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The MapBiomas Colombia Project is a product that covers the entire Colombian. The collection of maps in this first version for Colombia is the outcome of the accumulated learning from four collections that have been applied in the MapBiomas Amazon project for monitoring the Amazon region (including its Andean component) and the development of methodological and technological tools that have been adapted to complete the mapping of the entire national territory.

To date, the result achieved is the following collection: 

Collection 1.0 – Collection of maps of Colombia, for the period 1985-2022: 21 thematic coverage classes were mapped using the Random Forest classifier, 6 transversal layers were developed (published in November 2023).

ATTENTION:

  • The MapBiomas Colombia Collection 1.0 maps are a product that is evolving. When selecting data make sure you are always using the latest version available.
  • It is recommended to use MapBiomas Colombia maps up to a scale of 1:100,000. Although it is possible to view them at a larger scale (1:50,000), we do not recommend using them at this scale according to the minimum mapping area of the product.

PRODUCTS AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC

  • Land cover and Land use maps: they are maps in matrix or raster format (30x30 meter pixel). The legend of these maps as well as the periods covered evolve throughout the collections.
  • Satellite image mosaics: for each year, the historical series has a maximum spatial resolution of 30 meters formed by the composition of the pixels of the set of images from a certain period of time. The periods of the year in which the images are selected vary depending on the region of the country. The mosaics contain 153 layers of information made up of the original bands of the Landsat images, indices and spectral fractions derived from them. The mosaics can be viewed directly in Google Earth Engine.
  • Public consultation web platform: MapBiomas Colombia makes available a set of data and information that contains, in addition to images, maps and statistics, analysis material through infographics, highlights derived from the country's Collection 1.0.

PRODUCTS FOR SPECIALISTS OR DEVELOPERS

  • Methodological documentation of the base theory of implemented algorithms (ATBD) where the flow of the detailed method is described including the specificities of each general and transversal class mapped.
  • Collection of processing and classification scripts.
  • Collection of image parameterization scripts.