Research Data--KGS

EarthScape AI Dataset

Researcher ORCID Identifier

Matthew Massey: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3316-9550

Abdullah-Al-Zubaer Imran: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5215-339X

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Dataset Creation Date

5/1/2025

Release Date

5-2025

Publisher

University of Kentucky Libraries

Description

Surficial geologic mapping is essential for understanding Earth surface processes, addressing modern challenges such as climate change and national security, and supporting common applications in engineering and resource management. However, traditional mapping methods are labor-intensive, limiting spatial coverage and introducing potential biases. To address these limitations, we introduce EarthScape, a novel, AI-ready multimodal dataset specifically designed for surficial geologic mapping and Earth surface analysis. EarthScape integrates high-resolution aerial RGB and near-infrared (NIR) imagery, digital elevation models (DEM), multi-scale DEM-derived terrain features, and hydrologic and infrastructure vector data. The dataset provides masks and labels for seven surficial geologic classes encompassing various geological processes. As a living dataset with a vision for expansion, EarthScape bridges the gap between computer vision and Earth sciences, offering a valuable resource for advancing research in multimodal learning, geospatial analysis, and geological mapping. The reader is referred to the current arXiv manuscript (https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.15625) and GitHub repository (https://github.com/masseygeo/earthscape) for additional details.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.13023/kgs.data.05.01.2025

Rights

© 2025 University of Kentucky. This dataset is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the dataset creators and source are credited and that changes (if any) are clearly indicated.

Supporting Information

The reader is referred to the following open-access sources for more details about the dataset: https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.15625, https://github.com/masseygeo/earthscape

File Format

ZIP, GeoTIFF, CSV, GeoJSON, TEXT

Version

1

Language

English

Funding Information

Kentucky Geological Survey

Notes

Point of Contact: Kentucky Geological Survey

Originator: Matthew Massey

Publisher: Kentucky Geological Survey

Distributor: UKnowledge

EarthScape AI Dataset

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