Table 8 Summary of most and least accurately classified tertiary dominant land cover classes 2009–2013

From: Mapping dominant annual land cover from 2009 to 2013 across Victoria, Australia using satellite imagery

TDLC

User accuracy notes

Producer accuracy notes

Most accurately classified classes 2009–2013

Water

User accuracy >94% 2009–2013

Producer accuracy >80% except in 2013 (34.6%) and 2010 (69.4%)

Native woody cover

User accuracy >75% in 2010 and 2011, 67.5% in 2012 and <65% in 2013 and 2009

Producer accuracy >80% except in 2013 (69.5%)

Deciduous woody horticulture

User accuracy >74% 2009–2013

Producer accuracy >75% 2009–2013

Hardwood plantations

User accuracy >72% except in 2012 (63.2%)

Producer accuracy >66% except in 2012 (38.7%)

Softwood plantations

User accuracy >75% except for 2012 (68.8%) and 2013 (70.6%)

Producer accuracy >70% except in 2012 (48.7%)

Least accurately classified classes 2009–2013

Brassicas

User accuracy <62% 2009–2013

Producer accuracy <61% 2009–2013

Cereals

User accuracy <65% 2009–2013

Variable producer accuracy; >83% in 2013 and 2012, 77.4% in 2009, and <47% in 2010 and 2011

Non-woody horticulture

User accuracy <33% except for 2011 (92.3%) and 2012 (80%)

Producer accuracy <40% 2009–2013

Evergreen woody horticulture

Variable user accuracy; <70% in 2009, 2011 and 2013, 77.8% in 2010 and 85.7% in 2012

Producer accuracy <58% 2009–2013

Bare or non-photosynthetic vegetation

User accuracy <66% except in 2012 (80%) and 2009 (85.7%)

Producer accuracy <25% 2009–2012