Science-based guidelines for safe application of vegetation maps derived from satellite imagery

Cara Applestein, Samuel “Jake” Price, and Matt Germino, USGS, present their latest work on accuracy assessments of the newest mapped products for burned areas. They will share examples from burned, at-risk, and treated sagebrush steppe, and give guidelines for reliable application, including stating what is “unsafe” application, and the scientific basis for the guidelines. They will address RAP, RCMAP, and LandCart.