USFS Overview

• The Goal -- To preserve forest and natural resources and still provide woods for the timber industry

  
  

• The Task -- To classify forestry images according to their scenic beauty values (SBEs)

  
  

• The Data -- 637 forestry images were taken during different seasons and years and ranked by human subjects

  
  

  LSBE	MSBE	HSBE

  
  

• The Challenge

  
  

  • Humans are subjective and perceive images differently

    
    

  • Many possible attributes can be used to describe an image

    
    

  • Features used to estimate SBE values overlap