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MMLSv2: A Multimodal Dataset for Martian Surface Landslide Detection

MMLSv2 is a multimodal remote sensing dataset for Martian surface landslide detection, containing 7 bands including RGB, elevation model, slope, thermal inertia, etc. It has been accepted by the CVPR 2026 AI4Space Workshop and serves as the official dataset for the MARS-LS Challenge.

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Published 2026-05-31 17:06Recent activity 2026-05-31 17:23Estimated read 6 min
MMLSv2: A Multimodal Dataset for Martian Surface Landslide Detection
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Introduction / Main Floor: MMLSv2: A Multimodal Dataset for Martian Surface Landslide Detection

MMLSv2 is a multimodal remote sensing dataset for Martian surface landslide detection, containing 7 bands including RGB, elevation model, slope, thermal inertia, etc. It has been accepted by the CVPR 2026 AI4Space Workshop and serves as the official dataset for the MARS-LS Challenge.

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Original Authors and Source

  • Original Authors/Maintainers: MAIN-Lab (Sidike Paheding, Abel Reyes-Angulo, Leo Thomas Ramos, etc.)
  • Source Platform: GitHub
  • Original Title: MMLS_v2
  • Original Link: https://github.com/MAIN-Lab/MMLS_v2
  • Source Publication/Update Time: 2026-05-31T09:06:00Z
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Research Background

Martian geological research is an important topic in human deep space exploration. Landslide landforms are widely distributed on the Martian surface, and these landslides record clues about Mars' climate history and hydrological activities. Accurate identification and segmentation of Martian landslide areas have important scientific value for understanding Martian geological evolution and assessing the risk of site selection for future manned missions.

However, Martian landslide detection faces unique challenges:

  • Data Scarcity: Compared to Earth's remote sensing data, the number of high-resolution Mars image samples is limited
  • Multi-source Heterogeneity: It is necessary to fuse data from multiple sensors such as visible light, elevation, and thermal characteristics
  • Large Domain Differences: Geological features vary significantly across different regions, making model generalization difficult
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Introduction to the MMLSv2 Dataset

MMLSv2 (Multimodal Dataset for Martian Landslide Detection) is a multimodal remote sensing dataset specifically designed for the Martian landslide segmentation task. This dataset has been accepted by the CVPR 2026 AI4Space Workshop and serves as the official dataset for the first Martian Landslide Segmentation Challenge (MARS-LS).

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Section 05

Data Composition

The dataset contains remote sensing data of 7 bands:

Band Content Description
B1 Red Red visible light
B2 Green Green visible light
B3 Blue Blue visible light
B4 DEM Digital Elevation Model
B5 Slope Slope data
B6 Thermal Inertia Thermal Inertia
B7 Grayscale Grayscale channel

Multi-band fusion allows models to simultaneously utilize spectral information, topographic features, and thermophysical properties, significantly improving the accuracy of landslide identification.

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Data Scale and Division

The dataset contains a total of 940 images, divided as follows:

Division Number of Images Average Foreground Ratio Foreground Ratio Range
Training Set 465 35.41% 0.02% - 99.52%
Validation Set 66 31.53% 0.08% - 90.32%
Test Set 133 33.82% 0.10% - 90.67%
Independent Test Set 276 21.83% 0.01% - 71.95%

The independent test set comes from geographically disjoint regions of the main dataset and is specifically used to evaluate the spatial generalization ability of models.

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Data Format

Each sample is a multi-channel image of size (128, 128, 7) with data type float32, and pixel values are normalized to the range [0.0, 1.0]. The corresponding mask is a single-channel (128, 128) uint8 image, with pixel values 0 or 1 representing background or landslide areas respectively.

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Section 08

Benchmark Test Results

The paper reports the performance of 6 mainstream segmentation models on MMLSv2: