Overview

With the Annotation Project, you can visually inspect and add labels or descriptive tags to geospatial data such as satellite, aerial, or drone images to identify or classify features like roads, buildings, parks, forests, lakes, and so on. Clear and precise labelling plays an significant role in identifying patterns, monitoring changes, and conducting detailed analyses of geographical features.

This process enables you to provide context to complex geospatial data thereby converting the data into an easily understandable and analyzable form for both the human and machine. This enables you to transform imagery into actionable insights for better decision-making and analysis.

Using the built-in collaborative framework with the platform, you can manage end-to-end annotation projects. Everything from inspecting visually, identifying and classifying features, adding labels, sending annotation project for review, tracking progress, and approving the project is streamlined in the platform. This maintains the consistency and quality required for spatial accuracy and proper geo-referencing across different users thereby eliminating potential errors in analysis and model training.

Annotation Project Types & Supported File Formats

You can use the platform to create the following types of annotation projects:

• Detections: You can create multiple or single job from an image and manual annotate geospatial data.

Annotation project supports the following satellite imagery vendors and file formats:

| File Format Type | File Format | | ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --- | | ZIP(TAR) | 3dtiles, citygml, BlackSky, Dimap(Pleiades), ICEYE, MAXAR, Sentinel-1, Skysat, STAC, UMBRA, Landsat 8/9 | | | Single Files Raster | tif, tiff | |

Roles and Responsibilities

Use the following permissions to control who can create, modify, and review annotation projects and jobs in your workspace. Toggle the Annotation switch to enable or disable the entire set of permissions for a user.

Permission	What it allows the user to do
Admin Annotation	Full access to all annotation features, including project creation, job assignment, and review. Use this for team leads or project owners.
Create Project	Create new annotation projects and upload images. Ideal for managers or team leads responsible for initiating projects.
Modify Project	Edit existing annotation projects—change categories, add or remove members, or adjust project settings.
Review Job	Review completed annotation jobs, approve or reject based on quality. This is typically enabled for QA roles.
Create Annotation	Annotate images as per assigned jobs—draw bounding boxes, apply labels, and submit jobs for review. Enable this for annotators.

Annotation Workflow Overview

You must have the appropriate permissions to perform the following tasks or functions.

Step	Stage	Description	Role Responsible	Output Artifact
1	Project Setup	Use the Create Project permission to start a new annotation project and upload/select images.	Manager	Annotation Project
2	Job Assignment	Using Admin Annotation, define and assign annotation jobs to users or teams.	Manager	Assigned Annotation Jobs
3	Annotation Phase	With Create Annotation permission, annotators label assigned images and submit their work for review.	Annotators	Completed Annotation Jobs
4	QA Review	With Review Job access, QA Managers review jobs. Approve if quality is met; otherwise, reject for rework.	QA Manager	Approved or Rejected Jobs
5	Rework (if applicable)	Rejected jobs are reassigned; annotators revise the work and resubmit for another QA pass.	Annotators	Revised Annotation Submission

Accessing Annotation Project

In this section, you will understand how to access the annotation project.

To access annotation project, do the following:

1. Log in to platform.

2. Click the Collaborate module and then proceed to click the Annotation Project sub-module.

The Annotation Projects homepage is displayed.