Bulletin of Surveying and Mapping ›› 2026, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (8): 35-43.doi: 10.13474/j.cnki.11-2246.2026.0806

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Semantic segmentation method for remote sensing image through global fusion of mask prior and regional semantics

Rong Huijuan1,2, Zhai Liang1,2, Liu Zhendong2, Chen Xinxiang3, Fu Yu4, Sun Yunchuan2, Li Min3, He Xiaohui4   

  1. 1. College of Geomatics and Geographical Information, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730000, China;
    2. Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping, Beijing 100036, China;
    3. Guangdong Land and Resources Technology Center, Guangzhou 510000, China;
    4. Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Geographic Information and Surveying Institute, Nanning 530000, China
  • Received:2025-12-01 Published:2026-09-12

Abstract: [Purposes] To address blurred object boundaries,fragmented small targets,and regional semantic inconsistencies commonly encountered in high-resolution remote sensing image segmentation,this study introduces a fusion method that incorporates boundary priors with region-level semantic consistency. [Methods] The proposed approach employs class-agnostic geometric masks generated by SAM(segment anything model)as boundary priors and aligns them with pixel-level semantic probabilities derived from UNetFormer on a unified raster grid.At the connected-component level,a region-semantic feature cost matrix is constructed,and the region-to-class assignment is formulated as a binary linear integer programming problem solved under global semantic consistency constraints. [Findings] Experiments on three remote sensing datasets,including UAVid,show that the proposed method significantly outperforms single-model baselines in mean intersection-over-union (mIoU)and mean F1 (mF1),with notable gains in boundary completeness and semantic consistency for classes such as buildings and vehicles. [Conclusions] The method is decoupled from backbone architectures and requires no retraining,enabling its integration as an independent semantic fusion module within existing segmentation pipelines.It offers an effective solution for enhancing fine-grained semantic interpretation in high-resolution remote sensing imagery.

Key words: high-resolution remote sensing image, semantic segmentation, segment anything model, region semantic aggregation, binary integer linear programming, global consistency constraints

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