All MapBiomas products are constantly evolving. It is divided in Collections:
Collection 1 MapBiomas Uruguay, derived from the subset of Collection 3 MapBiomas Pampa - published in December 2023 with a legend of 7 classes and covering the period 1985-2021.
WARNING: MapBiomas Collection maps are an evolving product. When using the data make sure that you are always using the latest version available. MapBiomas maps have their best application in scales up to 1: 100,000. Although it is possible to view them on a 1: 50,000 scale, we do not recommend using them on this scale.
PRODUCTS AVAILABLE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC
- Land use and land cover maps: maps in the matrix format (30x30m pixel). The legend of these maps, as well as the covered period, evolve throughout the collections.
- Statistics of Land Cover and Land Use Change: Coverage and land use data for each class on the map for the entire country, department, ecoregions, first-order basins, second-order basins, and Protected Areas. Also available the data on land-use change for several pairs of years for all classes.
- Satellite images mosaics of each year of the time series, with a spatial resolution of 30m. The mosaics are formed by the composition of pixels in each set of images for a certain time period (e.g. filtering the clouds). The periods of the year in which the images are selected result from the balance between the probability of maximizing the differences in classes spectral behavior and the availability of cloud-free images. The considered period was from September to November of each year, extended for some years and portions of the study area when the availability of cloud-free images was low. Each mosaic contains 107 layers of information including spectral bands, fractions, and indices (e.g. NDFI, NDVI, etc.). Mosaics can be accessed directly in Google Earth Engine for processing or download.
Web platform for public consultation with images, maps and statistics of the MapBiomas Uruguay Collection.
PRODUCTS AVAILABLE FOR SPECIALISTS OR DEVELOPERS
- Methodological notes explain the whole working method including the specificities of each class.
- Access and Download Tools on Google Earth Engine - allows you to access and download MapBiomas data for different territorial sections.