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Traditional methods, such as error matrices, are not effective in describing spatial distribution because they are based on a pixel-by-pixel comparison. In this paper, the relative quality comparison of two remote sensing products is turned into the difference measurement between the spatial distribution of pixels by proposing a max-sliced Wasserstein distance-based similarity index. According to optimal transport theory, the mathematical expression of the proposed similarity index is firstly clarified, and then its rationality is illustrated, and finally, experiments on three open land cover products (GLCFCS30, FROMGLC, CNLUCC) are conducted. Results show that based on this proposed similarity index-based relative quality comparison method, the spatial difference, including geometric shapes and spatial locations between two different remote sensing products in raster form, can be quantified. 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