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This paper presents the multi-modal BigEarthNet (BigEarthNet-MM) benchmark archive made up of 590,326 pairs of Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 image patches to support the deep learning (DL) studies in multi-modal multi-label remote sensing (RS)…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-06-18 Gencer Sumbul , Arne de Wall , Tristan Kreuziger , Filipe Marcelino , Hugo Costa , Pedro Benevides , Mário Caetano , Begüm Demir , Volker Markl

This paper presents BigEarthNet that is a large-scale Sentinel-2 multispectral image dataset with a new class nomenclature to advance deep learning (DL) studies in remote sensing (RS). BigEarthNet is made up of 590,326 image patches…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-06-15 Gencer Sumbul , Jian Kang , Tristan Kreuziger , Filipe Marcelino , Hugo Costa , Pedro Benevides , Mario Caetano , Begüm Demir

Acquiring information on large areas on the earth's surface through satellite cameras allows us to see much more than we can see while standing on the ground. This assists us in detecting and monitoring the physical characteristics of an…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-01-07 Aditya Kumar Singh , B. Uma Shankar

The amount of data generated by Earth observation satellites can be enormous, which poses a great challenge to the satellite-to-ground connections with limited rate. This paper considers problem of efficient downlink communication of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-28 Van-Phuc Bui , Thinh Q. Dinh , Israel Leyva-Mayorga , Shashi Raj Pandey , Eva Lagunas , Petar Popovski

The rapid deployment of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellations has enabled the emergence of in-orbit edge computing and data centers-interconnected satellites equipped with onboard computing capabilities and high-speed…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-05 Zian Wang , Peng Hu , Grant Gunn

In recent years, the development of robust multi-source models has emerged in the Earth Observation (EO) field. These are models that leverage data from diverse sources to improve predictive accuracy when there is missing data. Despite…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-14 Francisco Mena , Diego Arenas , Miro Miranda , Andreas Dengel

Positioning using Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) typically requires several seconds of continuous signal reception from satellites in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO). This requirement poses challenges for applications where receivers…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-18 Soham Desai , Dave Cade

Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) mapping is a fundamental task in Earth Observation (EO). However, current LULC models are typically developed for a specific modality and a fixed class taxonomy, limiting their generability and broader…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-04 Chenying Liu , Wei Huang , Xiao Xiang Zhu

We introduce a novel neural network architecture -- Spectral ENcoder for SEnsor Independence (SEnSeI) -- by which several multispectral instruments, each with different combinations of spectral bands, can be used to train a generalised deep…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-03-16 Alistair Francis , John Mrziglod , Panagiotis Sidiropoulos , Jan-Peter Muller

The operation of satellites in very low Earth orbit (VLEO) has been linked to a variety of benefits to both the spacecraft platform and mission design. Critically, for Earth observation (EO) missions a reduction in altitude can enable…

In the era of deep learning, annotated datasets have become a crucial asset to the remote sensing community. In the last decade, a plethora of different datasets was published, each designed for a specific data type and with a specific task…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-09-27 Michael Schmitt , Pedram Ghamisi , Naoto Yokoya , Ronny Hänsch

As input distributions evolve over a mission lifetime, maintaining performance of learning-based models becomes challenging. This paper presents a framework to incrementally retrain a model by selecting a subset of test inputs to label,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-09-27 Somrita Banerjee , Apoorva Sharma , Edward Schmerling , Max Spolaor , Michael Nemerouf , Marco Pavone

Precise spatial understanding in Earth Observation is essential for translating raw aerial imagery into actionable insights for critical applications like urban planning, environmental monitoring and disaster management. However, Multimodal…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Roger Ferrod , Maël Lecene , Krishna Sapkota , George Leifman , Vered Silverman , Genady Beryozkin , Sylvain Lobry

Remote sensing images are useful for a wide variety of planet monitoring applications, from tracking deforestation to tackling illegal fishing. The Earth is extremely diverse -- the amount of potential tasks in remote sensing images is…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-08-22 Favyen Bastani , Piper Wolters , Ritwik Gupta , Joe Ferdinando , Aniruddha Kembhavi

Foundational mapping remains a challenge in many parts of the world, particularly in dynamic scenarios such as natural disasters when timely updates are critical. Updating maps is currently a highly manual process requiring a large number…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-07-16 Adam Van Etten , Dave Lindenbaum , Todd M. Bacastow

The recent and ongoing expansion of marine infrastructure, including offshore wind farms, oil and gas platforms, artificial islands, and aquaculture facilities, highlights the need for effective monitoring systems. The development of robust…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-20 Robin Spanier , Thorsten Hoeser , Claudia Kuenzer

In recent years, machine learning has become crucial in remote sensing analysis, particularly in the domain of Land-use/Land-cover (LULC). The synergy of machine learning and satellite imagery analysis has demonstrated significant…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-01-30 Mingshi Li , Dusan Grujicic , Steven De Saeger , Stien Heremans , Ben Somers , Matthew B. Blaschko

Large-scale land cover maps generated using deep learning play a critical role across a wide range of Earth science applications. Open in-situ datasets from principled land cover surveys offer a scalable alternative to manual annotation for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-22 Johannes Leonhardt , Juergen Gall , Ribana Roscher

Geospatial foundation models (GeoFMs) promise broad generalisation capacity for Earth observation (EO) tasks, particularly under data-limited conditions. However, their large size poses a barrier to deployment on resource-constrained space…

While the pretraining of Foundation Models (FMs) for remote sensing (RS) imagery is on the rise, models remain restricted to a few hundred million parameters. Scaling models to billions of parameters has been shown to yield unprecedented…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-29 Philipe Dias , Aristeidis Tsaris , Jordan Bowman , Abhishek Potnis , Jacob Arndt , H. Lexie Yang , Dalton Lunga