Validation workflow and derived comparison data for: Evaluating the accuracy of the EcoservR toolkit for fine-resolution habitat mapping

Angers-Blondin, Sandra, Bowe, Colm ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7302-3906, Bentley, Luke, Amoakoh, Alex Owusu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8394-1241, Bellis, Joe, Dowdall, Lucy, Bonnin, Noémie, Galata, Stamatia, Branwood, Hannah, Clark, Andrew, Bellamy, Chloe and Partoft, Hanna (2026) Validation workflow and derived comparison data for: Evaluating the accuracy of the EcoservR toolkit for fine-resolution habitat mapping. [Data Collection]

Abstract

This repository contains the validation workflow and derived comparison dataset used in the study Evaluating the accuracy of the EcoservR toolkit for fine-resolution habitat mapping. The materials support full reproducibility of the accuracy assessment conducted for two study areas in northern England (Merseyside and the North York Moors). The deposit includes R scripts used for systematic sampling, spatial intersection of predicted and reference datasets, construction of confusion matrices, area-weighted accuracy estimation following Olofsson et al. (2014), and generation of figures and summary tables. In addition, a non-spatial tabular dataset is provided containing, for each validation point, the predicted habitat class, the reference survey class, and the adjudicated outcome. No spatial geometries or licensed base mapping are included. Due to third-party licensing restrictions associated with Ordnance Survey MasterMap and related products, the underlying habitat basemaps and spatial layers cannot be shared. However, all analytical steps required to reproduce the validation results are fully documented and openly available.

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Creators:	Angers-Blondin, Sandra, Bowe, Colm ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7302-3906, Bentley, Luke, Amoakoh, Alex Owusu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8394-1241, Bellis, Joe, Dowdall, Lucy, Bonnin, Noémie, Galata, Stamatia, Branwood, Hannah, Clark, Andrew, Bellamy, Chloe and Partoft, Hanna
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Wildlife and habitat management
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.24377/LJMU.d.00000256
Division:	Biological & Environmental Sciences (new Sep 19)
Field of Research:	Environmental sciences > Environmental management > Wildlife and habitat management
Date Deposited:	20 Jan 2026 09:44
Last Modified:	20 Jan 2026 09:44
URI:	https://opendata.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/256
Data collection method:	Rule-based spatial analysis and statistical validation workflow implemented in R
Resource language:	English
Metadata language:	English
Collection period:	From To 1 January 2021 31 January 2023