Cross modal image retrieval; aerial images; aerial sketches; deep learning;

PatternCom is a composed image retrieval benchmark based on PatternNet. PatternNet is a large-scale high-resolution remote sensing image retrieval dataset. There are 38 classes and each class has 800 images of size 256×256 pixels. In PatternCom, we select some classes to be depicted in query images, and add a query text that defines an attribute relevant to that class. For instance, query images of “swimming pools” are combined with text queries defining “shape” as “rectangular”, “oval”, and “kidney-shaped”.

WITH the advancement in sensor technology, huge amounts of data are being collected from various satellites. Hence, the task of target-based data retrieval and acquisition has become exceedingly challenging. Existing satellites essentially scan a vast overlapping region of the Earth using various sensing techniques, like multi-spectral, hyperspectral, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), video, and compressed sensing, to name a few.

WITH the advancement in sensor technology, huge amounts of data are being collected from various satellites. Hence, the task of target-based data retrieval and acquisition has become exceedingly challenging. Existing satellites essentially scan a vast overlapping region of the Earth using various sensing techniques, like multi-spectral, hyperspectral, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), video, and compressed sensing, to name a few.