Advancements in Geospatial AI and Multimodal Learning

The field of geospatial AI is rapidly advancing, with a focus on developing more accurate and robust spatial representations. Recent research has emphasized the importance of incorporating human-centered semantics and multimodal learning to improve the performance of geospatial models. This has led to the development of new frameworks and models that can effectively integrate multiple data sources and modalities, such as images, text, and sensor data. Notable papers in this area include Beyond AlphaEarth, which proposes a lightweight framework for adapting AlphaEarth to human-centered urban analysis, and UrbanFusion, which presents a stochastic multimodal fusion approach for contrastive learning of robust spatial representations. Other notable papers include Probabilistic Hyper-Graphs using Multiple Randomly Masked Autoencoders for Semi-supervised Multi-modal Multi-task Learning, which introduces a novel model for unifying neural graphs and masked autoencoders, and A Multimodal Approach to Heritage Preservation, which proposes a lightweight multimodal architecture for predicting degradation severity at heritage sites. These advancements have the potential to significantly impact various applications, including urban planning, heritage preservation, and environmental monitoring.

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Beyond AlphaEarth: Toward Human-Centered Spatial Representation via POI-Guided Contrastive Learning

Probabilistic Hyper-Graphs using Multiple Randomly Masked Autoencoders for Semi-supervised Multi-modal Multi-task Learning

GLOFNet -- A Multimodal Dataset for GLOF Monitoring and Prediction

Equity-Aware Geospatial AI for Forecasting Demand-Driven Hospital Locations in Germany

Evaluating the effects of preprocessing, method selection, and hyperparameter tuning on SAR-based flood mapping and water depth estimation

Building and Evaluating a Realistic Virtual World for Large Scale Urban Exploration from 360{\deg} Videos

UniVector: Unified Vector Extraction via Instance-Geometry Interaction

UrbanFusion: Stochastic Multimodal Fusion for Contrastive Learning of Robust Spatial Representations

A Multimodal Approach to Heritage Preservation in the Context of Climate Change

360CityGML: Realistic and Interactive Urban Visualization System Integrating CityGML Model and 360{\deg} Videos

Multi-modal video data-pipelines for machine learning with minimal human supervision

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