A methodology for translating positional error into measures of attribute error, and combining the two error sources

Proceedings of ACCURACY 2006 - 7th International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 3-17

  Carmel, Yohay ^a   Flather, Curtis ^b   Dean, Denis ^c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Attribute accuracy; Combined Location Classification model; Positional accuracy; Post classification change detection; Thematic accuracy

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; LINEAR ALGEBRA; NATURAL RESOURCES; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY; CHANGE DETECTION; CLASSIFICATION MODELS; POSITIONAL ACCURACY; THEMATIC ACCURACIES;

ERRORS;

EID: 84959333415     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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