Here you can find the maps used as references by MapBiomas Chile to train the classification algorithms and to validate the quality of the project's automatic classifications. These references come from various organizations and have varied temporal and geographic scales.
Some of these maps are not yet publicly available because they are in the process of being published. When they become available, their corresponding link will be incorporated to allow downloading the data directly from the original source.
| Map Name | Source/Author | Description | Map Year | Link |
| Catastro de los Recursos Vegetacionales Nativos de Chile | CONAF | It is the main national, permanent and public project to describe land use and is especially oriented to characterize and locate the different natural vegetation formations existing in the country. In addition, it maintains a standardized database that allows the expeditious management and updating of information.. | 2014-2018 | Access |
| División Política Administrativa 2020 | Subsecretaría de Desarrollo Regional y Administrativo | Regional, provincial and communal limits of Chile | 2020 | Access |
| Land Cover de Chile | Laboratorio de Geomática y Ecología del Paisaje (GEP) Universidad de Chile | Thematic mapping of land cover for the year 2014. With a spatial resolution of 30m | 2014 | Access |
| Cartografía de la Vegetación Arica y Parinacota | Laboratorio de Geomática y Ecología del Paisaje (GEP) Universidad de Chile | Vegetation map of Arica y Parinacota | 2014 | Hernández Palma, J., Estades Marfán, C., Faúndez Yancas, L., & Herreros de Lartundo, J. (2014). Biodiversidad terrestre de la Región de Arica y Parinacota. |
| Mapa de Usos y Coberturas de suelo Laboratorio Ecología de Paisaje (LEP) | Laboratorio de Ecología de Paisaje | Land Use and Land Cover Map of Central-Southern Chile obtained from Landsat images. | 2001,2011,2017 | Access |
| Inventario de Glaciares | Dirección General de Aguas (DGA) | National glacier mapping service. This inventory was carried out with average images of the year 2017. | 2017 | Access |
| Monitoreos de cambio de uso de suelo | Corporación Nacional Forestal (CONAF) | Thematic mapping of Land Use Change 2001 to 2021 (E 1:50,000). | 2001 – 2021 | La Araucanía: Access Los Ríos:Access Los Lagos:Access |