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In this work, we investigate the use of OpenStreetMap data for semantic labeling of Earth Observation images. Deep neural networks have been used in the past for remote sensing data classification from various sensors, including…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-05-18 Nicolas Audebert , Bertrand Le Saux , Sébastien Lefèvre

With its vast expanse, exceeding that of Western Europe by twice, the Amazon rainforest stands as the largest forest of the Earth, holding immense importance in global climate regulation. Yet, deforestation detection from remote sensing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-10-10 Carla Nascimento Neves , Raul Queiroz Feitosa , Mabel X. Ortega Adarme , Gilson Antonio Giraldi

The Amazon rainforests have been suffering widespread damage, both via natural and artificial means. Every minute, it is estimated that the world loses forest cover the size of 48 football fields. Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest has…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-09-05 Somnath Rakshit , Soumyadeep Debnath , Dhiman Mondal

21-cm intensity mapping (IM) is a powerful technique to probe the large-scale distribution of neutral hydrogen (HI) and extract cosmological information such as the baryon acoustic oscillation feature. A key challenge lies in recovering the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-24 Zitong Wang , Feng Shi , Le Zhang , Yanming Liu , Xiaoping Li , Shulei Ni , Ming Jiang , Xiaofan Ma

Multiple-surface segmentation in Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) images is a challenge problem, further complicated by the frequent presence of weak image boundaries. Recently, many deep learning (DL) based methods have been developed…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-13 Hui Xie , Weiyu Xu , Xiaodong Wu

Mapping standing dead trees is critical for assessing forest health, monitoring biodiversity, and mitigating wildfire risks, for which aerial imagery has proven useful. However, dense canopy structures, spectral overlaps between living and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-06 Anis Ur Rahman , Einari Heinaro , Mete Ahishali , Samuli Junttila

Accurately quantifying tree cover is an important metric for ecosystem monitoring and for assessing progress in restored sites. Recent works have shown that deep learning-based segmentation algorithms are capable of accurately mapping trees…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-17 Josh Veitch-Michaelis , Andrew Cottam , Daniella Schweizer , Eben N. Broadbent , David Dao , Ce Zhang , Angelica Almeyda Zambrano , Simeon Max

Deforestation is gaining an increasingly importance due to its strong influence on the sorrounding environment, especially in developing countries where population has a disadvantaged economic condition and agriculture is the main source of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-25 Gabriele Sartor , Matteo Salis , Stefano Pinardi , Ozgur Saracik , Rosa Meo

In this paper we address the challenge of land cover classification for satellite images via Deep Learning (DL). Land Cover aims to detect the physical characteristics of the territory and estimate the percentage of land occupied by a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-08 Eleonora Bernasconi , Francesco Pugliese , Diego Zardetto , Monica Scannapieco

Forest pests threaten ecosystem stability, requiring efficient monitoring. To overcome the limitations of traditional methods in large-scale, fine-grained detection, this study focuses on accurately identifying infected trees and analyzing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-16 Yan Zhang , Baoxin Li , Han Sun , Yuhang Gao , Mingtai Zhang , Pei Wang

Scattered trees outside of dense, closed-canopy forests are very important for carbon sequestration, supporting livelihoods, maintaining ecosystem integrity, and climate change adaptation and mitigation. In contrast to trees inside of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-02-03 John Brandt , Fred Stolle

Accurate quantification of forest aboveground biomass (AGB) is critical for understanding carbon accounting in the context of climate change. In this study, we presented a novel attention-based deep learning approach for forest AGB…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-11-07 Wenquan Dong , Edward T. A. Mitchard , Hao Yu , Steven Hancock , Casey M. Ryan

Since frequent severe droughts are lengthening the dry season in the Amazon Rainforest, it is important to detect wildfires promptly and forecast possible spread for effective suppression response. Current wildfire detection models are not…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-08-09 Christopher Sun

This work proposes a perception system for autonomous vehicles and advanced driver assistance specialized on unpaved roads and off-road environments. In this research, the authors have investigated the behavior of Deep Learning algorithms…

Semantic segmentation of land cover classes is fundamental for agricultural and economic development work, from sustainable forestry to urban planning, yet existing training datasets have significant limitations. To generate an open and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-11-21 Yoni Nachmany , Hamed Alemohammad

Validation of flood models, used to support risk mitigation strategies, remains challenging due to limited observations during extreme events. High-frequency, high-resolution optical imagery (~3 m), such as PlanetScope, offers new…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-25 Azizbek Nuriddinov , Ebrahim Ahmadisharaf , Mohammad Reza Alizadeh

Forest biomass is a key influence for future climate, and the world urgently needs highly scalable financing schemes, such as carbon offsetting certifications, to protect and restore forests. Current manual forest carbon stock inventory…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-28 Gyri Reiersen , David Dao , Björn Lütjens , Konstantin Klemmer , Kenza Amara , Attila Steinegger , Ce Zhang , Xiaoxiang Zhu

Accurate semantic segmentation of remote sensing imagery is critical for various Earth observation applications, such as land cover mapping, urban planning, and environmental monitoring. However, individual data sources often present…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-02 Ivica Dimitrovski , Vlatko Spasev , Ivan Kitanovski

Recent advances in deep learning have made it possible to quantify urban metrics at fine resolution, and over large extents using street-level images. Here, we focus on measuring urban tree cover using Google Street View (GSV) images.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-10-17 Bill Yang Cai , Xiaojiang Li , Ian Seiferling , Carlo Ratti

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