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Assessing the accuracy of remotely sensed data : principles and practices /

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The past 10 years have brought amazing changes to the technologies used to turn remotely sensed data into maps. As a result, the principles and practices necessary for assessing the accuracy of those maps have also evolved and matured. This third edition of Assessing the Accuracy of Remotely Sensed...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Congalton, Russell G., 1957- (Author), Green, Kass (Author)
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2019]
Edition:Third editon.
Subjects:
Remote sensing > Evaluation.
Télédétection > Évaluation.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Mechanical.
MATHEMATICS > Probability & Statistics > General.
TECHNOLOGY > Environmental Engineering & Technology.
TECHNOLOGY > Imaging Systems.
Remote sensing > Evaluation
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The history of map accuracy assessment
  • Planning for conducting an accuracy assessment
  • Positional accuracy
  • Thematic map accuracy basics
  • Thematic map accuracy assessment considerations
  • Reference data collection
  • Basic analysis techniques
  • Analysis of differences in the error matrix
  • Fuzzy accuracy assessment
  • Object-based or polygon accuracy assessment
  • An object-based accuracy assessment case study : The Grand Canyon National Park/Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument Vegetation Classification and Mapping Project
  • The California Hardwood Rangeland Project
  • Advanced topics
  • Summary and conclusions.