Export Annotations

The Export section allows generating datasets from the selected raster and annotation layer, with configurable tiling and format parameters.

QGeoAI QAnnotate export

Raster Source

  • Raster to Export field: select a raster from the project.
  • By default, the raster selected is the one chosen in the Preparation tab > Raster to Annotate.

Annotation Layer

  • Select the annotation layer to export.
  • By default, this is the layer used during annotation.

Export Mode

  • Two options:
  • - Create a new dataset
  • - Append to existing dataset
  • If Append to existing dataset is selected, a check is performed to ensure the raster and tiling parameters match the existing dataset.

Tiling Parameters

  • Tile width (px), Tile height (px), Stride X (px), Stride Y (px).

Export Parameters

  • Image format: tif, png, jpg.
  • Annotation format: coco json, mask (semantic segmentation), yolo11, yolo11-obb, yolo11-seg.
  • If mask is selected: new field Mask format (tif, png).
  • If a YOLO format is selected: option Enable train/val split with Validation ratio (%) field if enabled.
  • Option Export empty tiles to include tiles without annotations.

Output Folder

  • Select the folder where exported files will be saved.
  • Click Launch Export to start the export process.