Land cover change in Scotland

| Air photo interpretation | Digitising | Scale and resolution of mapping | Data validation | Stratification | Accuracy assessment | Sampling | Data analysis |

Monitoring Land Cover Change  - Methodology

Validation

GIS software was employed to build vector data files (i.e. data in the form of lines, points and areas) and to check for data errors. Automated error checking and manual correction were repeated until no known digitising errors remained.

Shetland Islands sample square

 

 


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