IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/vrs/quageo/v35y2016i3p89-95n8.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Accuracy of the Soil Sealing Enhancement Product for Poland

Author

Listed:
  • Krówczyńska Małgorzata
  • Soszyńska Agnieszka
  • Pabjanek Piotr
  • Wilk Ewa

    (Department of Geoinformatics, Cartography and Remote Sensing, University of Warsaw, Poland)

  • Hurbanek Pavol

    (Geography Department, Catholic University in Ružomberok, Slovakia)

  • Rosina Konstantin

    (Institute of Geography, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia)

Abstract

Increasing urbanization results in constant enlarging of the artificial area closed to water infiltration. In 2006–2008, the Soil Sealing Enhancement (SSE) database was the part of the GMES Fast Track Service on Land Monitoring. The accuracy of the final product set by the authors should reach at least 85%. Orthorectified high resolution aerial photos of Poland were used to develop reference data constituting 20,000 random samples around the country. In each sample, the points were classified into three possible surface classes: natural, artificial and semi-sealed. Comparison of reference data to original project statistics revealed the values of accuracy, commission and omission errors in the SSE dataset. Although, SSE accuracy in Poland fulfils the criteria set by SSE authors with overall accuracy of 99.5%, the individual analysis for each category reveals many weaknesses. Preliminary interpretation of mistakes leads to the conclusion that the spatial resolution of pictures used in the SSE project is insufficient. In several cases, validation proved that omission errors were made in relation to construction sites or recently constructed buildings. It should be stated that the accuracy of SSE product for Poland should be treated as the maximum value of impervious surfaces.

Suggested Citation

  • Krówczyńska Małgorzata & Soszyńska Agnieszka & Pabjanek Piotr & Wilk Ewa & Hurbanek Pavol & Rosina Konstantin, 2016. "Accuracy of the Soil Sealing Enhancement Product for Poland," Quaestiones Geographicae, Sciendo, vol. 35(3), pages 89-95, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:quageo:v:35:y:2016:i:3:p:89-95:n:8
    DOI: 10.1515/quageo-2016-0029
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/quageo-2016-0029
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1515/quageo-2016-0029?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:vrs:quageo:v:35:y:2016:i:3:p:89-95:n:8. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Peter Golla (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.sciendo.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.