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Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 15:24:46 +0100
From: "Comber, A.J." <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: anderson et al 1976
Does anyone know where the magic figure of at least 85% accuracy, as
first stated in Anderson et al (1976, ref below), in land cover and land
use categories came from?
It cannot have been plucked out of the air!
Lex Comber
REVIGIS Project,
Department of Geography,
University of Leicester,
Leicester LE1 7RH
Tel: +44 (0)116 252 3859
Fax: +44 (0)116 252 3854
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Anderson, J. R., Hardy, E. E., Roach, J. T. and Witmer, R. E., 1976, "A
Land Use and Land Cover Classification System for Use with Remote Sensor
Data," U.S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 964, p 28, Reston, VA.
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