diff --git a/configs/dataset/potsdam.yaml b/configs/dataset/potsdam.yaml
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+_target_: pangaea.datasets.potsdam.Potsdam
+dataset_name: Potsdam
+root_path: ./data/potsdam
+download_url: https://seafile.projekt.uni-hannover.de/f/429be50cc79d423ab6c4/
+download_password: CjwcipT4-P8g
+auto_download: True
+
+img_size: 512
+multi_temporal: False
+multi_modal: False
+
+ignore_index: 5 # ignore clutter/background class
+num_classes: 6
+classes:
+  - Imprevious surfaces
+  - Building
+  - Low vegetation
+  - Tree
+  - Car
+  - Clutter/background
+
+distribution:
+  - 0.28696548
+  - 0.2480703
+  - 0.22074268
+  - 0.15313488
+  - 0.01706169
+  - 0.04752915
+
+bands:
+  optical:
+    - B8
+    - B4
+    - B3
+
+data_mean:
+  optical:
+    - 97.63989512
+    - 92.5452277
+    - 85.91596489
+
+data_std:
+  optical:
+    - 36.24336011
+    - 35.37055381
+    - 36.7770995
+
+data_max:
+  optical:
+    - 255.0
+    - 255.0
+    - 255.0
+
+data_min:
+  optical:
+    - 0.0
+    - 1.0
+    - 1.0
diff --git a/pangaea/datasets/potsdam.py b/pangaea/datasets/potsdam.py
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+import pathlib
+from glob import glob
+import os
+import urllib
+import urllib.request
+import requests 
+import shutil 
+
+import numpy as np
+import torch
+from torchvision.io import read_image, ImageReadMode
+from torchvision.transforms import v2
+import zipfile 
+from tqdm import tqdm
+from PIL import Image
+
+from omegaconf import OmegaConf
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+from pangaea.datasets.utils import DownloadProgressBar
+from pangaea.datasets.base import RawGeoFMDataset
+
+
+class Potsdam(RawGeoFMDataset):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        download_url: str,
+        auto_download: bool,
+        download_password: str,
+        split: str,
+        dataset_name: str,
+        multi_modal: bool,
+        multi_temporal: int,
+        root_path: str,
+        classes: list,
+        num_classes: int,
+        ignore_index: int,
+        img_size: int,
+        bands: dict[str, list[str]],
+        distribution: list[int],
+        data_mean: dict[str, list[str]],
+        data_std: dict[str, list[str]],
+        data_min: dict[str, list[str]],
+        data_max: dict[str, list[str]],
+    ):
+        """Initialize the ISPRS Potsdam dataset.
+            Link: https://www.isprs.org/education/benchmarks/UrbanSemLab/2d-sem-label-potsdam.aspx
+
+        Args:
+            download_url (str): url to download the dataset.
+            auto_download (bool): whether to download the dataset automatically.
+            download_password (str): password to download the dataset.
+            split (str): split of the dataset (train, val, test).
+            dataset_name (str): dataset name.
+            multi_modal (bool): if the dataset is multi-modal.
+            multi_temporal (int): number of temporal frames.
+            root_path (str): root path of the dataset.
+            classes (list): classes of the dataset.
+            num_classes (int): number of classes.
+            ignore_index (int): index to ignore for metrics and loss.
+            img_size (int): size of the image.
+            bands (dict[str, list[str]]): bands of the dataset.
+            distribution (list[int]): class distribution.
+            data_mean (dict[str, list[str]]): mean for each band for each modality.
+            Dictionary with keys as the modality and values as the list of means.
+            e.g. {"s2": [b1_mean, ..., bn_mean], "s1": [b1_mean, ..., bn_mean]}
+            data_std (dict[str, list[str]]): str for each band for each modality.
+            Dictionary with keys as the modality and values as the list of stds.
+            e.g. {"s2": [b1_std, ..., bn_std], "s1": [b1_std, ..., bn_std]}
+            data_min (dict[str, list[str]]): min for each band for each modality.
+            Dictionary with keys as the modality and values as the list of mins.
+            e.g. {"s2": [b1_min, ..., bn_min], "s1": [b1_min, ..., bn_min]}
+            data_max (dict[str, list[str]]): max for each band for each modality.
+            Dictionary with keys as the modality and values as the list of maxs.
+            e.g. {"s2": [b1_max, ..., bn_max], "s1": [b1_max, ..., bn_max]}
+            download_url (str): url to download the dataset.
+            auto_download (bool): whether to download the dataset automatically.
