Geospatial annotation services
Geospatial annotation services outline roofs, fields, buildings and roads in aerial and satellite images Polygons and pixel masks are most of the work, priced for each shape or each image tile.
What would your geospatial annotation cost?
20,000 polygons overall, drawn as squares of 1,000 polygons
That makes 20,000 polygons across 5,000 images. What a team outside the US would charge, roughly:
$1,200 to $16,000
Teams abroad list between $0.06 and $0.80 for each polygon.
Get quotes for this jobThe calculation behind this
The published low and high price for that label type gets multiplied by the label count. Another review adds 20 to 50 percent, while a US team costs two to four times the outside-US range.
Prices for polygons come from AnnotationBox for the low end and Habile Data for the high end.
Prices for pixel masks come from Habile Data for the low end and GDS Online for the high end.
Prices for bounding boxes come from Label Your Data for the low end and Habile Data for the high end.
Prices for image tags come from Kili Technology for the low end and BasicAI for the high end.
Choosing polygons or masks
For things with clear edges, like roofs and fields, polygons work well. Because each pixel needs a class, pixel masks fit land cover; examples include water, forest or road.
Vendors listing this work
Audit names explained
- SOC 2 a check by an outside auditor of how a company protects its clients' files. Type I checks a single day; Type II checks several months, so it tells you more.
- ISO 27001 a worldwide data-safety standard; an independent auditor confirms the company follows it.
- ISO 9001 checks the steps a company uses to keep its work consistent. It does not cover keeping your files safe.
- HIPAA a US law that protects patients' medical records.
- GDPR the EU's data protection law.
| Company | Based in | Kinds of files | Audits and laws it names | How it prices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scale AIscale.com | San Francisco, California | Photos, Video, Text, 3D laser scans (LiDAR), Satellite and map images, Rating AI chatbot answers | SOC 2 Type II | Per project |
| CloudFactorycloudfactory.com | Reading, England | Photos, Video, Text, Satellite and map images | ISO 9001, ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR | You agree a yearly budget with them and pay only for the work they finish; a few of your files labeled free as a test |
| Label Your Datalabelyourdata.com | Wilmington, Delaware | Photos, Text, Sound, 3D laser scans (LiDAR), Satellite and map images | ISO 27001, GDPR | From $0.02 per box, or from $6 for each hour a labeler works; free trial job; no setup fees |
| Innodatainnodata.com | Ridgefield Park, New Jersey | Photos, Video, Text, Sound, 3D laser scans (LiDAR), Medical scans, Satellite and map images, Rating AI chatbot answers | ISO 9001, ISO 27001 | Per project |
Most companies first look at a sample of your files, then give you one price for the whole job ("per project"). Fill in the short form one time and get prices back from three of them.
Common questions about geospatial annotation services
What is the cost of annotating satellite images?
Offshore price lists put polygons at $0.06 to $0.80 each; pixel masks are $0.20 to $3.00 for every image tile.
Which companies handle labeling for satellite and aerial photos?
On their own sites, Scale AI, CloudFactory, Label Your Data and Innodata say they do this work. In the vendor table, each row shows where the company is based and the way it prices a job.
Can I try a vendor before signing?
Yes. A sample set gets a free review from CloudFactory; Label Your Data runs a pilot at no charge. The others usually expect a small paid trial job; use the brief to ask for one.
Send one brief, hear from three vendors
Describe your data once and we pass it to three annotation vendors that label that kind of data, so you can compare quotes side by side.
- One short form instead of three sales calls
- Matched on data type, volume and security needs
- You choose who to talk to