Thematic map comparison: Evaluating the statistical significance of differences in classification accuracy

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 627-633

  Foody, Giles M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAPPING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

MAP ACCURACY; THEMATIC MAPS;

REMOTE SENSING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; REMOTE SENSING; THEMATIC MAPPING;

EID: 3042661357     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14358/PERS.70.5.627     Document Type: Review

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