GET TO KNOW THE STEPS OF THE MAPBIOMAS BOLIVIA METHODOLOGY

Below you will find the main characteristics, how to organize the work and the general description of the MapBiomas Bolivia methodology to generate land cover and use maps, as well as maps of land use transition/change between different pairs of years.

You can access the ATBD (Algorithm Theory Base Document) with a full description of the methodology and algorithms by accessing the following link.

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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

The annual land cover and use maps of MapBiomas Bolivia were produced from pixel-by-pixel classification of Landsat satellite images. The process is entirely carried out using extensive machine learning algorithms through the Google Earth Engine platform, which offers immense cloud processing capabilities. To facilitate the parameterization of the algorithms and the organization of all processing stages, a total of 143 tiles are used. Each tile has dimensions of 1 x 1.5 degrees (lat/long).

HOW ARE WE ORGANIZED?

The teams of programmers, specialists in remote sensing, and specialists in conservation and land use are organized by biome and cross-cutting themes. You can find more details in the section “Who we are“

Methodology Overview

The following diagram illustrates the main stages of the process of generating MapBiomas Bolivia's annual land cover and use maps and transition maps.