{"id":29,"date":"2023-07-24T16:28:09","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T16:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging-chile.mapbiomas.org\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2026-02-11T18:35:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T18:35:45","slug":"descripcion-general-de-la-metodologia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chile.mapbiomas.org\/en\/descripcion-general-de-la-metodologia\/","title":{"rendered":"Methodology overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>METODOLOG\u00cdA MAPBIOMAS CHILE &#8211; COLECCI\u00d3N 2.0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below you will find the main features, how the work is organized and an overview of the MapBiomas Chile method for generating land cover and land use maps and transition\/land use change maps between different years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can access the ATBD (Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document) with all the methodology description and algorithms by accessing the link below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chile.mapbiomas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/10\/ATBD_Chile_Coll_2.docx.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">[DOWNLOAD COMPLETE METHODOLOGY - ATBD]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All annual land cover and land use maps of the MapBiomas Chile are produced from the pixel-by-pixel classification of Landsat satellite images. The whole process is carried out on the Google Earth Engine platform which offers immense cloud processing capabilities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HOW WE ARE ORGANIZED<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To carry out the mapping, teams of remote sensing specialists, programmers, and conservation and land-use experts organized themselves into eight ecoregions: 1. Central Andean Dry Puna, 2. Atacama Desert, 3. Andean Steppe, 4. Chilean Matorral, 5. Valdivian Temperate Forest, 6. Patagonian Steppe, 7. Magellanic Subpolar Forest, and 8. Rock and Ice. More details can be found in the \u201cWho We Are\u201d section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-7b0ae046 wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chile.mapbiomas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/10\/mapa-ecorrregiones.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-549\" width=\"1024\" height=\"564\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>METHODOLOGY OVERVIEW<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The diagram below illustrates the main stages in the process of generating the annual MapBiomas Chile land cover and land use maps and transition maps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-7ee0fe89 wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chile.mapbiomas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/10\/flujo-metodologia.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-547\" width=\"645\" height=\"222\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>METODOLOG\u00cdA MAPBIOMAS CHILE &#8211; COLECCI\u00d3N 2.0 Abajo encontrar\u00e1 las principales caracter\u00edsticas, la forma de organizaci\u00f3n del trabajo y la visi\u00f3n general del m\u00e9todo de MapBiomas Chile para generar los mapas de cobertura y uso del suelo y los mapas de transici\u00f3n\/cambio de uso del suelo entre los diferentes a\u00f1os. Usted puede acceder al ATBD (Documento [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":""},"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"trp-custom-language-flag":false,"infographic":false,"team":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Adriel Fernandes","author_link":"https:\/\/chile.mapbiomas.org\/en\/author\/adriel-fernandes\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"METODOLOG\u00cdA MAPBIOMAS CHILE &#8211; COLECCI\u00d3N 2.0 Abajo encontrar\u00e1 las principales caracter\u00edsticas, la forma de organizaci\u00f3n del trabajo y la visi\u00f3n general del m\u00e9todo de MapBiomas Chile para generar los mapas de cobertura y uso del suelo y los mapas de transici\u00f3n\/cambio de uso del suelo entre los diferentes a\u00f1os. 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