Post-Earthquake SAR-Optical Dataset for Quick Damaged-Building Detection

This work introduces a dataset for automated earthquake-damaged building detection from post-event satellite imagery. Using very high-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and optical data from the 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquakes, the dataset includes over four thousand co-registered building footprints and patches. The task is framed as a binary image classification problem, serving as a reference for researchers to expedite algorithm development for rapid damaged building detection in future events. The dataset and codes together with detailed explanations will be made publicly available at https://github.com/ya0-sun/PostEQ-SARopt-BuildingDamage.