README.md

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license: mit
task_categories:
- object-detection
language:
- en
pretty_name: DOTA
---

# DOTA: Resized and Hugging Face-Ready Vision Dataset

This dataset is a restructured version of the DOTA (Dataset for Object Detection in Aerial Images), specifically designed to simplify object detection workflows. By resizing the original images and converting them to the COCO format, this project provides an easier way to use DOTA with popular computer vision frameworks. Additionally, the dataset is formatted for seamless integration with Hugging Face datasets, unlocking new possibilities for training and experimentation.

## 📂 Dataset Structure
### COCO Format
The dataset follows the COCO dataset structure, making it straightforward to work with:

```plaintext
dota/  
├── annotations/  
│   ├── instances_train.json  
│   ├── instances_val.json  
│   └── instances_test.json  
├── train/
├── val/
├── test/
```
### Hugging Face Format
The dataset is compatible with the datasets library. You can load it directly using:

```python
from datasets import load_dataset  

dataset = load_dataset("HichTala/dota")
```

## 🖼️ Sample Visualizations

Above: An example of resized images with bounding boxes in COCO format.

## 🚀 Getting Started
### Install Required Libraries

- Install datasets for Hugging Face compatibility:

```bash
pip install datasets  
```
- Use any object detection framework supporting COCO format for training.

### Load the Dataset
#### Hugging Face:

```python
from datasets import load_dataset  

dataset = load_dataset("HichTala/dota")  
train_data = dataset["train"]  
```

#### Custom Script for COCO-Compatible Frameworks:
```python
import json  
from pycocotools.coco import COCO

coco = COCO("annotations/train.json")
```

see demo notebook [here](https://github.com/cocodataset/cocoapi/blob/master/PythonAPI/pycocoDemo.ipynb) for more details.

## ⚙️ Preprocessing Details
- Resizing: The original large images were split into smaller patches, each resized to *512x512 pixels*. 
- Annotations: Converted to COCO format for better compatibility and flexibility.

## 📚 Used in Research

This processed version of DOTA has been used in the paper:\
📄 [LoRA for Cross-Domain Few-Shot Object Detection](https://huggingface.co/papers/2504.06330)\
The dataset served as a target domain for evaluating the generalization capabilities of diffusion-based object detectors in low-data regimes.

## 📝 How to Cite
If you use this dataset, please consider citing the original DOTA dataset:

```plaintext
@inproceedings{Xia_2018_CVPR,  
    author = {Gui-Song Xia and Xiang Bai and Jieqing Zheng and others},  
    title = {DOTA: A Large-Scale Dataset for Object Detection in Aerial Images},  
    booktitle = {CVPR},  
    year = {2018}  
}  
```

Additionally, you can mention this repository for the resized COCO and Hugging Face formats.


Enjoy using DOTA in coco format for your object detection experiments! 🚀