Quantifying Spatial Uncertainty in Natural Resources: Theory and Applications for GIS and Remote Sensing

by Congalton; Russell G.

• ISBN13: 9781575041315
• ISBN10: 1575041316
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780203305584
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-03-01
• Publisher: CRC Press
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Summary

This book will be useful both to those new to spatial uncertainty assessment and to experienced practitioners.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Past, Present, and Future of Uncertainty Analysis	xv
H. Todd Mowrer
Russell G. Congalton
Section I. Accuracy Assessment Issues
Communicating the Results of Accuracy Assessment: Metadata, Digital Libraries, and Assessing Fitness for Use	3	(14)
Michael F. Goodchild
From Data Accuracy to Data Quality: Using Spatial Statistics to Predict the Implications of Spatial Error in Point Data	17	(20)
Adam Lewis
Michael F. Hutchinson
Generalized Linear Mixed Models for Analyzing Error in a Satellite-Based Vegetation Map of Utah	37	(8)
Gretchen G. Moisen
D. Richard Cutler
Thomas C. Edwards
Increasing Spatial Precision and Accuracy for Monitoring Peatlands in Switzerland by Remote Sensing Techniques	45	(8)
Michael Kohl
Hans Jorg Schnellbacher
Andreas Grunig
The Effect of Uncertain Locations on Disease Cluster Statistics	53	(12)
Geoffrey M. Jacquez
Lance A. Waller
Double Sampling for Area Estimation and Map Accuracy Assessment	65	(14)
Francisco Javier Gallego
Accuracy Assessments and Areal Estimates Using Two-Phase Stratified Random Sampling, Cluster Plots, and the Multivariate Composite Estimator	79	(24)
Raymond L. Czaplewski
Section II. Modeling Spatial and Temporal Uncertainty
Acquisition of Spatial Data by Forest Management Agencies	103	(8)
Michael J.C. Weir
Choosing Between Abrupt and Gradual Spatial Variation?	111	(8)
Gerard B.M. Heuvelink
Johan A. Huisman
Modeling the Spatial Distribution of Ten Tree Species in Pennsylvania	119	(18)
Rachel Riemann Hershey
Realistic Spatial Models: The Accurate Mapping of Environmental Factors Based on Synecological Coordinates	137	(14)
Margaret R. Holdaway
Gary J. Brand
Discrete Polygons or a Continuous Surface: Which is the Appropriate Way to Model Forests Cartographically?	151	(10)
Kim Lowell
Statistical Models of Landscape Pattern and the Effects of Coarse Spatial Resolution on Estimation of Area with Satellite Imagery	161	(10)
Christine A. Hlavka
The Simultaneous Nature of Tree Growth Models	171	(12)
Hubert Hasenauer
Robert A. Monserud
Timothy G. Gregoire
Incorporating Soil Variability into a Spatially Distributed Model of Percolate Accounting	183	(20)
Andrew S. Rogowski
Analyzing Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Plant Populations and Vegetation	203	(10)
Paul Braun
Heiko Balzter
Wolfgang Kohler
Space-Time Statistical Modeling of Environmental Data	213	(24)
Christopher K. Wikle
Noel Cressie
Index	237