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Preliminary mapping of habitats has been achieved using the methods discussed in Section 4.2. Subsequent to completion of the map, the accuracy of the mapping for each habitat type has been assessed with regard to both the habitat type (e.g. is the area actually grassland or shrubby grassland) and the habitat boundary (e.g. is the boundary between adjoining grassland and shrubby habitats drawn correctly). Based on these considerations, confidence rating of high, medium or low have been assigned to each habitat category, as follows:
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High level of confidence indicates that most of the identified areas of the habitat category are expected to have been accurately mapped with very few unconfirmed locations;
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Medium level of confidence indicates that the habitat's high natural variability has resulted in uncertainties regarding the classification of some of the areas assigned to this habitat type; and
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Low level of confidence indicates that the habitat category is classified with high uncertainties such that the classification should be groundtruthed for as many sites as possible.
A summary of methodology used in the habitat mapping, and the level of confidence in the resulting map classification and boundaries is given in Table 4.3a and presented in the sections below.
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