HoliTracer: Holistic Vectorization of Geographic Objects from Large-Size Remote Sensing Imagery

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Main Authors: Wang, Yu, Dang, Bo, Li, Wanchun, Chen, Wei, Li, Yansheng
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author Wang, Yu
Dang, Bo
Li, Wanchun
Chen, Wei
Li, Yansheng
author_facet Wang, Yu
Dang, Bo
Li, Wanchun
Chen, Wei
Li, Yansheng
contents With the increasing resolution of remote sensing imagery (RSI), large-size RSI has emerged as a vital data source for high-precision vector mapping of geographic objects. Existing methods are typically constrained to processing small image patches, which often leads to the loss of contextual information and produces fragmented vector outputs. To address these, this paper introduces HoliTracer, the first framework designed to holistically extract vectorized geographic objects from large-size RSI. In HoliTracer, we enhance segmentation of large-size RSI using the Context Attention Net (CAN), which employs a local-to-global attention mechanism to capture contextual dependencies. Furthermore, we achieve holistic vectorization through a robust pipeline that leverages the Mask Contour Reformer (MCR) to reconstruct polygons and the Polygon Sequence Tracer (PST) to trace vertices. Extensive experiments on large-size RSI datasets, including buildings, water bodies, and roads, demonstrate that HoliTracer outperforms state-of-the-art methods. Our code and data are available in https://github.com/vvangfaye/HoliTracer.
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spellingShingle HoliTracer: Holistic Vectorization of Geographic Objects from Large-Size Remote Sensing Imagery
Wang, Yu
Dang, Bo
Li, Wanchun
Chen, Wei
Li, Yansheng
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
With the increasing resolution of remote sensing imagery (RSI), large-size RSI has emerged as a vital data source for high-precision vector mapping of geographic objects. Existing methods are typically constrained to processing small image patches, which often leads to the loss of contextual information and produces fragmented vector outputs. To address these, this paper introduces HoliTracer, the first framework designed to holistically extract vectorized geographic objects from large-size RSI. In HoliTracer, we enhance segmentation of large-size RSI using the Context Attention Net (CAN), which employs a local-to-global attention mechanism to capture contextual dependencies. Furthermore, we achieve holistic vectorization through a robust pipeline that leverages the Mask Contour Reformer (MCR) to reconstruct polygons and the Polygon Sequence Tracer (PST) to trace vertices. Extensive experiments on large-size RSI datasets, including buildings, water bodies, and roads, demonstrate that HoliTracer outperforms state-of-the-art methods. Our code and data are available in https://github.com/vvangfaye/HoliTracer.
title HoliTracer: Holistic Vectorization of Geographic Objects from Large-Size Remote Sensing Imagery
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.16251