microsoft / microsoft/GlobalMLBuildingFootprints

Trucks classified as buildings

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Description

I am seeing many places where large cars or trucks have been classified as buildings. I wonder if this is a known issue and if there would be something that could be done to improve this. I do understand that these are very tricky objects to properly separate from real buildings. This can be seen in several places but here is an example from Germany (at 50.9605969,11.8508165)

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I've seen this in multiple countries and various locations.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
computer-vision, machine-learning
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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