Assessing the Accuracy of Remotely Sensed Data: Principles and Practices by Russell G. Congalton, Kass Green

From the Publisher

The field of accuracy assessment of maps derived from remotely sensed data has continued to grow since the first edition of this groundbreaking book published in 1999. As a result, this much-anticipated new edition was significantly expanded and enhanced to reflect growth in the field. This revision includes four new chapters on such topics as positional accuracy and using accuracy assessment as an intermediate step in image classification. Additionally, the authors devote an entire chapter to the fuzzy accuracy assessment process and include a 16-page color insert. A new case study represents current complications and issues of interest, while a new order of chapters makes the presentation more effective.

Booknews

Explains principles and practical considerations of designing and conducting accuracy assessment, walking through steps of sample design, collecting data, building and testing the error matrix, and analyzing the results. An overview chapter discusses the history and basic concepts of accuracy assessment, a chapter on advanced topics discusses fuzzy logic and the assessment of multilayered and multitemporal map layers, and a final chapter presents a case study. For anyone who works with remotely sensed data to produce maps. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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