The paper outlines an innovative pedagogical method for training new field mappers. GEco research has uncovered a great need for improving and documenting quality and consistency in vegetation and nature type maps, and we hope this new method can be used to do just that.
Field-based maps are generated by the mapper performing two exercises simultaneously: Classification of land cover to predefined types, and delineation of polygons at a predefined scale. The innovation of the ABC method lies in exposing new field mappers to these exercises in three stages: A) classification of land cover within provided polygons; B) delineation of polygons around provided points that have already been classified; C) a combination of classification and delineation of polygons.
The ABC-method is used to train field mappers in our master-level course BIO4120.
The article is available here.
