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GeoAI and Image Annotation with Acotate 2.0 AERO

Our annotation tool for aerial images combines automatic pre-annotation with human correction – the basis for image segmentation that learns.

Screenshot of Acotate 2.0 AERO: settings on the left, on the right an aerial image with buildings annotated in red, green areas and blue paths
Acotate 2.0 AERO: aerial image with annotations in polygon format.

Starting point

Machine learning in image analysis needs reference data. Creating it by hand is the most labour-intensive part of a GeoAI project.

Approach

  • Aerial images are displayed and annotated in polygon format
  • Automatic pre-annotation provides the starting point
  • A human corrects and approves
  • Every correction improves the model for the next pass

What is in place

  • Semantic segmentation with a convolutional network of the U-Net architecture
  • End-to-end process from data collection through annotation and training to validation

Acotate 2.0 AERO is one building block in an end-to-end GeoAI process: capture requirements, collect and version training data, annotate, train, validate, adapt to the area of use, deploy and improve in operation. We describe the process under Visual and Spatial Data Analysis.

Further topics

AI Technologies

GeoAI & Spatial Intelligence

Analysing spatial information intelligently and combining it with visual and other data.

AI Technologies

Vision AI

Image-based and video-based AI, grown out of many years of experience in industrial machine vision.

Solutions

Visual and Spatial Data Analysis

Analysing aerial and satellite images with AI, recognising spatial relationships, and turning geodata into concrete insights.

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