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The following announcement is from [ICDAR]. Please contact them directly if you have any questions.
After a successful 2024 edition, we are pleased to announce the 2025 edition of the ICDAR Competition on Map Text Detection, Recognition, and Linking. This edition still focuses on text detection and recognition in challenging historical map images, and introduces several new features:
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expanded data for the French Land Registers dataset
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addition of a new Taiwanese maps dataset from the GIS Center at Academia Sinica, featuring Chinese characters
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release of large synthetic training data for each dataset
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improved evaluation metrics and indicators for better feedback
We would like to invite you to register and participate using the following links:
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Official competition platform: https://rrc.cvc.uab.es/?ch=32
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Receive updates by email: https://groups.google.com/g/icdar25-maptext-news
This competition is organized by experienced competition organizers from the following organizations: University of Minnesota (USA), Grinnell College (USA), Univ Gustave Eiffel, ENSG, IGN, LASTIG (France), EHESS (France), EPITA (France), Academia Sinica (Taiwan).
Looking forward to benchmarking your innovative solutions!
— ICDAR 2025 MapText Organizers
Published on January 13th, 2025Last updated on January 13th, 2025