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ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Articles | Volume XI-3-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-XI-3-2026-671-2026
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08 Jul 2026
| 08 Jul 2026
Enhancing existing Remote-sensing Datasets with weakly supervised Deep Learning: A Case Study on Antarctic Rock outcrops
Felix Dahle
Dept. of Geoscience & Remote Sensing, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
Roderik Lindenbergh
Dept. of Geoscience & Remote Sensing, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
Bert Wouters
Dept. of Geoscience & Remote Sensing, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
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