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Table 2 Error matrix (confusion matrix) for the 2014 classification map

From: Land use/land cover changes and their environmental implications in the Gelana sub-watershed of Northern highlands of Ethiopia

Classified data

Reference data

BL

CL

FL

GL

SL

UA

WL

Row total

User’s accuracy

BL

52

3

2

1

0

1

0

59

88.1

CL

6

97

4

3

5

3

3

121

80.2

FL

0

1

65

2

9

0

0

77

84.4

GL

2

5

2

56

3

0

1

69

81.2

SL

0

9

3

4

75

0

0

91

82.4

UA

0

4

0

0

0

52

0

56

92.9

WL

0

1

0

0

0

 

46

47

97.9

Column total

60

120

76

66

92

56

50

520

 

Producer’s accuracy

86.7

80.8

85.5

84.8

81.5

92.9

92.0

  
  1. Over all accuracy = 85.19%, kappa coefficient = 0.82
  2. BL Bare land, CL cultivated and rural settlement land, FL forest land, GL grass land, SL shrub land, UA urban built up area, WL wet land
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