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Module 2 Lab: Land Use / Land Cover Classification, Ground Truthing and Accuracy Assessment

 

The above map shows digitized land use/land cover (LULC) classifications for Pascagoula, MS. A set of 30 random sampling points were created post creation of the LULC layer and they were verified in google street view to determine accuracy. Based on these points the LULC model was found to be 86.6% accurate.

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