{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7140348489","doi":null,"title":"Generating Synthetic Satellite Imagery Using Generative AI and Geospatial Vector Reference Data for Fictitious Country Simulations","display_name":"Generating Synthetic Satellite Imagery Using Generative AI and Geospatial Vector Reference Data for Fictitious Country Simulations","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-03-02","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7140348489"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:run.unl.pt:10362/201703","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10362/201703","pdf_url":"https://run.unl.pt/bitstreams/2e74c73b-a543-4043-b9aa-3b8ca68077de/download","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402433","display_name":"Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"master thesis"},"volume":null,"type":"dissertation","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":[],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://run.unl.pt/bitstreams/2e74c73b-a543-4043-b9aa-3b8ca68077de/download","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5130605837","display_name":"Miguel Angel Lira Mijares","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Lira Mijares, Miguel Angel","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5130605837"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10775","display_name":"Generative Adversarial Networks and Image Synthesis","score":0.4790000021457672,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1707","display_name":"Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10775","display_name":"Generative Adversarial Networks and Image Synthesis","score":0.4790000021457672,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1707","display_name":"Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12983","display_name":"Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry","score":0.22830000519752502,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1707","display_name":"Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10689","display_name":"Remote-Sensing Image Classification","score":0.1703999936580658,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1707","display_name":"Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/synthetic-satellite-imagery","display_name":"synthetic satellite imagery","score":0.9909999966621399},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/generative-adversarial-networks","display_name":"generative adversarial networks","score":0.9750000238418579},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/image-tiles","display_name":"image tiles","score":0.4189999997615814},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/image-mosaics","display_name":"image mosaics","score":0.7940000295639038},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/image-quality-assessment","display_name":"image quality assessment","score":0.5899999737739563},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/brisque","display_name":"BRISQUE","score":0.7519999742507935},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/perceived-image-quality","display_name":"perceptual image quality","score":0.7200000286102295},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/user-study","display_name":"user study","score":0.5540000200271606},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/georeferencing","display_name":"georeferencing","score":0.8040000200271606}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6816999912261963},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C9770341","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1938983","display_name":"Geospatial analysis","level":2,"score":0.6758000254631042},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778102629","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q725252","display_name":"Satellite imagery","level":2,"score":0.598800003528595},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.5724999904632568},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C82789328","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q922585","display_name":"Orthophoto","level":2,"score":0.5497999787330627},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C177212765","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q627335","display_name":"Workflow","level":2,"score":0.4984000027179718},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776436953","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5163215","display_name":"Consistency (knowledge bases)","level":2,"score":0.49410000443458557},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C60478076","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3036835","display_name":"Reference data","level":2,"score":0.487199991941452},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C19269812","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26540","display_name":"Satellite","level":2,"score":0.45910000801086426},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31972630","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q844240","display_name":"Computer vision","level":1,"score":0.420199990272522},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C87360688","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q740686","display_name":"Synthetic aperture radar","level":2,"score":0.4056999981403351},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C160920958","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7662746","display_name":"Synthetic data","level":2,"score":0.4023999869823456},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776359362","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2145286","display_name":"Representation (politics)","level":3,"score":0.4018999934196472},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.38929998874664307},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62649853","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q199687","display_name":"Remote sensing","level":1,"score":0.3693999946117401},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C167966045","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5532625","display_name":"Generative model","level":3,"score":0.366100013256073},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39890363","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36108","display_name":"Generative grammar","level":2,"score":0.3285999894142151},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115961682","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q860623","display_name":"Image (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.32330000400543213},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124101348","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172491","display_name":"Data mining","level":1,"score":0.32010000944137573},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C75145180","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q772007","display_name":"Georeference","level":2,"score":0.29440000653266907},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780297707","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4895393","display_name":"Landmark","level":2,"score":0.28130000829696655},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C172849965","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3148875","display_name":"Reference frame","level":3,"score":0.27559998631477356},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776459999","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2119376","display_name":"Fidelity","level":2,"score":0.27559998631477356},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C9417928","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1070689","display_name":"Image