+        """
+        self.download_password = download_password
+
+        super(Potsdam, self).__init__(
+            split=split,
+            dataset_name=dataset_name,
+            multi_modal=multi_modal,
+            multi_temporal=multi_temporal,
+            root_path=root_path,
+            classes=classes,
+            num_classes=num_classes,
+            ignore_index=ignore_index,
+            img_size=img_size,
+            bands=bands,
+            distribution=distribution,
+            data_mean=data_mean,
+            data_std=data_std,
+            data_min=data_min,
+            data_max=data_max,
+            download_url=download_url,
+            auto_download=auto_download,
+        )
+
+        self.data_mean = data_mean
+        self.data_std = data_std
+        self.data_min = data_min
+        self.data_max = data_max
+        self.classes = classes
+        self.img_size = img_size
+        self.distribution = distribution
+        self.num_classes = num_classes
+        self.ignore_index = ignore_index
+
+        self.root_path = pathlib.Path(root_path)
+        self.split = split
+        self.image_dir = self.root_path.joinpath(split)
+        self.image_list = sorted(glob(str(self.image_dir.joinpath("images", "*.png"))))
+        self.mask_list = sorted(glob(str(self.image_dir.joinpath("labels", "*.png"))))
+
+        self.class_colors = [(255,255,255), (0,0,255), (0,255,255), (0,255,0), (255,255,0), (255,0,0)]
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        return len(self.image_list)
+
+    def __getitem__(self, index):
+        image = read_image(pathlib.Path(self.image_list[index]))
+        target = read_image(
+            pathlib.Path(self.mask_list[index])
+        )
+        # target is a rgb image with each class as a different color
+        # convert to a single channel image with each pixel as the class index
+        target = torch.argmax(
+            torch.stack(
+                [
+                    torch.all(target == torch.tensor(color).view(3, 1, 1), dim=0).long()
+                    for color in self.class_colors
+                ]
+            ),
+            dim=0,
+        )
+
+        # Convert the image and target to supported types
+        image = v2.ToDtype(torch.float32)(image)  # Convert to float32
+        target = v2.ToDtype(torch.int64)(target)  # Convert to int64 (since it's a mask)
+
+        target = target.long()
+
+        # Handle invalid data if any
+        invalid_mask = torch.isnan(image)
+        image[invalid_mask] = 5
+
+        # image must have C T H W format, add time dimension
+        image = image.unsqueeze(1)
+
+        return {
+            "image": {
+                "optical": image,
+            },
+            "target": target,
+            "metadata": {},
+        }
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def download(self, silent=False):
+        s = requests.session()
+        # fetch tokens
+        response = s.get(self.download_url)
+        html = response.text
+
+        # sfcrsf_token = response.headers.get("Set-Cookie").split(";")[0].split("=")[1]
+        crsf_middleware_token = html.split("name=\"csrfmiddlewaretoken\" value=\"")[1].split("\"")[0]
+        token = html.split("name=\"token\" value=\"")[1].split("\"")[0]
+
+        data = {
+                "csrfmiddlewaretoken": crsf_middleware_token,
+                "token": token,
+                "password": self.download_password,
+            }
+
+
+        out_dir = self.root_path
+        # ensure the directory exists
+        os.makedirs(out_dir, exist_ok=True)
+
+        pbar = DownloadProgressBar()
+
+        try:
+            with s.post(self.download_url+"?dl=1", data=data, stream=True, headers={'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'}) as response:
+                response.raise_for_status()
+
+                tot_size = int(response.headers['Content-Length'])
+                with open(os.path.join(out_dir, "potsdam.zip"), 'wb') as f:
+                    for i, chunk in enumerate(response.iter_content(chunk_size=8192)):
+                        f.write(chunk)
+                        pbar(i,8192,tot_size)
+                
+        except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as e:
+            print('Error while downloading dataset: The server couldn\'t fulfill the request.')
+            print('Error code: ', e.code)
+            return
+
+        except requests.exceptions.InvalidURL as e:
+            print('Error while downloading dataset: Failed to reach a server.')
+            print('Reason: ', e.reason)
+            return
+        
+        out_dir = self.root_path
+        # unzip
+        print("Extracting inner archives...")
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(os.path.join(out_dir, "potsdam.zip"), 'r') as zip_ref:
+            zip_ref.extract("Potsdam/5_Labels_for_participants.zip", os.path.join(out_dir, "raw"))
+            zip_ref.extract("Potsdam/5_Labels_all.zip", os.path.join(out_dir, "raw"))
+            zip_ref.extract("Potsdam/3_Ortho_IRRG.zip", os.path.join(out_dir, "raw"))
+
+        print("Extracting train labels...")
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(os.path.join(out_dir, "raw", "Potsdam", "5_Labels_for_participants.zip"), 'r') as zip_ref:
+            zip_ref.extractall(os.path.join(out_dir,"raw", "5_Labels_for_participants"))
+
+        print("Extracting test labels...")
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(os.path.join(out_dir, "raw","Potsdam", "5_Labels_all.zip"), 'r') as zip_ref:
+            zip_ref.extractall(os.path.join(out_dir,"raw", "5_Labels_all"))
+        
+        print("Extracting images...")
