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awesome-remote-sensing-change-detection

A comprehensive and up-to-date compilation of datasets, tools, methods, review papers, and competitions for remote sensing change detection.
https://github.com/wenhwu/awesome-remote-sensing-change-detection

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Deep Learning

CNNs

  • RIEM - source data||
  • Semantic-TemporalNet - TemporalNet: A Novel Urban Block Change Detection Method Based on Semantic Coherence Analysis|TGRS2025|Sentinel-2, time-series semantic coherence, urban renewal|Changsha and Wuhan Sentinel-2 imagery||
  • ISPRS P&RS2025 - scenario, single-temporal, feature decomposition | Post-disaster damaged building datasets of Yunnan and Harvey, An auxiliary dataset (two earthquake-prone, one flood-prone, four non-disaster areas), An application testing dataset (eight heterogeneous regions spanning volcano, earthquake, tsunami, wildfire, and hurricane scenarios) |-|
  • RSE2024 - source images, Cross-task transform|Gaofen-2, Gaofen-3, Sentinel-1, and Sentinel-2|-|
  • STMNet - Temporal Mask-Based Network for Self-Supervised Hyperspectral Change Detection|TGRS2024|hyperspectral image, multiscale feature, single temporal, mask|Farmland dataset, Hermiston dataset, Bay dataset||
  • ClearSCD - task learning, contrastive learning, change vector analysis|Hi-UCD, LsSCD| |
  • SSLChange - Supervised Change Detection Framework Based on Domain Adaptation| TGRS2024| Domain adaption, hierarchical features, image contrastive learning|CDD, LEVIR-CD| |
  • ISPRS P&RS 2024 - CD, xBD, SECOND, SYSU-CD, Multi-temporal xBD|-|
  • RACDNet - arbitrary remote sensing change detection with Spatial-frequency dual domain learning|ISPRS P&RS 2025|Resolution-arbitrary change detection; Gradient prior; Dual-domain learning|WHU-CD, LEVIR-CD, SYSU-CD, and Google dataset||
  • PRO-HRSCD - SCD||
  • Bi-SRNet - temporal semantic reasoning for the semantic change detection in HR remote sensing images | TGRS2022 | Triple-branch, semantic correlations| SECOND| |
  • SeCo - Training from Uncurated Remote Sensing Data | ICCV2021 | Self-supervised learning| BigEarthNet, EuroSAT, OSCD | |
  • SNUNet-CD - CD: A Densely Connected Siamese Network for Change Detection of VHR Images | GRSL2021 | Fully convolutional siamese network | CDD | |
  • ISPRS P&RS2025 - scenario, single-temporal, feature decomposition | Post-disaster damaged building datasets of Yunnan and Harvey, An auxiliary dataset (two earthquake-prone, one flood-prone, four non-disaster areas), An application testing dataset (eight heterogeneous regions spanning volcano, earthquake, tsunami, wildfire, and hurricane scenarios) |-|
  • RSE2024 - source images, Cross-task transform|Gaofen-2, Gaofen-3, Sentinel-1, and Sentinel-2|-|
  • ISPRS P&RS 2024 - CD, xBD, SECOND, SYSU-CD, Multi-temporal xBD|-|
  • Shield - Affected Areas by Combining the Strengths of Change Detection and Anomaly Detection: Target for On-Orbit Application|JRS2026|On-orbit computing, Unsupervised change detection, anomaly detection| Landslide-Brazil, wildfire-Russia, flood-China-Hebi, and deforestation-New Zealand||

Diffusion Models and GANs

  • CT2Net - Based Collaborative Training for Hyperspectral-RGB Multimodal Change Detection|TPAMI2025|CycleGAN, Hyperspectral-RGB image, multimodal change detection, image translation, collaborative training|Bay Area (HSI-RGB), Santa Barbara (HSI-RGB), Hermiston (HSI-RGB), XDU-Liyukou (HSI-RGB)||
  • RS-NormGAN - NormGAN: Enhancing change detection of multi-temporal optical remote sensing images through effective radiometric normalization|ISPRS P&RS 2025|Deep style transfer; Domain adaptation; GAN; Multi-temporal radiometric normalization|GESD, SHCD||
  • UP-Diff - Diff: Latent Diffusion Model for Remote Sensing Urban Prediction|GRSL2024|Cross-attention, latent diffusion model, urban planning|LEVIR-CD, SYSU-CD||
  • ChangeDiff - Temporal Change Detection Data Generator with Flexible Text Prompts via Diffusion Model|AAAI2025|Diffusion models, text-to-layout model, multi-class distribution-guided text prompts|SECOND, Landsat-SCD, and HRSCD||
  • Changen2 - Temporal Remote Sensing Generative Change Foundation Model | TPAMI2024 | Synthetic data pre-training, generative model, foundation model | WHU-CD, xBD, LEVIR-CD, S2Looking, SECOND| |
  • BDGF - Guided Fusion for Multimodal Remote Sensing Classification|arXiv2025|Denoising diffusion probabilistic models, adaptive modality masking strategy,mutual learning strategy|Berlin dataset (HSI+SAR), Augsburg dataset (HSI+SAR), Yellow River Estuary dataset (HSI+SAR), LCZ HK dataset (MSI+SAR)||

