Artificial intelligence (ai) system and methods for generating estimated height maps from electro-optic imagery

An artificial intelligence (AI) system for geospatial height estimation comprising:

• a memory and a processor cooperating therewith to
• store a plurality of labeled predicted electro-optic (EO) image classified objects having respective elevation values associated therewith in a semantic label database,
• train a model using trained EO imagery and the semantic label database,
• estimate height values within new EO imagery for a geographic area based upon the trained model and at least one stochastic gradient descent model (SGDM),
• perform an accuracy assessment of the estimated height values based upon a non-EO height reference data set for the geographic area, and
• generate an estimated height map for the geographic area from the estimated height values and output the estimated height map on a display.

An artificial intelligence (AI) method for geospatial height estimation comprising:

• storing a plurality labeled predicted electro-optic (EO) image classified objects having respective elevation values associated therewith in a semantic label database;
• training a model using trained EO imagery and the semantic label database;
• estimating height values within new EO imagery for a geographic area based upon the trained model;
• and
• generating an estimated height map for the geographic area from the estimated height values and output the estimated height map on a display.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for causing a processor to perform steps comprising:

• storing a plurality of labeled predicted electro-optic (EO) image classified objects having respective elevation values associated therewith in a semantic label database;
• training a model using trained EO imagery and the semantic label database;
• estimating height values within new EO imagery for a geographic area based upon the trained model;
• and
• generating an estimated height map for the geographic area from the estimated height values and output the estimated height map on a display.