Title
Comparative assessment of thematic accuracy of GLC maps for specific applications using existing reference data
Abstract
•We re-use the Globcover-2005 reference dataset in comparative accuracy assessments.•The thematic accuracies of the Globcover, LC-CCI and MODIS maps were compared.•The map accuracies were assessed in terms of 5 user-applications.•We identified improvement priorities of the global land cover maps.•There is no single-figure accuracy estimate expressing map fitness for all purposes.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1016/j.jag.2015.08.009
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
Keywords
Field
DocType
Global land cover,Accuracy assessment,Comparison,Reference dataset,User applications,Weighted accuracy assessment
Reference data (financial markets),Vegetation,Confusion,General Circulation Model,Thematic map,Classifier (linguistics),Land cover,Geography,Cartography
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
44
0303-2434
3
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.47
3
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
nandinerdene tsendbazar1114.87
Sytze de Bruin28112.35
B. Mora330.47
L. Schouten430.47
herold martin510126.05