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Table 2 Evaluation of the accuracy of land cover maps

From: Dynamic of land use and vegetation change in the eastern bank of Bénoué (North Cameroon)

Bibemi

Rey-Bouba

Evaluation of Kappa Index

Land cover years

Kappa coefficient (K)

Overall accuracy (%)

Kappa coefficient (K)

Overall accuracy (%)

 

1991

1.00

100

0.98

98.61

K > 0.81 Excellent

0.61 < k < 0.8 Good

0.41 < k < 0.6 Moderate

0.21 < k < 0.4 Poor

2006

1.00

100

88.55

91

2021

0.99

99.38

0.99

99.74