processing","level":3,"score":0.2734000086784363},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C117455697","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190149","display_name":"Photogrammetry","level":2,"score":0.2700999975204468},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C36464697","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q451553","display_name":"Visualization","level":2,"score":0.2646999955177307},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780408538","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3615217","display_name":"Ancillary data","level":2,"score":0.26350000500679016},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C93361087","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4426698","display_name":"Data consistency","level":2,"score":0.2547000050544739},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C50644808","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192776","display_name":"Artificial neural network","level":2,"score":0.25049999356269836}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"pmh:oai:run.unl.pt:10362/201703","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10362/201703","pdf_url":"https://run.unl.pt/bitstreams/2e74c73b-a543-4043-b9aa-3b8ca68077de/download","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402433","display_name":"Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"master thesis"},{"id":"pmh:oai:repositori.uji.es:10234/788287","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10234/788287","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400303","display_name":"Repositori UJI (Universitat Jaume I)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I10902133","host_organization_name":"Universitat Jaume I","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I10902133"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-nc-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-sa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:run.unl.pt:10362/201703","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10362/201703","pdf_url":"https://run.unl.pt/bitstreams/2e74c73b-a543-4043-b9aa-3b8ca68077de/download","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402433","display_name":"Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"master thesis"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322926","display_name":"Universitat Jaume I","ror":"https://ror.org/02ws1xc11"}],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7140348489.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7140348489.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":21,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1959608418","https://openalex.org/W1982471090","https://openalex.org/W2267126114","https://openalex.org/W2766736793","https://openalex.org/W2768814045","https://openalex.org/W2784216006","https://openalex.org/W2944451185","https://openalex.org/W2962974533","https://openalex.org/W2963636093","https://openalex.org/W3036167779","https://openalex.org/W3186770666","https://openalex.org/W3197793211","https://openalex.org/W3207200417","https://openalex.org/W4298289240","https://openalex.org/W4382462760","https://openalex.org/W4386384660","https://openalex.org/W4389513614","https://openalex.org/W4390872297","https://openalex.org/W4393078930","https://openalex.org/W4399594884","https://openalex.org/W6922739289"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W7221793360","https://openalex.org/W4399503036","https://openalex.org/W7141782242","https://openalex.org/W2888832231","https://openalex.org/W4320342288","https://openalex.org/W4402954395","https://openalex.org/W7165160876","https://openalex.org/W7093673368","https://openalex.org/W4392410732","https://openalex.org/W3106937449"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0,41,88],"work":[1,78],"consists":[2],"of":[3,27,39,81,131,165,248,285,290,343],"a":[4,64,69,127,132,238],"guideline":[5],"on":[6,45,62],"how":[7],"to":[8,18,316],"utilize":[9],"Artificial":[10],"Intelligence,":[11],"more":[12,220],"specifically,":[13],"Generative":[14],"Adversarial":[15],"Network":[16],"(GAN),":[17],"produce":[19],"synthetic":[20,66,122,186,250,329],"highresolution":[21],"satellite":[22,123,225,254],"imagery":[23,187,226,251],"from":[24,68,252],"vector":[25,319],"maps":[26],"Land":[28],"Cover-Land":[29],"Use":[30],"and":[31,99,111,126,149,157,181,204,262,280,324,336],"additional":[32],"objects":[33],"or":[34,308],"features":[35,315],"in":[36,114,140,200,326],"the":[37,46,53,76,93,100,115,166,287,291,295,301,314,318,327,341],"shape":[38],"polygons.":[40],"workflow":[42,119],"is":[43,160],"based":[44],"Zhu":[47],"&":[48],"Kelly":[49],"(2021)":[50],"work,":[51],"with":[52,71,215,223,294],"difference":[54],"that":[55,184,243],"this":[56,274,344],"thesis":[57,275],"project":[58,276],"was":[59,90,298],"specifically":[60],"focused":[61],"creating":[63],"realistic":[65],"image":[67,124,142,267],"place":[70],"no":[72],"real":[73,224,253],"refence":[74],"unlike":[75],"original":[77],"were":[79,212,245,305,338],"reference":[80],"existing":[82],"places":[83],"exists":[84],"for":[85,154,333],"their":[86,144],"outputs.":[87,236],"research":[89,337],"developed":[91],"within":[92],"Academia":[94],"Partnership":[95],"Program":[96],"between":[97,266],"UJI":[98],"United":[101],"Nations":[102],"Global":[103],"Service":[104],"Centre":[105],"(UNGSC),":[106],"who":[107],"provided":[108],"technical":[109],"input":[110],"expressed":[112],"interest":[113],"results.":[116],"The":[117,135],"proposed":[118],"successfully":[120],"generates":[121],"tiles":[125,203,297,330],"coherent":[128],"mosaic":[129],"representation":[130],"fictitious":[133,167],"region.":[134],"resulting":[136,199],"outputs":[137,197],"are":[138],"produced":[139,232],"standard":[141],"formats,":[143],"integration":[145],"into":[146],"common":[147],"geospatial":[148],"remote":[150],"sensing":[151],"software":[152],"environments":[153],"visualization,":[155],"analysis,":[156],"further":[158],"processing":[159],"possible":[161],"by":[162,258],"performing":[163],"georeferencing":[164],"area\u2019s":[168],"landmarks.":[169],"Quantitative":[170],"evaluation":[171],"using":[172],"non-referenced":[173],"validation":[174],"methods":[175],"such":[176],"as":[177,256,270],"BRISQUE,":[178],"CLIPIQA+,":[179],"PI,":[180],"TOPIQ":[182],"indicates":[183],"color-guided":[185],"(Z2)":[188],"achieves":[189],"consistently":[190],"higher":[191],"objective":[192],"quality":[193],"scores":[194],"than":[195],"non-color-guided":[196],"(Z1),":[198],"visually":[201],"clearer":[202],"improved":[205],"spatial":[206],"consistency":[207],"across":[208],"mosaics.":[209],"Qualitative":[210],"differences":[211],"also":[213],"observed,":[214],"Z1":[216],"preserving":[217],"texture":[218],"characteristics":[219],"closely":[221],"aligned":[222],"at":[227,340],"comparable":[228],"resolution,":[229],"while":[230],"Z2":[231],"sharper,":[233],"perceptually":[234],"higher-resolution":[235],"However,":[237],"complementary":[239],"user":[240],"study":[241],"indicated":[242],"participants":[244],"generally":[246],"capable":[247],"distinguishing":[249],"images,":[255],"reflected":[257],"consistent":[259],"response":[260],"patterns":[261],"systematic":[263],"perceptual":[264],"separation":[265],"types.":[268],"Nevertheless,":[269],"many":[271],"projects":[272],"do,":[273],"faced":[277],"some":[278,284,310,322],"challenges":[279],"limitations.":[281],"To":[282],"recall":[283],"them,":[286],"seamless":[288],"effect":[289],"mosaics":[292],"created":[293],"output":[296,328],"not":[299,306],"possible,":[300],"open":[302],"data":[303],"sources":[304],"updated":[307],"had":[309],"mismatches":[311],"when":[312],"combining":[313],"create":[317],"map,":[320],"causing":[321],"misalignment":[323],"noise":[325],"images.":[331],"Recommendations":[332],"future":[334],"improvements":[335],"suggested":[339],"end":[342],"current":[345],"workflow.":[346]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-11-07T11:25:07.637180","created_date":"2026-03-26T00:00:00"}