Uncertainty in Historical Land-Use Reconstructions with Topographic Maps

The paper presents the outcomes of the uncertainty investigation of a long-term forest cover change analysis in the Polish Carpathians (nearly 20,000 km ) and Swiss Alps (nearly 10,000 km ) based on topographic maps. Following Leyk et al. (2005) all possible uncertainties are grouped into three doma...

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Published in:Quaestiones geographicae Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 55 - 63
Main Authors: Kaim, Dominik, Kozak, Jacek, Ostafin, Krzysztof, Dobosz, Monika, Ostapowicz, Katarzyna, Kolecka, Natalia, Gimmi, Urs
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Poznan Sciendo 01.09.2014
De Gruyter Brill Sp. z o.o., Paradigm Publishing Services
Subjects:
Deforestation
forest cover change
Land use
the Alps
the Carpathians
Topographic mapping
topographic maps
Topography
uncertainty
ISSN:2081-6383, 2082-2103, 2081-6383
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Summary:The paper presents the outcomes of the uncertainty investigation of a long-term forest cover change analysis in the Polish Carpathians (nearly 20,000 km ) and Swiss Alps (nearly 10,000 km ) based on topographic maps. Following Leyk et al. (2005) all possible uncertainties are grouped into three domains - production-oriented, transformation- oriented and application-oriented. We show typical examples for each uncertainty domain, encountered during the forest cover change analysis and discuss consequences for change detection. Finally, a proposal for reliability assessment is presented.
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ISSN:2081-6383
2082-2103
2081-6383
DOI:10.2478/quageo-2014-0029