{"id":1446232,"date":"2021-12-21T07:13:23","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T15:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=1446232"},"modified":"2021-12-22T06:35:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T14:35:23","slug":"year-in-review-2021-deep-learning-in-arcgis","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis\/imagery\/year-in-review-2021-deep-learning-in-arcgis","title":{"rendered":"Year in Review 2021: Deep Learning in ArcGIS"},"author":290632,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22931],"tags":[],"industry":[],"product":[421922],"class_list":["post-1446232","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-imagery","product-arcgis"],"acf":{"short_description":"Let's review our biggest highlights in deep learning in 2021. ","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">It has been a big year for advancements in deep learning here at Esri. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">We have added new pretrained deep learning models, new and enhanced data types, tasks and experiences, updates to the developer story and introduced a new SaaS offering. These updates have been made to support optimized workflows for our GIS Analysts, Developers and Data Scientists among others.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:150,&quot;335559739&quot;:300,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Let\u2019s take a look back at our highlights.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:150,&quot;335559739&quot;:300,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Pretrained deep learning models<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">25 pretrained deep learning models released on ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:150,&quot;335559739&quot;:300,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/deep-learning-models\">growing collection of pretrained models<\/a> is designed to cater to diverse industry applications. For example, using building footprints for urban planning, classifying structures for insurance purposes, and creating classified, pervious maps for taxation are instances where user workload is simplified by removing the tedious task of manually categorizing data. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Making AI less intimidating\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:150,&quot;335559739&quot;:300,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">By eliminating the need to capture training samples, manage massive resources and train your model, using AI has never been easier. Our pretrained models span across various terrains, geographies and data types that can easily be tailored to suit your workflows. With our ever-growing collection of models, there is likely to be one (or more!) that will help you generate your imagery data products.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:150,&quot;335559739&quot;:300,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1446522,"id":1446522,"title":"Screen Shot 2021-12-21 at 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19:52:12","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1636,"height":802,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-14.51.55-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-14.51.55.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":227,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-14.51.55.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":376,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-14.51.55.png","large-width":1636,"large-height":802,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-14.51.55-1536x753.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":753,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-14.51.55.png","2048x2048-width":1636,"2048x2048-height":802,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-14.51.55-826x405.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":405,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-14.51.55.png","wide_image-width":1636,"wide_image-height":802}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">New &amp; improved data types, tasks and experiences<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Tools to Support a Range of Workflows<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:150,&quot;335559739&quot;:300,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">With our improved deep learning tools in ArcGIS, we now support new tasks such as change detection, and object tracking as well as new data types such as street view imagery, motion imagery and point cloud data.<\/span><b><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:150,&quot;335559739&quot;:300,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">We updated tools to capture training samples, export training data, and train models, to use with imagery, 3D (includes enhancements to 3D Basemaps solution), point clouds, features, text, and video (object tracking).<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">Furthermore<\/span><b><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">, <\/span><\/i><\/b>t<span data-contrast=\"none\">he <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/help\/analysis\/image-analyst\/label-objects-for-deep-learning.htm\">labelling tool<\/a> is simplified to support object classification and motion imagery workflows.\u00a0<\/span><span 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data-contrast=\"none\">SaaS Offering<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW211632530 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart SCXW211632530 BCX0\">One of the biggest updates to our deep learning story this year is taking our deep learning capabilities to the web \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/arcgis-image\/options\/arcgis-online\">ArcGIS Image for ArcGIS Online<\/a>. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW211632530 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW211632530 BCX0\">Tasks such as pixel classification, object classification and object detection are now natively supported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/imagery\/esri-uc-2021-raster-analytics-and-deep-learning-in-arcgis-online\/\">through the web<\/a>. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW211632530 BCX0\">Users no longer need to worry about maintaining and deploying infrastructure by <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW211632530 BCX0\">using a secure, scalable, and performant cloud environment managed by Esri.\u00a0<\/span> <\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW211632530 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1447552,"id":1447552,"title":"Screen Shot 2021-12-22 at 09.31.53","filename":"Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-09.31.53.png","filesize":363227,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-09.31.53.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis\/imagery\/year-in-review-2021-deep-learning-in-arcgis\/screen-shot-2021-12-22-at-09-31-53","alt":"","author":"290632","description":"","caption":"","name":"screen-shot-2021-12-22-at-09-31-53","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1446232,"date":"2021-12-22 14:32:26","modified":"2021-12-22 14:32:26","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":864,"height":506,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-09.31.53-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-09.31.53.png","medium-width":446,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-09.31.53.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":450,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-09.31.53.png","large-width":864,"large-height":506,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-09.31.53.png","1536x1536-width":864,"1536x1536-height":506,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-09.31.53.png","2048x2048-width":864,"2048x2048-height":506,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-09.31.53-794x465.png","card_image-width":794,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-09.31.53.png","wide_image-width":864,"wide_image-height":506}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2><b>For our developers and data scientists<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW164246769 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW164246769 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.arcgis.com\/python\/guide\/geospatial-deep-learning\/\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2 SCXW164246769 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">arcgis.learn<\/span><\/a><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW164246769 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"> module of the Python API provides a code first approach to deep learning. It<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW164246769 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"> i<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW164246769 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">s a unified API that works across imagery and video, 3<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW164246769 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">D,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW164246769 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"> point cloud, text, tabular and time series data.<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW164246769 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">This module has been enhanced to integrate with the latest deep learning models for object detection and pixel classification.<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW164246769 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">We have also added several enhancements <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart SCXW164246769 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">including<\/span> <\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW164246769 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/developers.arcgis.com\/python\/sample-notebooks\/tabular-data-supervised-learning-using-automl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW164246769 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart SCXW164246769 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">AutoML<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW164246769 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW164246769 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"> capabilities t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW164246769 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">hat <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW164246769 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">enable training highly <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW164246769 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">accurate<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW164246769 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"> models in a purely automated manner<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW164246769 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW164246769 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">In addition<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW164246769 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"> to model improvements<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW164246769 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">, t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW164246769 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">he <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW164246769 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">new<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW164246769 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">support<\/span> <\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW164246769 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW164246769 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">for model <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW164246769 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">explainability<\/span> <\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW164246769 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW164246769 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">provides<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW164246769 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">additional<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW164246769 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"> clarity for a<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW164246769 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"> model&#8217;s prediction, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW164246769 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">thereby <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW164246769 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">increasing user trust in AI model<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW164246769 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"> adoption.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP 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data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:150,&quot;335559739&quot;:300,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1446562,"id":1446562,"title":"Devimage2","filename":"Devimage2-1.gif","filesize":2545720,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Devimage2-1.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis\/imagery\/year-in-review-2021-deep-learning-in-arcgis\/devimage2-2","alt":"","author":"290632","description":"","caption":"","name":"devimage2-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1446232,"date":"2021-12-21 19:56:30","modified":"2021-12-21 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data-contrast=\"none\">Summary<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">With new and updated deep learning <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.arcgis.com\/python\/sample-notebooks\/\">samples<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.arcgis.com\/python\/guide\/geospatial-deep-learning\/\">guides<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?s=#&amp;tag=deep-learning\">technical blogs<\/a>, you can review how to use our capabilities to its maximum potential. Our user stories also highlight industry specific examples of how others have maximized the value of their imagery using tools available in ArcGIS.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:150,&quot;335559739&quot;:300,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">With all these changes, 2021 has been a very interesting and productive year \u2013 our new and enhanced capabilities have been focused with your workflows in mind. 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