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Good practices for object-based accuracy assessment
Radoux, J.; Bogaert, P. (2017). Good practices for object-based accuracy assessment. Remote Sens. 9(7): 646. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs9070646
In: Remote Sensing. MDPI: Basel. ISSN 2072-4292; e-ISSN 2072-4292, more
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Author keywords
    GEOBIA; response design; sampling design; sampling unit; overall accuracy; quality assessment; legend; polygons; spatial regions; spatial entities

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Abstract
    Thematic accuracy assessment of a map is a necessary condition for the comparison of research results and the appropriate use of geographic data analysis. Good practices of accuracy assessment already exist, but Geographic Object-Based Image Analysis (GEOBIA) is based on a partition of the spatial area of interest into polygons, which leads to specific issues. In this study, additional guidelines for the validation of object-based maps are provided. These guidelines include recommendations about sampling design, response design and analysis, as well as the evaluation of structural and positional quality. Different types of GEOBIA applications are considered with their specific issues. In particular, accuracy assessment could either focus on the count of spatial entities or on the area of the map that is correctly classified. Two practical examples are given at the end of the manuscript.

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