Validating the map of current semi-natural ecosystem types in Germany and their upscaling using the Kellerwald-Edersee National Park as an example

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Table 2 Quantitative quality characteristics of the map of cEsT Germany 1: 500,000

Quality feature^a	ISO field^b	Feature characteristic
Positional accuracy
Absolute (external) accuracy	117	± 42 m
Thematic accuracy
Classification correctness	125	65% (with 30% of cases in which the specified cEsT occurs in the respective area object as the leading ecosystem type or 35% of cases in which a similar, ecologically close cEsT occurs in the respective area object as the leading ecosystem type)
Completeness
Omission—data absent from a dataset	110	0%
Logical consistency
Conceptual consistency	113	100%
Domain consistency		100%
Temporal accuracy
Temporal validity	123	1991–2010^c