The discrete and proportion maps of the Land Cover 100m version 1 products were assessed quantitatively and qualitatively.
The discrete map was compared visually to other global land cover maps from the Land Cover activity of ESA's Climate Change Initiative (LC-CCI for year 2015) and by the National Geomatics Centre of China (GlobeLand30), showing improvements in Global Land's map over the other two.
The discrete and proportion maps were further assessed using a statistical reference dataset with 3343 sample sites.
According to the results of these assessments, the Land Cover products are in “demonstration” stage.
Only available for one year (2015).
Tsendbazar, N. - E. ; Herold, M. ; de Bruin, S. ; Lesiv, M. ; Fritz, S. ; Van De Kerchove, R. ; Buchhorn, M. ; Duerauer, M. ; Szantoi, Z. ; Pekel, J. - F. Developing and applying a multi-purpose land cover validation dataset for Africa. Remote Sensing of Environment 2018, 219, 298 - 309.