Abstract:

The compatibility of land use/land cover maps with ground-truth datasets is very important in accurate and effective land planning. In this study, the accuracy assessment of current global and regional land use/land cover maps has been evaluated for TR21 Thrace Region. 400 reference points are allocated in a stratified random for each land use/land cover class. Using by the Kappa test for Copernicus, ESA, Corine level 1 and level 2 maps, the land use/land cover accuracy was determined as 0.63, 0.83, 0.80, and 0.71 respectively. It has been concluded that the classified maps represent very well the cropland and forest areas that cover a lot of space in the region, however, the accuracy rate is low in shrublands and grasslands. When all maps are evaluated together, it will be very useful to use ESA data at a regional scale and Corine level 2 data at a local scale in spatial planning

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