A novel super-resolution urban green space segmentation network generating 0.2m resolution urban green space results using low-resolution imagery

Accurate mapping of urban green space (UGS) is crucial for urban planning and ecology. High-resolution drone images are often used for UGS identification, but their high cost limits large-scale mapping. To address this, we propose SR-UGSnet, a super-resolution segmentation framework that reconstructs low-resolution remote sensing images using spatial redundancy from high-resolution data. The framework combines CNN and Transformer-based semantic segmentation to refine these images, improving segmentation from 0.8 m to 0.2 m resolution. SR-UGSnet shows robustness against mislabeled training data and achieves an overall accuracy (OA) of 83.21%-83.65% and IOU scores of 62.38%-64.23%. Our approach outperforms other greenfield mapping products, demonstrating the potential of using low-resolution imagery for high-resolution UGS segmentation.

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Geocarto International
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2025-08-16
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https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2025.2547928
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Urban Heat Island Mitigation
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A novel super-resolution urban green space segmentation network generating 0.2m resolution urban green space results using low-resolution imagery

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Geocarto International
Urban Heat Island Mitigation
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A novel super-resolution urban green space segmentation network generating 0.2m resolution urban green space results using low-resolution imagery

Man Li, Juan Li, P. Chen, Gang Yang, Chunyang Chen, Lei Zhan
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Accurate mapping of urban green space (UGS) is crucial for urban planning and ecology. High-resolution drone images are often used for UGS identification, but their high cost limits large-scale mapping. To address this, we propose SR-UGSnet, a super-resolution segmentation framework that reconstructs low-resolution remote sensing images using spatial redundancy from high-resolution data. The framework combines CNN and Transformer-based semantic segmentation to refine these images, improving segmentation from 0.8 m to 0.2 m resolution. SR-UGSnet shows robustness against mislabeled training data and achieves an overall accuracy (OA) of 83.21%-83.65% and IOU scores of 62.38%-64.23%. Our approach outperforms other greenfield mapping products, demonstrating the potential of using low-resolution imagery for high-resolution UGS segmentation.

Geocarto InternationalVol. 40(1)
Guizhou Normal University (CN), Guizhou Water Conservancy and Hydropower Survey and Design Institute (CN), Nanjing Surveying and Mapping Research Institute (China) (CN)
Openalex Percentile: Top 80%
Urban Heat Island Mitigation
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