Map ORR Land Cover LandsatTM 25m 1994

This raster land cover map was produced by supervised classification of a 1994 Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper scene (Washington-Allen et al. 1995). The accuracy of the supervised classification was assessed by comparing the more than 1,450 points between the classified image and aerial photographs. The overall accuracy of the classified image was 66%. This is the proportion of pixels assigned to the correct classification. Accuracy was highest in the water, evergreen plantation, deciduous forest, urban land, and barren land categories, and lowest in the transitional areas and evergreen forest categories.

Land Cover Legend
0 No Data
1 Water
2 Urban
3 Evergreen Forest
4 Evergreen Plantation
5 Mixed Forest
6 Deciduous Forest
7 Pasture Land
8 Barren Land
9 Clouds and Shadows

Relevant Citations
Washington-Allen, R. A., T. L. Ashwood, S. W. Christensen, H. Offerman, and P. Scarbrough-Luther. 1995. Terrestrial Mapping of the Oak Ridge Reservation: Phase 1. ES/ER/TM-152. Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Washington-Allen, R. A. and T. L. Ashwood. 1996. Terrestrial Habitat Mapping of the Oak Ridge Reservation: 1996 Summary. ES/ER/TM-201. Oak Ridge National Laboratory.