Analysis of Encoder-Decoder Based Deep Learning Architectures for Semantic Segmentation in Remote Sensing Images

Abstract

Semantic segmentation in remote sensing images is a very challenging task. Each pixel in a remote sensing image has a semantic meaning to it and automatic annotation of each pixel remains as an open challenge for the research community due to its high spatial resolution. To address this issue deep learning based encoder-decoder architectures like SegNet and ResNet that is widely used for computer vision dataset is adopted for remote sensing images and its performance is analyzed based on the pixel wise classification accuracy. From the experiment conducted it is inferred that SegNet suffers from degradation problem when the depth of the network is increased with an overall accuracy of about 86.086% whereas the Residual network manages to overcome the degradation effect with an overall accuracy of about 87.747%.