Table 4 Root Mean Square Errors results comparing the Human Footprint scores with 3114 validation plots globally, and for biomes with at least 100 plots within them.

From: Global terrestrial Human Footprint maps for 1993 and 2009

Region

RMSE

RMSE Global

0.125706

RMSE Boreal

0.164053

RMSE Deserts and xeric shrublands

0.091757

RMSE Montane grasslands

0.121541

RMSE Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

0.175661

RMSE Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

0.085226

RMSE Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

0.121362

RMSE Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

0.142398

RMSE Tundra

0.028995