MapBiomas Bolivia project is a significant initiative that uses advanced cartographic tools to monitor land use changes across the country. Both collections stand out for their collaborative approach and for the continuous improvement of the accuracy and usefulness of land cover and use of maps in Bolivia.
Collection 2.0 MapBiomas Bolivia
Purpose: Cartographic tool to monitor land use changes and pressures on forests and natural ecosystems in Bolivia.
Update: A new set of land use and cover maps is released, improved and expanded every year.
Focus: Using remote sensing data, ecology, GIS and programming to produce annual maps from a specific period onwards.
Collaboration: Collaborative network between NGOs and research institutes.
Betterment: Continuous process of improving the quality of the maps, expanding the time period analyzed and increasing the number of mapped classes.
Collection 1.0 MapBiomas Bolivia
Begin and objective: It brings together specialists from various Bolivian ecoregions to map since 1985.
Main focus: Production of annual maps of land cover and use.
Collaboration: Involves NGOs and research institutes.
Annual Improvements: Annual data processing to improve the quality and temporal coverage of the maps.