification.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-10 Yaxita Amin , Naimisha S Trivedi , Rashmi Bhattad

Semantic segmentation of remote sensing images plays a vital role in a wide range of Earth Observation applications, such as land use land cover mapping, environment monitoring, and sustainable development. Driven by rapid developments in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-31 Libo Wang , Sijun Dong , Ying Chen , Xiaoliang Meng , Shenghui Fang , Songlin Fei

Delineation approaches provide significant benefits to various domains, including agriculture, environmental and natural disasters monitoring. Most of the work in the literature utilize traditional segmentation methods that require a large…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-07-19 Kostas Blekos , Stavros Nousias , Aris S Lalos

Tropical forests represent the home of many species on the planet for flora and fauna, retaining billions of tons of carbon footprint, promoting clouds and rain formation, implying a crucial role in the global ecosystem, besides…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-08-24 Guilherme A. Pimenta , Fernanda B. J. R. Dallaqua , Alvaro Fazenda , Fabio A. Faria

As the global population continues to expand, the demand for natural resources increases. Unfortunately, human activities account for 23% of greenhouse gas emissions. On a positive note, remote sensing technologies have emerged as a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-01-08 Suman Kunwar , Jannatul Ferdush