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 The paper presents the outcomes of the uncertainty investigation of a long-term forest cover change analysis in the Polish Carpathians (nearly 20,000 km2) and Swiss Alps (nearly 10,000 km2) based on topographic maps. Following Leyk et al. (2005) all possible uncertainties are grouped into three domains - production-oriented, transformation- oriented and application-oriented. We show typical examples for each uncertainty domain, encountered during the forest cover change analysis and discuss consequences for change detection. Finally, a proposal for reliability assessment is presented.
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The paper presents the outcomes of the uncertainty investigation of a long-term forest cover change analysis in the Polish Carpathians (nearly 20,000 km2) and Swiss Alps (nearly 10,000 km2) based on topographic maps. Following Leyk et al. (2005) all possible uncertainties are grouped into three domains - production-oriented, transformation- oriented and application-oriented. We show typical examples for each uncertainty domain, encountered during the forest cover change analysis and discuss consequences for change detection. Finally, a proposal for reliability assessment is presented.

Uncertainty in Historical Land-Use Reconstructions with Topographic Maps

Institute of Geography and Spatial Management, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland

Research Unit Landscape Dynamics, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland

Quaestiones Geographicae

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The paper presents the outcomes of the uncertainty investigation of a long-term forest cover change analysis in the Polish Carpathians (nearly 20,000 km2) and...

Uncertainty in Historical Land-Use Reconstructions with Topographic Maps

Publié en ligne: 19 sept. 2014

Pages: 55 - 63

Reçu: 29 mai 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2014-0029

Mots clés
forest cover change, uncertainty, topographic maps, the Carpathians, the Alps

© Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Uncertainty in Historical Land-Use Reconstructions with Topographic Maps

Publié en ligne: 19 sept. 2014

Pages: 55 - 63

Reçu: 29 mai 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2014-0029

Mots clésforest cover change, uncertainty, topographic maps, the Carpathians, the Alps

© Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
forest cover change, uncertainty, topographic maps, the Carpathians, the Alps