PlantAI – Part 4: Topview Seedling Segmentation

This particular dataset contains images from a top view, appx. 1 metre above, and in the normal direction towards the ground. These images were primarily used for generating a yolov11-seg model, and thus, this dataset is formatted accordingly. The objects are "seedling" and "dead seedling", with "seedling" greatly outnumbering "dead seedling", as very few dead seedlings exist in the dataset. Furthermore, the dataset contain both pinus sylvestris and picea abies, which is not distinguished in the dataset. Consequently, there may exist some bias inclined towards one of those species'. Notably, annotations were not exacly following each seedling needle since that would take too much time annotating and the resulting segmentation model would not be able to create polygon instances on that detail anyway. Nevertheless, often more than 100 polygons were created to allow for a good representation of the seedling's outer shape. It is a Yolov11-seg dataset. Augmentation x 5 were made on the images and the augmentations are named in file names if original images wishes to be used. Annotation is made in the Digitalsreeni tool, as well as augmentations. SAM has been used as aid to help annotate faster. This dataset is based on images from the main project plantAI that has all source instructions and information.