First Map Number of
Categories
Second Map
(Reference)
Number of
Categories
Best GOF
from MapCurves
BATS Landcover 19 Olson Landcover 67 0.9853
USGS Landcover 27 Olson Landcover 67 0.8523
IGBP Landcover 17 USGS Landcover 27 0.7824
Hargrove/Hoffman 200 Hargrove/Hoffman 300 0.7770
IGBP Landcover 17 BATS Landcover 19 0.7561
Bailey Aggregated 11 MLRAs 221 0.7410
BATS Landcover 19 USGS Landcover 27 0.7153
Bailey Aggregated 11 Hargrove/Hoffman 5000 0.7097
Bailey Aggregated 11 Hargrove/Hoffman 500 0.5822
Bailey Aggregated 11 Kuchler Forms 29 0.4606
Bailey Aggregated 11 State borders 59 0.4490
State borders 59 MLRAs 221 0.4088
Bailey Aggregated 11 Olson Landcover 67 0.3879
Hargrove/Hoffman 10 Kuchler Forms 29 0.3858
Hargrove/Hoffman 300 Kuchler Forms 29 0.3843
Bailey Aggregated 11 Hargrove/Hoffman 25 0.3417
Hargrove/Hoffman 10 State borders 59 0.3412
Hargrove/Hoffman 10 Olson Landcover 67 0.3249
Hargrove/Hoffman 10 Bailey Aggregated 11 0.3022
Kuchler Types 116 MLRAs 221 0.2685
Kuchler Types 116 IGBP Landcover 17 0.2632
Kuchler Forms 29 State borders 59 0.2550
Hargrove/Hoffman 25 Kuchler Forms 29 0.2332
Olson Landcover 67 MLRAs 221 0.2049
IGBP Landcover 17 Kuchler Forms 29 0.1985
State borders 59 Olson Landcover 67 0.1204
State borders 59 Random Spray 59 0.0172