What is Overhead Imagery Research Data Set?

The Overhead Imagery Research Data Set is a collection of an open-source, annotated, overhead images that computer vision researchers can use to aid in the development of algorithms. Most computer vision and machine learning algorithms function by training on a large set of example data. Further, for many academic and industry researchers, the availability of truth-labeled test data helps drive algorithm research.

While a great deal of terrestrial imagery is available on the Internet from various sources, there are few repositories of overhead imagery. The limited overhead imagery that is found via sources such as Google Earth or Google Maps is copyrighted or may have limited use.