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(os.path.join(out_dir, "raw","Potsdam", "3_Ortho_IRRG.zip"), 'r') as zip_ref:
+            zip_ref.extractall(os.path.join(out_dir,"raw", "3_Ortho_IRRG"))
+        
+        os.rename(os.path.join(out_dir, "raw", "3_Ortho_IRRG", "3_Ortho_IRRG"), os.path.join(out_dir, "raw", "3_Ortho_IRRG", "3_Ortho_IRRG_1"))
+        shutil.move(os.path.join(out_dir, "raw", "3_Ortho_IRRG", "3_Ortho_IRRG_1"), os.path.join(out_dir, "raw"))
+        os.removedirs(os.path.join(out_dir, "raw", "3_Ortho_IRRG"))
+        os.rename(os.path.join(out_dir, "raw", "3_Ortho_IRRG_1"), os.path.join(out_dir, "raw", "3_Ortho_IRRG"))
+
+        os.rename(os.path.join(out_dir, "raw", "5_Labels_for_participants", "5_Labels_for_participants"), os.path.join(out_dir, "raw", "5_Labels_for_participants_1"))
+        shutil.move(os.path.join(out_dir, "raw", "5_Labels_for_participants", "5_Labels_for_participants_1"), os.path.join(out_dir, "raw"))
+        os.removedirs(os.path.join(out_dir, "raw", "5_Labels_for_participants"))
+        os.rename(os.path.join(out_dir, "raw", "5_Labels_for_participants_1"), os.path.join(out_dir, "raw", "5_Labels_for_participants"))
+
+        images = os.listdir(os.path.join(out_dir, "raw", "3_Ortho_IRRG"))
+        labels = os.listdir(os.path.join(out_dir, "raw", "5_Labels_all"))
+        labels_train = os.listdir(os.path.join(out_dir, "raw", "5_Labels_for_participants"))
+
+        images, labels, labels_train = [list(filter(lambda x: x.endswith(".tif"), data)) for data in [images, labels, labels_train]]
+
+        train_numbers = [image_number(filename) for filename in labels_train]
+        test_numbers = [image_number(filename) for filename in labels if image_number(filename) not in train_numbers]
+
+        os.makedirs(f"{out_dir}/train/images")
+        os.makedirs(f"{out_dir}/train/labels")
+        os.makedirs(f"{out_dir}/test/images")
+        os.makedirs(f"{out_dir}/test/labels")
+        print("tiling train images...")
+        i = 0
+        for full_size_image_number in tqdm(train_numbers):
+            image = Image.open(f"{out_dir}/raw/3_Ortho_IRRG/{image_filename(full_size_image_number)}")
+            label = Image.open(f"{out_dir}/raw/5_Labels_all/{label_filename(full_size_image_number)}")
+            image = np.array(image)
+            label = np.array(label)
+            image_tiles = tile_image(image)
+            label_tiles = tile_image(label)
+            save_folder = "train"
+            for image_tile, label_tile in zip(image_tiles, label_tiles):
+                Image.fromarray(image_tile).save(f"{out_dir}/{save_folder}/images/{i}.png")
+                Image.fromarray(label_tile).save(f"{out_dir}/{save_folder}/labels/{i}.png")
+                i += 1
+        
+        print("tiling val images...")
+        i = 0
+        for full_size_image_number in tqdm(test_numbers):
+            image = Image.open(f"{out_dir}/raw/3_Ortho_IRRG/{image_filename(full_size_image_number)}")
+            label = Image.open(f"{out_dir}/raw/5_Labels_all/{label_filename(full_size_image_number)}")
+            image = np.array(image)
+            label = np.array(label)
+            image_tiles = tile_image(image)
+            label_tiles = tile_image(label)
+            save_folder = "val"
+            for image_tile, label_tile in zip(image_tiles, label_tiles):
+                Image.fromarray(image_tile).save(f"{out_dir}/{save_folder}/images/{i}.png")
+                Image.fromarray(label_tile).save(f"{out_dir}/{save_folder}/labels/{i}.png")
+                i += 1
+        
+        os.remove(os.path.join(out_dir, "potsdam.zip"))
+        shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(out_dir, "raw"))
+    
+def tile_image(image, tile_size=512, overlap=128):
+    stride = tile_size - overlap
+    tiles = []
+    for y in range(0, image.shape[0] - tile_size + 1, stride):
+        for x in range(0, image.shape[1] - tile_size + 1, stride):
+            tile = image[y:y + tile_size, x:x + tile_size]
+            tiles.append(tile)
+    return tiles
+
+def image_number(filename:str) -> str:
+    return filename.split("_")[-3]+"_"+filename.split("_")[-2]
+
+def image_filename(number:str) -> str:
+    return f"top_potsdam_{number}_IRRG.tif"
+
+def label_filename(number:str) -> str:
+    return f"top_potsdam_{number}_label.tif"