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Buildings' segmentation is a fundamental task in the field of earth observation and aerial imagery analysis. Most existing deep learning-based methods in the literature can be applied to a fixed or narrow-range spatial resolution imagery.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-10-04 Hasan Nasrallah , Mustafa Shukor , Ali J. Ghandour

Automatic damage assessment based on UAV-derived 3D point clouds can provide fast information on the damage situation after an earthquake. However, the assessment of multiple damage grades is challenging due to the variety in damage…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-02-27 Vivien Zahs , Katharina Anders , Julia Kohns , Alexander Stark , Bernhard Höfle

Presently, deep learning and convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are widely used in the fields of image processing, image classification, object identification and many more. In this work, we implemented convolutional neural network based…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-13 Jai G Singla , Bakul Vaghela

The use of satellite imagery has become increasingly popular for disaster monitoring and response. After a disaster, it is important to prioritize rescue operations, disaster response and coordinate relief efforts. These have to be carried…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2018-12-19 Jigar Doshi , Saikat Basu , Guan Pang

We present xBD, a new, large-scale dataset for the advancement of change detection and building damage assessment for humanitarian assistance and disaster recovery research. Natural disaster response requires an accurate understanding of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-11-22 Ritwik Gupta , Richard Hosfelt , Sandra Sajeev , Nirav Patel , Bryce Goodman , Jigar Doshi , Eric Heim , Howie Choset , Matthew Gaston

Distributing government relief efforts after a flood is challenging. In India, the crops are widely affected by floods; therefore, making rapid and accurate crop damage assessment is crucial for effective post-disaster agricultural…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-08 Sanidhya Ghosal , Anurag Sharma , Sushil Ghildiyal , Mukesh Saini

In this paper, we study the problem of efficiently assessing building damage after natural disasters like hurricanes, floods or fires, through aerial video analysis. We make two main contributions. The first contribution is a new dataset,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-01-05 Xiaoyu Zhu , Junwei Liang , Alexander Hauptmann

With Deep Learning Image Classification becoming more powerful each year, it is apparent that its introduction to disaster response will increase the efficiency that responders can work with. Using several Neural Network Models, including…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-05-13 Jianyu Mao , Kiana Harris , Nae-Rong Chang , Caleb Pennell , Yiming Ren

Satellite image classification is a challenging problem that lies at the crossroads of remote sensing, computer vision, and machine learning. Due to the high variability inherent in satellite data, most of the current object classification…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-11-19 Qun Liu , Saikat Basu , Sangram Ganguly , Supratik Mukhopadhyay , Robert DiBiano , Manohar Karki , Ramakrishna Nemani

Post-disaster inspections are critical to emergency management after earthquakes. The availability of data on the condition of civil infrastructure immediately after an earthquake is of great importance for emergency management.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-25 Xiao Liang , Seyed Omid Sajedi

This study proposes a novel method to assess damages in the built environment using a deep learning workflow to quantify it. Thanks to an automated crawler, aerial images from before and after a natural disaster of 50 epicenters worldwide…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-11-11 Karla Saldana Ochoa

In the aftermath of earthquakes, social media images have become a crucial resource for disaster reconnaissance, providing immediate insights into the extent of damage. Traditional approaches to damage severity assessment in post-earthquake…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-04 Danrong Zhang , Huili Huang , N. Simrill Smith , Nimisha Roy , J. David Frost

Landslide detection from high resolution satellite imagery is a critical task for disaster response and risk assessment, yet the relative effectiveness of modern segmentation architectures and finetuning strategies for this problem remains…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Md Kowsher , Weiwei Zhan , Chen Chen

The development of remote sensing and deep learning techniques has enabled building semantic segmentation with high accuracy and efficiency. Despite their success in different tasks, the discussions on the impact of spatial resolution on…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-07-11 Zhiling Guo , Xiaodan Shi , Haoran Zhang , Dou Huang , Xiaoya Song , Jinyue Yan , Ryosuke Shibasaki

The increased availability of high resolution satellite imagery allows to sense very detailed structures on the surface of our planet. Access to such information opens up new directions in the analysis of remote sensing imagery. However, at…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-09-19 Benjamin Bischke , Patrick Helber , Joachim Folz , Damian Borth , Andreas Dengel

Automatic building extraction from aerial imagery has several applications in urban planning, disaster management, and change detection. In recent years, several works have adopted deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for building…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-01-22 Clint Sebastian , Raffaele Imbriaco , Egor Bondarev , Peter H. N. de With

Knowledge about historic landslide event occurrence is important for supporting disaster risk reduction strategies. Building upon findings from 2022 Landslide4Sense Competition, we propose a deep neural network based system for landslide…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-12-29 Cam Le , Lam Pham , Jasmin Lampert , Matthias Schlögl , Alexander Schindler

Natural disasters act as a serious threat globally, requiring effective and efficient disaster management and recovery. This paper focuses on classifying natural disaster images using Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs). Multiple CNN…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-11-23 Archit Rathod , Veer Pariawala , Mokshit Surana , Kumkum Saxena

Building damage identification shortly after a disaster is crucial for guiding emergency response and recovery efforts. Although optical satellite imagery is commonly used for disaster mapping, its effectiveness is often hampered by cloud…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-30 Luigi Russo , Deodato Tapete , Silvia Liberata Ullo , Paolo Gamba

Existing data on building destruction in conflict zones rely on eyewitness reports or manual detection, which makes it generally scarce, incomplete and potentially biased. This lack of reliable data imposes severe limitations for media…

General Economics · Economics 2021-07-07 Hannes Mueller , Andre Groger , Jonathan Hersh , Andrea Matranga , Joan Serrat