scholarly journals Urban areas analysis using satellite image segmentation and deep neural network

2019 ◽  
Vol 135 ◽  
pp. 01064
Author(s):  
Vladimir Khryaschev ◽  
Leonid Ivanovsky
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Convolutional Neural Networks ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Satellite Images ◽  
Satellite Image ◽  
Aerial Images ◽  
Building Detection ◽  
High Resolution Satellite Images

The goal of our research was to develop methods based on convolutional neural networks for automatically extracting the locations of buildings from high-resolution aerial images. To analyze the quality of developed deep learning algorithms, there was used Sorensen-Dice coefficient of similarity which compares results of algorithms with real masks. These masks were generated automatically from json files and sliced on smaller parts together with respective aerial photos before the training of developed convolutional neural networks. This approach allows us to cope with the problem of segmentation for high-resolution satellite images. All in all we show how deep neural networks implemented and launched on modern GPUs of high-performance supercomputer NVIDIA DGX-1 can be used to efficiently learn and detect needed objects. The problem of building detection on satellite images can be put into practice for urban planning, building control of some municipal objects, search of the best locations for future outlets etc.

scholarly journals A Framework for Automatic Building Detection from Low-Contrast Satellite Images

Symmetry ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Aamir ◽  
Yi-Fei Pu ◽  
Ziaur Rahman ◽  
Muhammad Tahir ◽  
Hamad Naeem ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Satellite Images ◽  
Discrete Wavelet ◽  
Building Detection ◽  
Detection Scheme ◽  
Low Contrast ◽  
Line Segments ◽  
High Resolution Satellite Images ◽  
Wide Range

Building detection in satellite images has been considered an essential field of research in remote sensing and computer vision. There are currently numerous techniques and algorithms used to achieve building detection performance. Different algorithms have been proposed to extract building objects from high-resolution satellite images with standard contrast. However, building detection from low-contrast satellite images to predict symmetrical findings as of past studies using normal contrast images is considered a challenging task and may play an integral role in a wide range of applications. Having received significant attention in recent years, this manuscript proposes a methodology to detect buildings from low-contrast satellite images. In an effort to enhance visualization of satellite images, in this study, first, the contrast of an image is optimized to represent all the information using singular value decomposition (SVD) based on the discrete wavelet transform (DWT). Second, a line-segment detection scheme is applied to accurately detect building line segments. Third, the detected line segments are hierarchically grouped to recognize the relationship of identified line segments, and the complete contours of the building are attained to obtain candidate rectangular buildings. In this paper, the results from the method above are compared with existing approaches based on high-resolution images with reasonable contrast. The proposed method achieves high performance thus yields more diversified and insightful results over conventional techniques.

scholarly journals DCRN: An Optimized Deep Convolutional Regression Network for Building Orientation Angle Estimation in High-Resolution Satellite Images

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (23) ◽  
pp. 2970
Author(s):  
Ahmed I. Shahin ◽  
Sultan Almotairi
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Satellite Images ◽  
Satellite Image ◽  
Orientation Angle ◽  
Building Detection ◽  
Angle Estimation ◽  
Gradient Layer ◽  
Building Orientation ◽  
High Resolution Satellite Images ◽  
Building Characteristics

Recently, remote sensing satellite image analysis has received significant attention from geo-information scientists. However, the current geo-information systems lack automatic detection of several building characteristics inside the high-resolution satellite images. The accurate extraction of buildings characteristics helps the decision-makers to optimize urban planning and achieve better decisions. Furthermore, Building orientation angle is a very critical parameter in the accuracy of automated building detection algorithms. However, the traditional computer vision techniques lack accuracy, scalability, and robustness for building orientation angle detection. This paper proposes two different approaches to deep building orientation angle estimation in the high-resolution satellite image. Firstly, we propose a transfer deep learning approach for our estimation task. Secondly, we propose a novel optimized DCRN network consisting of pre-processing, scaled gradient layer, deep convolutional units, dropout layers, and regression end layer. The early proposed gradient layer helps the DCRN network to extract more helpful information and increase its performance. We have collected a building benchmark dataset that consists of building images in Riyadh city. The images used in the experiments are 15,190 buildings images. In our experiments, we have compared our proposed approaches and the other approaches in the literature. The proposed system has achieved the lowest root mean square error (RMSE) value of 1.24, the lowest mean absolute error (MAE) of 0.16, and the highest adjusted R-squared value of 0.99 using the RMS optimizer. The cost of processing time of our proposed DCRN architecture is 0.0113 ± 0.0141 s. Our proposed approach has proven its stability with the input building image contrast variation for all orientation angles. Our experimental results are promising, and it is suggested to be utilized in other building characteristics estimation tasks in high-resolution satellite images.

scholarly journals Towards Sub-Pixel Automatic Geometric Corrections of Very-High Resolution Panchromatic Satellite Data of Urban Areas

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 1097 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleš Marsetič ◽  
Peter Pehani
Keyword(s):  
Feature Extraction ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Satellite Images ◽  
Reference Data ◽  
Geometric Model ◽  
Control Point ◽  
Satellite Image ◽  
Extraction Algorithm ◽  
Very High

This paper presents an automatic procedure for the geometric corrections of very-high resolution (VHR) optical panchromatic satellite images. The procedure is composed of three steps: an automatic ground control point (GCP) extraction algorithm that matches the linear features that were extracted from the satellite image and reference data; a geometric model that applies a rational function model; and, the orthorectification procedure. Accurate geometric corrections can only be achieved if GCPs are employed to precisely correct the geometric biases of images. Due to the high resolution and the varied acquisition geometry of images, we propose a fast, segmentation based method for feature extraction. The research focuses on densely populated urban areas, which are very challenging in terms of feature extraction and matching. The proposed algorithm is capable of achieving results with a root mean square error of approximately one pixel or better, on a test set of 14 panchromatic Pléiades images. The procedure is robust and it performs well in urban areas, even for images with high off-nadir angles.

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