Available with Spatial Analyst license.
Available with Image Analyst license.
Summary
Creates randomly sampled points for post-classification accuracy assessment.
A common practice is to randomly select hundreds of points and label their classification types by referencing reliable sources, such as field work or human interpretation of high-resolution imagery. The reference points are then compared with the classification results at the same locations.
Usage
This tool creates a set of random points and assigns a class to them based on reference data.
This tool can also assign a class to the set of points using a previously classified image or a feature class.
After running this tool, you can edit the table if you want to manually assign a class to some or all of the points.
Syntax
CreateAccuracyAssessmentPoints(in_class_data, out_points, {target_field}, {num_random_points}, {sampling})
Parameter | Explanation | Data Type |
in_class_data | The input classification image or other thematic GIS reference data. The input can be a raster or feature class. Typical data is a classification image of a single band, integer data type. If using polygons as input, only use those that are not used as training samples. They can also be GIS land-cover data in shapefile or feature class format. | Raster Layer; Mosaic Layer; Feature Layer |
out_points | The output point shapefile or feature class that contains the random points to be used for accuracy assessment. | Feature Class |
target_field (Optional) |
Specifies whether the input data is a classified image or ground truth data.
| String |
num_random_points (Optional) | The total number of random points that will be generated. The actual number may exceed but never fall below this number, depending on sampling strategy and number of classes. The default number of randomly generated points is 500. | Long |
sampling (Optional) | Specify a sampling scheme to use.
| String |
Code sample
This example creates random points for accuracy assessment.
import arcpy
from arcpy.ia import *
# Check out the ArcGIS Image Analyst extension license
arcpy.CheckOutExtension("ImageAnalyst")
CreateAccuracyAssessmentPoints("c:\\test\\cls.tif", "c:\\test\\apnt1.shp",
"COMPUTED", "1500", "RANDOM")
Environments
Licensing information
- Basic: Requires Image Analyst or Spatial Analyst
- Standard: Requires Image Analyst or Spatial Analyst
- Advanced: Requires Image Analyst or Spatial Analyst