Using meta-quality to assess the utility of volunteered geographic information for science

Table 2 Simulation results for simulated conditions

Sim	Criteria	% Gain				Variance
Sim	Criteria	Overall	2004	2005	2006	Overall	2004	2005	2005
1	Random	9.81	4.23	13.66	11.85	144.02	76.83	105.73	106.62
2	Suitable habitat	14.06	7.22	17.94	17.58	108.26	73.41	80.88	77.11
3	One neighbor	0.29	0.17	0.39	0.32	93.37	27.62	66.28	65.48
4	Suitable habitat + one neighbor	0.03	0.02	0.04	0.05	19.65	10.86	16.52	13.97
5	Tsetse present	0	0	0	0	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
6	Tsetse not present	10.59	4.78	14.57	12.71	128.16	75.51	97.03	91.45
7	Habitat unsuitable	8.23	3.46	11.75	9.66	138.43	79.15	112.02	109.58

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