Foundation Models

  • GeoVLM-R1 - R1: Reinforcement Fine-Tuning for Improved Remote Sensing Reasoning|arXiv2025|Qwen2.5VL-3B-Instruct|Task aware rewards, reasoning based RL models|GeoChat-Instruct, NWPU VHR-10; Dubai-CC, LEVIR-MCI, MUDS, SYSU-CD; NWPU-Captions, RSCID-Captions, RSITMD-Captions||
  • arXiv2025 - VL-7B|Remote sensing change understanding, Interactive multi-task instruction dataset, Vision-language models|ChangeIMTI (constructed from LEVIR-CC, LEVIR-MCI)|-|
  • SegChange-R1 - R1: LLM-Augmented Remote Sensing Change Detection|arXiv2025|Swin Transformer, Microsoft/Phi-1.5|LLM-augmented inference approach, Linear attention-based spatial transformation module|WHU-CD, CDD, DSIFN-CD, DVCD||
  • SAM2-CD - CD: Remote Sensing Image Change Detection With SAM2|JSTAR2025|SAM2|Dynamic feature selection, global–local attention|WHU-CD, LEVIR-CD, and LEVIR-CD+||
  • ViTP - Specific Foundation Models|arXiv2025|ViT, InternVL-2.5|Leveraging reasoning to enhance perception, ViT, Visual Robustness Learning|16 challenging remote sensing and medical imaging benchmarks ||
  • AdaptVFMs-RSCD - RSCD: Advancing Remote Sensing Change Detection from binary to semantic with SAM and CLIP|ISPRS P&RS 2025|CLIP, SAM|Remote sensing VFM fine-tuning dataset|RS VFM Fine-tuning dataset, DSIFN-CD, CLCD, SYSU-CD||
  • PeftCD - Efficient Fine-Tuning for Remote Sensing Change Detection|arXiv2025|SAM2, DINOv3|Vision Foundation Models, Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning|WHU-CD, CDD, LEVIR-CD, SYSU-CD, MSRSCD, MLCD, S2Looking||
  • ISPRS P&RS 2025 - CD, HRCUS-CD, WRCD|-|
  • SA-CDNet - stream decoder, multiscale feature, visual foundation model|AIRS, INRIA-Building, and WHU-Building; DLCCC, and LoveDA; WHU-CD, LEVIR-CD, LEVIR-CD+, S2Looking, WHU Cultivate Land Dataset ||
  • DynamicEarth - Vocabulary Change Detection? | arXiv2025|SAM2, DINOv2| Open-Vocabulary Change Detection| WHU-CD, LEVIR-CD, SECOND, S2Looking, and BANDON||
  • EFI-SAM - Based Efficient Feature Integration Network for Remote Sensing Change Detection: A Case Study on Macao Sea Reclamation|JSTARS2025|SAM|Random Fourier features, sea reclamation|CLCD, SYSU-CD, S2Looking, MLCD||
  • AnyChange - Paper-Conference.pdf) | SAM| Zero-shot change detection, bitemporal latent matching|xBD, LEVIR-CD, S2Looking, SECOND | |
  • SCM - CD, LEVIR-CD| |
  • JAG2025 - Anything; Multi-task learning|WHU-CD, LEVIR-CD, SECOND|-|
  • SAM-CD - CD, LEVIR-CD, CLCD, S2Looking| |
  • ISPRS P&RS 2025 - CD, HRCUS-CD, WRCD|-|

