arXiv:2511.00345v1 Announce Type: cross 
Abstract: Accurate and up-to-date geospatial data are essential for urban planning, infrastructure monitoring, and environmental management. Yet, automating urban monitoring remains difficult because curated datasets of specific urban features and their changes are scarce. We introduce OSMGen, a generative framework that creates realistic satellite imagery directly from raw OpenStreetMap (OSM) data. Unlike prior work that relies on raster tiles, OSMGen uses the full richness of OSM JSON, including vector geometries, semantic tags, location, and time, giving fine-grained control over how scenes are generated. A central feature of the framework is the ability to produce consistent before-after image pairs: user edits to OSM inputs translate into targeted visual changes, while the rest of the scene is preserved. This makes it possible to generate training data that addresses scarcity and class imbalance, and to give planners a simple way to preview proposed interventions by editing map data. More broadly, OSMGen produces paired (JSON, image) data for both static and changed states, paving the way toward a closed-loop system where satellite imagery can automatically drive structured OSM updates. Source code is available at https://github.com/amir-zsh/OSMGen.

OSMGen هو إطار مبتكر يقوم بإنشاء صور فضائية واقعية باستخدام بيانات OpenStreetMap الخام. هذه الابتكار يعالج تحديات المراقبة الحضرية من خلال توفير بيانات جغرافية دقيقة ومحدثة، وهي ضرورية للتخطيط الحضري وإدارة البنية التحتية.

OSMGen es un marco innovador que genera imágenes satelitales realistas utilizando datos en bruto de OpenStreetMap. Esta innovación aborda los desafíos de la monitorización urbana al proporcionar datos geoespaciales precisos y actualizados, que son cruciales para la planificación urbana y la gestión de infraestructuras.

OSMGen est un cadre révolutionnaire qui génère des images satellites réalistes à partir de données brutes d'OpenStreetMap. Cette innovation répond aux défis de la surveillance urbaine en fournissant des données géospatiales précises et à jour, essentielles pour la planification urbaine et la gestion des infrastructures.

OSMGen is a groundbreaking framework that generates realistic satellite images using raw OpenStreetMap data. This innovation addresses the challenges of urban monitoring by providing accurate and up-to-date geospatial data, which is crucial for urban planning and infrastructure management.

OSMGen: Highly Controllable Satellite Image Synthesis using OpenStreetMap Data

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