I-GUIDE VCO: Any Model, Any Place, Any Time: Get Remote Sensing Foundation Model Embeddings On Demand

Any Model, Any Place, Any Time: Get Remote Sensing Foundation Model Embeddings On Demand

April 22, 2026 11:00 am (Central Time)

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Abstract

The remote sensing community is witnessing a rapid growth of foundation models, which provide powerful embeddings for a wide range of downstream tasks. However, practical adoption and fair comparison remain challenging due to substantial heterogeneity in model release formats, platforms and interfaces, and input data specifications. These inconsistencies significantly increase the cost of obtaining, using, and benchmarking embeddings across models. To address this issue, we propose rs-embed, a Python library that offers a unified, region of interst (ROI) centric interface: with a single line of code, users can retrieve embeddings from any supported model for any location and any time range. The library also provides efficient batch processing to enable large-scale embedding generation and evaluation.

Speakers

Dingqi Ye

Dingqi Ye

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Dingqi Ye received a B.S. degree in Geographic Information Science from Central South University, Changsha, China, in 2021, and a M.S. degree in Surveying and Mapping from the same university in 2024. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Geography & Geographic Information Science at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign (UIUC). Her research interests include remote sensing, Foundation models, Representation learning, machine learning, and Large Language Models.

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