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Image-based query examples for Task 3 (Global Geo-Localization) -- cs.CV

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MarsRetrieval: Benchmarking Vision-Language Models for Planetary-Scale Geospatial Retrieval on Mars

by Keith CowingFebruary 20, 2026February 20, 2026

Data-driven approaches like deep learning are rapidly advancing planetary science, particularly in Mars exploration. Despite recent progress, most existing benchmarks remain confined to closed-set supervised visual tasks and do not […]

a) Central pit crater Tindr on Callisto (2.3°S, 4.5°E) b) Central dome crater Eshmun on Ganymede (17.5°S, 167.9 °E). North is towards the top of the image, scale bars measure 20 km (White et al., 2022).

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Iceworld Morphology: Dome Craters on Ganymede and Callisto May Form by Topographic Relaxation of Pit Craters Aided by Remnant Impact Heat

by Keith CowingMarch 26, 2024March 26, 2024

The icy Galilean satellites display impact crater morphologies that are rare in the Solar System. They deviate from the archetypal sequence of crater morphologies as a function of size found […]