This document explains how to use the Agricultural Field Delineation deep learning model available on ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World. The model is used to delineate the agricultural fields using Sentinel-2 imagery.
The delineation of agricultural field boundaries has a wide range of applications, such as for crop management, precision agriculture, land use planning and crop insurance, and so on. Manually digitizing agricultural fields from imagery is labor-intensive and time-consuming. This deep learning model automates the process of extracting agricultural field boundaries from satellite imagery, thereby significantly reducing the time and effort required. Its ability to adapt to varying crop types, geographical regions, and imaging conditions makes it suitable for large-scale operations.
License requirements
To complete this workflow, the following are the license requirements:
- ArcGIS Desktop—ArcGIS Image Analyst extension for ArcGIS Pro
- ArcGIS Enterprise—ArcGIS Image Server with raster analytics configured.
- ArcGIS Online—ArcGIS Pro or Professional Plus user type
Model details
This model has the following characteristics:
- Input—Sentinel-2 L2A 12-bands multispectral imagery using Bottom-Of-Atmosphere (BOA) reflectance product.
- Output—Feature class containing delineated agricultural fields.
- Compute—This workflow is compute intensive and a GPU with compute capability of 6.0 or higher is recommended.
- Applicable geographies—This model is designed to work well in the United States.
- Architecture—This model uses the Mask R-CNN model architecture implemented in ArcGIS API for Python.
- Accuracy metrics—This model has an average precision score of 0.64 for fields.
- Limitations—This model works well only in farmland areas and may not give satisfactory results in hilly regions.
Access and download the model
Download the Agricultural Field Delineation pretrained model from ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World. Alternatively, access the model directly from ArcGIS Pro, or consume it in ArcGIS Image for ArcGIS Online
- Browse to ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World.
- Sign in with your ArcGIS Online credentials.
- Search for Agricultural Field Delineation and open the item page from the search results.
- Click the Download button to download the model.
You can use the downloaded .dlpk file directly in ArcGIS Pro, or upload and use it in ArcGIS Enterprise. Additionally, you can fine-tune the pretrained model if necessary.
Release notes
The following are the release notes:
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| January 2024 | Agricultural Field Delineation |