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# FMARS: Foundation Model Annotations for Remote Sensing Images |
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FMARS is a large-scale dataset of Very High Resolution (VHR) remote sensing images with annotations generated using Vision Foundation Models. |
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The dataset focuses on disaster management applications and provides pre-event imagery and annotations for major crisis events worldwide from 2021 to 2023. |
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## Dataset Features |
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- **VHR Imagery**: The dataset uses pre-event VHR satellite imagery from the [Maxar Open Data Program](https://www.maxar.com/open-data), covering a total surface area of over 200,000 km^2. |
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- **Automatic Annotations**: Annotations are generated using a novel pipeline that combines the Segment Anything Model (SAM) and GroundingDINO to extract segmentation masks for buildings, roads, and high vegetation. |
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- **Disaster Management Focus**: The dataset is designed for use in disaster management applications such as damage assessment and risk analysis. |
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## Annotation Pipeline |
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The annotation workflow uses a combination of open data sources and Vision Foundation Models: |
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1. Building footprints and road graphs are obtained from Microsoft's Building Footprints and Road Detection datasets and converted into prompts. |
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2. High vegetation bounding boxes are generated using GroundingDINO with text queries. |
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3. The bounding box prompts are fed into SAM to extract fine-grained segmentation masks for each category. |
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4. The resulting masks are stored to allow for both instance and semantic segmentation tasks. |
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## Dataset Structure |
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FMARS dataset provides annotations in parquet format. |
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The corresponding VHR images can be obtained from the [Maxar Open Data Program](https://www.maxar.com/open-data) website. |
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We keep tha naming convention of the original files, to facilitate the match between images and labels. |
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For the full list of events and their details, please refer to the original paper, linked above. |
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## Applications and Benchmarks |
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FMARS represents a first attempt at large-scale mapping, but it can be used to train semantic segmentation models for disaster management tasks, with precautions. |
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## License and Citation |
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FMARS annotations are licensed under MIT. |
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If you use this dataset or want to talk about it in your research, please cite the following paper: |
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```bibtex |
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@inproceedings{fmars2024, |
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title={FMARS: Annotating Remote Sensing Images for Disaster Management using Foundation Models}, |
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author={Arnaudo, Edoardo and Lungo Vaschetti, Jacopo and Innocenti, Lorenzo and Barco, Luca and Lisi, Davide and Fissore, Vanina and Rossi, Claudio}, |
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booktitle={IGARSS 2024 - 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium}, |
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year={2024}, |
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organization={IEEE} |
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} |
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``` |