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Land Cover and Change Map Accuracy Assessment and Area Estimation Good Practices Protocol
A report of Alexandra Tyukavina, Stephen V. Stehman, Giles M. Foody, Sophie Bontemps, Anna Komarova, Nandin-Erdene Tsendbazar, Jaime E. Nickeson: Land Cover and Change Map Accuracy Assessment and Area Estimation Good Practices Protocol, has been published by the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites Working Group on Calibration and Validation Land Product Validation Subgroup Land Cover Focus Area.
The main purpose of these community good practice guidelines is to encourage
correct implementation of land cover map accuracy assessment and area
estimation methods by map producers and to enable map users to correctly interpret the provided map accuracy information. To do so, we provide an overview of key principles of accuracy assessment, recommend specific methods for various components of accuracy assessment published in high quality peer-reviewed studies, and point to potential misapplications of the presented methods that should be avoided.
correct implementation of land cover map accuracy assessment and area
estimation methods by map producers and to enable map users to correctly interpret the provided map accuracy information. To do so, we provide an overview of key principles of accuracy assessment, recommend specific methods for various components of accuracy assessment published in high quality peer-reviewed studies, and point to potential misapplications of the presented methods that should be avoided.