2nd Place Solution to Google Landmark Retrieval 2020

Abstract: This paper presents the 2nd place solution to the Google Landmark Retrieval Competition 2020. We propose a training method of global feature model for landmark retrieval without post-processing, such as local feature and spatial verification. There are two parts in our retrieval method in this competition. This training scheme mainly includes training by increasing margin value of arcmargin loss and increasing image resolution step by step. Models are trained by PaddlePaddle framework and Pytorch framework, and then converted to tensorflow 2.2. Using this method, we got a public score of 0.40176 and a private score of 0.36278 and achieved 2nd place in the Google Landmark Retrieval Competition 2020.