Transformers

  • GSTM-SCD - SCD: Graph-enhanced spatio-temporal state space model for semantic change detection in multi-temporal remote sensing images|ISPRS P&RS 2025|State space model, Graph optimization, Spatio-temporal modeling|SECOND, Landsat-SCD, WUSU and DynamicEarthNet||
  • Change3D - CD, HRSCD, xBD, LEVIR-CD, CLCD, SECOND, LEVIR-CC, and DUBAI-CC||
  • UA-BCD - related theory, Building change detection mapping, Siamese pyramid vision transformer|CDD, WHU-CD, GZ-CD, LEVIR-CD, SYSU-CD| |
  • RSE2024 - temporal learning, semantic change detection | xBD, Turkey–Syria earthquake (2023), Kalehe DRC flooding (2023), Maui Hawaii fire (2023) | - |
  • ChangeSparse - commit/Z-Zheng/pytorch-change-models.svg?style=flat&logo=github&label=Last%20Commit) |
  • ChangeStar2 - Temporal Supervised Learning for Universal Remote Sensing Change Detection | IJCV2024 | Universal change detection, single-temporal supervised learning |WHU-CD, CDD, xBD, LEVIR-CD, S2Looking, SpaceNet8, DynamicEarthNet, SECOND| |
  • BiFA - CD, LEVIR-CD, LEVIR-CD+, SYSU-CD, DSIFN-CD, and CLCD| |
  • CDMamba - CD, CDD, LEVIR-CD, LEVIR-CD+, and CLCD| |
  • MaskCD - attention|LEVIR-CD, CLCD, SYSU-CD, EGY-BCD, and GVLM-CD| |
  • M-CD - based Siamese Network for Remote Sensing Change Detection | arXiv2024 | Mamba, state space model, difference Module| WHU-CD, CDD, DSIFN-CD, and LEVIR-CD| |
  • ScratchFormer - attention operation, change-enhanced feature fusion, | WHU-CD, OSCD, CDD, DSIFN-CD, and LEVIR-CD| |
  • SitsSCD - commit/ElliotVincent/SitsSCD.svg?style=flat&logo=github&label=Last%20Commit) |
  • ChangeMask - task Encoder-Transformer-Decoder Architecture for Semantic Change Detection | ISPRS P&RS 2022 | Multi-task learning, temporal symmetry, multi-temporal|SECOND, Hi-UCD| |
  • BTC - CD, LEVIR-CD, EGY-BCD, GVLM-CD, CLCD, OSCD||
  • CMNet - CD, LEVIR-CD, SYSU-CD||
  • MBUKG_DCKRL_CD - source data representation learning, dual cross-attention mechanism|A comprehensive dataset comprising VHR images, POI data, and SVI|-|
  • S-cCDNet - centric change detection framework: considering spatiotemporal heterogeneity and spatiotemporal correlation of land cover|IJDE2025|Multi-task learning, prototype representation, spatiotemporal heterogeneity, spatiotemporal correlation|SECOND, Landsat-SCD||
  • SMGNet - Guided Multitask Neural Network for Remote Sensing Image Semantic Change Detection|GRSL2025|Historical semantic information, pseudochanges, semantic map-guided network, underdetection|HRSCD||
  • HGINet - resolution remote sensing images|ISPRS P&RS 2024|Hierarchical semantic graph interaction network; Temporal correlations; Semantic difference interaction|SECOND, HRSCD, Fuzhou, and Xiamen||
  • RSE2024 - temporal learning, semantic change detection | xBD, Turkey–Syria earthquake (2023), Kalehe DRC flooding (2023), Maui Hawaii fire (2023) | - |

Hyperspectral

Deep Learning

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Multi-Modal and SAR Datasets

  • DisasterM3 - SAR-Instruction |-|-|-|Global|-|
  • BRIGHT - 1m|Global|4|
  • Hi-BCD
  • UrbanSARFloods - 1_SLC-Based_Benchmark_Dataset_for_Urban_and_Open-Area_Flood_CVPRW_2024_paper.html) | Sentinel-1|8,879| 512×512|20m|Global|5|
  • EVLab-CMCD - 2, BJ-2, Historical land use maps|5,622|512×512| 0.8m| 10 Cities in China|13|
  • CAU-Flood - 1, Sentinel-2|18,302| 256×256|10m|Global|2|
  • Kuro Siwo - Abstract-Datasets_and_Benchmarks_Track.html)|Sentinel-1, DEM| 67,490 |224×224| 10m|Global|3|
  • Wuhan - 2, COSMO-SkyMed|1| 11,216×13,693|3m |Wuhan, China|2|
  • Ombria - 1, Sentinel-2| 1,688| 256×256| 10m|Global|2|
  • rschange - source toolbox dedicated to reproducing and developing advanced methods (e.g., DDLNet, CDMask) for change detection in remote sensing images.||

Multispectral

Deep Learning

Traditional Method

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Optical Datasets

  • DynamicEarthNet - Spectral_Satellite_Dataset_for_Semantic_Change_Segmentation_CVPR_2022_paper.html) |PlanetFusion|54,750|1,024×1,024|3m|Global|7|
  • OSCD - 2|24|600×600|10-60m|Global|2|
  • S2MTCP - 3-030-68787-8_42) |Sentinel-2|1,520|600×600|10m|Global|-|
  • DSIFN - CD)|ISPRS P&RS 2020 |Google Earth|3,940 | 512×512|-|China (Beijing, Chengdu, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Wuhan, and Xian)|2|
  • HRSCD