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Abstract Details
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Activity Number:
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86
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Sunday, July 31, 2011 : 4:00 PM to 5:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistics and the Environment
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| Abstract - #302129 |
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Title:
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Assessing the Accuracy of a Thematic Map
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Author(s):
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Patrick Zimmerman*+
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Companies:
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Address:
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Forest Service, Saint Paul, MN, 55117, United States
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Keywords:
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survey sampling ;
environmental surveys ;
thematic accuracy
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Abstract:
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Rigorous statistical approaches to assessing the accuracy of thematic maps have become increasingly popular in the field of remote sensing. This talk will present an accuracy assessment of a land cover map of the Lake Superior and Lake Michigan drainage basins as a case study. Issues related to sampling design and estimation procedures will be discussed.
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