MFTSC: A Semantically Constrained Method for Urban Building Height Estimation Using Multiple Source Images

Author:

Chen Yuhan12ORCID,Yan Qingyun1ORCID,Huang Weimin3ORCID

Affiliation:

1. School of Remote Sensing and Geomatics Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China

2. Qingdao Innovation and Development Base (Centre), Harbin Engineering University, Qingdao 266400, China

3. Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University, St. John’s, NL A1B 3X5, Canada

Abstract

The use of remote sensing imagery has significantly enhanced the efficiency of building extraction; however, the precise estimation of building height remains a formidable challenge. In light of ongoing advancements in computer vision, numerous techniques leveraging convolutional neural networks and Transformers have been applied to remote sensing imagery, yielding promising outcomes. Nevertheless, most existing approaches directly estimate height without considering the intrinsic relationship between semantic building segmentation and building height estimation. In this study, we present a unified architectural framework that integrates the tasks of building semantic segmentation and building height estimation. We introduce a Transformer model that systematically merges multi-level features with semantic constraints and leverages shallow spatial detail feature cues in the encoder. Our approach excels in both height estimation and semantic segmentation tasks. Specifically, the coefficient of determination (R2) in the height estimation task attains a remarkable 0.9671, with a root mean square error (RMSE) of 1.1733 m. The mean intersection over union (mIoU) for building semantic segmentation reaches 0.7855. These findings underscore the efficacy of multi-task learning by integrating semantic segmentation with height estimation, thereby enhancing the precision of height estimation.

Funder

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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