Urban tree species benchmark dataset for time series classificationEasyData - Data Terra

Classification of urban tree species is essential for understanding their ecological functions, managing urban forests (public and private), and informing nature-based solutions for climate resilience. We present a benchmark dataset for urban tree species classification based on multi-source optical...

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Main Authors: Clément Bressant, Romain Wenger, David Michéa, Anne Puissant
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Published: Elsevier 2025-08-01
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description Classification of urban tree species is essential for understanding their ecological functions, managing urban forests (public and private), and informing nature-based solutions for climate resilience. We present a benchmark dataset for urban tree species classification based on multi-source optical satellite image time series (SITS). The dataset provides, on the city of Strasbourg (France), surface reflectance values extracted from coregistered Sentinel-2 and PlanetScope imagery on public trees. Species labels and geolocations are derived from the city inventory Patrimoine arboré 2022. A total of 45,084 trees representing the 20 most common species are included. The dataset is formatted for time series classification, with surface reflectance values and consistent spatial sampling. It supports direct integration into deep learning frameworks and includes three InceptionTime-based models trained on Sentinel-2, PlanetScope and both sources through a fusion architecture (Dual-InceptionTime). Model outputs—predicted species, confidence scores, and correctness flags—are provided, along with an interactive t-SNE visualization of the latent feature space for interpretability and error analysis. This dataset offers a reproducible framework for evaluating species classification models, fusion strategies, and explainability techniques, and contributes to advancing urban vegetation monitoring using satellite image time series and deep learning.
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spelling doaj-art-ee89739dc2f64e17a73bd13d6d2630932025-08-20T03:42:53ZengElsevierData in Brief2352-34092025-08-016111177710.1016/j.dib.2025.111777Urban tree species benchmark dataset for time series classificationEasyData - Data TerraClément Bressant0Romain Wenger1David Michéa2Anne Puissant3LIVE UMR 7362 CNRS, University of Strasbourg, 3 rue de l’Argonne, Strasbourg, 67000, FranceLIVE UMR 7362 CNRS, University of Strasbourg, 3 rue de l’Argonne, Strasbourg, 67000, France; Corresponding author.EOST UAR 830 CNRS, University of Strasbourg, 5 Rue René Descartes, Strasbourg, 67000, FranceLIVE UMR 7362 CNRS, University of Strasbourg, 3 rue de l’Argonne, Strasbourg, 67000, France; UAR 2013 CNRS, Data Terra / THEIA, 500 rue Jean François Breton, Montpellier, 34090, FranceClassification of urban tree species is essential for understanding their ecological functions, managing urban forests (public and private), and informing nature-based solutions for climate resilience. We present a benchmark dataset for urban tree species classification based on multi-source optical satellite image time series (SITS). The dataset provides, on the city of Strasbourg (France), surface reflectance values extracted from coregistered Sentinel-2 and PlanetScope imagery on public trees. Species labels and geolocations are derived from the city inventory Patrimoine arboré 2022. A total of 45,084 trees representing the 20 most common species are included. The dataset is formatted for time series classification, with surface reflectance values and consistent spatial sampling. It supports direct integration into deep learning frameworks and includes three InceptionTime-based models trained on Sentinel-2, PlanetScope and both sources through a fusion architecture (Dual-InceptionTime). Model outputs—predicted species, confidence scores, and correctness flags—are provided, along with an interactive t-SNE visualization of the latent feature space for interpretability and error analysis. This dataset offers a reproducible framework for evaluating species classification models, fusion strategies, and explainability techniques, and contributes to advancing urban vegetation monitoring using satellite image time series and deep learning.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340925005049Urban treesSentinel-2PlanetScopeTime series classificationDeep learning
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David Michéa
Anne Puissant
Urban tree species benchmark dataset for time series classificationEasyData - Data Terra
Data in Brief
Urban trees
Sentinel-2
PlanetScope
Time series classification
Deep learning
title Urban tree species benchmark dataset for time series classificationEasyData - Data Terra
title_full Urban tree species benchmark dataset for time series classificationEasyData - Data Terra
title_fullStr Urban tree species benchmark dataset for time series classificationEasyData - Data Terra
title_full_unstemmed Urban tree species benchmark dataset for time series classificationEasyData - Data Terra
title_short Urban tree species benchmark dataset for time series classificationEasyData - Data Terra
title_sort urban tree species benchmark dataset for time series classificationeasydata data terra
topic Urban trees
Sentinel-2
PlanetScope
Time series classification
Deep learning
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340925005049
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