2018 IEEE GRSS Data Fusion Challenge – Fusion of Multispectral LiDAR and Hyperspectral Data

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As part of the 2018 IEEE GRSS Data Fusion Contest, the Hyperspectral Image Analysis Laboratory and the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM) at the University of Houston are pleased to release a unique multi-sensor optical geospatial representing challenging urban land-cover land-use classification task. The data were acquired by NCALM over the University of Houston campus and its neighborhood  on February 16, 2017 between 16:31 and 18:18 GMT. A detailed report summarizing the processing undertaken on the raw data is available here. Sensors used in this campaign include an Optech Titan MW (14SEN/CON340) with integrated camera (a multispectral LIDAR sensor operating at three different laser wavelengths), a DiMAC ULTRALIGHT+ (a very high resolution color imager), and an ITRES CASI 1500 (a hyperspectral imager). The sensors were aboard a Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftan aircraft.

The data we provide include:

  • Multispectral-LiDAR point cloud data at 1550 nm, 1064 nm, and 532 nm; Intensity rasters from first return per channel and DSMs at a 50-cm GSD.
  • Hyperspectral data covering a 380-1050 nm spectral range with 48 bands at a 1-m GSD.
  • Very high resolution RGB imagery at a 5-cm GSD. The image is organized into several separate tiles.

In addition to the optical data, ground truth representing 20 urban land-cover/land-use classes is available (provided as raster at a 0.5-m GSD, superimposable to airborne images.)

  • 0 – Unclassified
  • 1 – Healthy grass
  • 2 – Stressed grass
  • 3 – Artificial turf
  • 4 – Evergreen trees
  • 5 – Deciduous trees
  • 6 – Bare earth
  • 7 – Water
  • 8 – Residential buildings
  • 9 – Non-residential buildings
  • 10 – Roads
  • 11 – Sidewalks
  • 12 – Crosswalks
  • 13 – Major thoroughfares
  • 14 – Highways
  • 15 – Railways
  • 16 – Paved parking lots
  • 17 – Unpaved parking lots
  • 18 – Cars
  • 19 – Trains
  • 20 – Stadium seats

The RGB and ground truth for the training region released for the contest are shown below  
(Left) Color composite of MS-LiDAR intensity data (R = 1550 nm, G = 1064 nm, B = 532 nm) and (right) ground truth for training.

The dataset can be downloaded here subject to the terms and conditions listed below. If you wish to use the data, please be sure to email us and provide your Name, Contact information, affiliation (University, research lab etc.), and an acknowledgement that you will cite this dataset and its source appropriately, as well as provide an acknowledgement to the IEEE GRSS IADF and the Hyperspectral Image Analysis Lab at the University of Houston, in any manuscript(s) resulting from it.

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