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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">ISPRS-Annals</journal-id>
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<journal-title>ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences</journal-title>
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<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">2194-9050</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/isprs-annals-XI-3-2026-69-2026</article-id>
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<article-title>Evaluating Mask R-CNN for instance segmentation of ceramic roofs in a Brazilian urban area using UAV imagery</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Henrique de Oliveira</surname>
<given-names>Marcelo</given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Marques de Magalhães</surname>
<given-names>Danilo</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9306-4326</ext-link>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Vieira dos Santos Júnior</surname>
<given-names>Antonio</given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>dos Santos Moura</surname>
<given-names>Diandra</given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Lutterbach</surname>
<given-names>Tomás Lyra</given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>de Oliveira</surname>
<given-names>Vitória Diniz</given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>da Cunha Vieira</surname>
<given-names>Luisa</given-names>
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<sup>2</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Dept. of Geography and Environmental Planning, São Paulo State University, Rio Claro, Brazil</addr-line>
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<label>2</label>
<addr-line>Geotechnical Project Management, BVP Geotecnia e Hidrotecnia, Belo Horizonte, Brazil</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>08</day>
<month>07</month>
<year>2026</year>
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<volume>XI-3-2026</volume>
<fpage>69</fpage>
<lpage>74</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2026 Marcelo Henrique de Oliveira et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
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<p>The performance of the Mask R-CNN model for instance segmentation of ceramic rooftops was evaluated using a high-resolution orthomosaic generated from UAV-based photogrammetry. Model training and inference were performed in ArcGIS Pro 3.5.3 with a ResNet-50 backbone. The model demonstrated high detection reliability, achieving a Precision of 96.62%, a Recall of 78.81%, and an F1-score of 86.81% at an Intersection over Union (IoU) threshold of 0.5. Most omission errors were associated with light-colored, elongated rooftops, highlighting limitations in the representativeness of the training sample and morphological variability. Fragmentation of larger rooftops into multiple segments was also observed, which affected accuracy metrics. To address this, a topological post-processing step was implemented to merge overlapping polygons, thereby improving segmentation consistency. These results indicate that Mask R-CNN is effective for high-resolution rooftop mapping, especially in applications requiring high precision. The approach is operationally feasible and transferable to similar datasets, enabling scalable analyses. It serves as a complementary tool for urban mapping, supporting the monitoring of urban dynamics and the analysis of construction patterns related to building standards and socioeconomic conditions.</p>
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