The MapBiomas Venezuela Collections are historical series of annual maps that cover a certain period of time, and that expand across the entire Venezuelan territory (except for the Los Monjes Archipelago, Isla de Aves and Guayana Esequiba - Reclamation Area subject to the Geneva Agreement of February 17, 1966). For example, MapBiomas Venezuela Collection 1.0 of annual land cover and land use maps corresponds to the period 1985-2022.
These maps are updated regularly to include information from recent years, as well as incorporate improvements in the classifications. The goal is for a new collection to be published every year.
Visualization and Query
The most recent collection of MapBiomas Venezuela can be explored and queried directly on the MapBiomas land cover and land use platform (https://plataforma.venezuela.mapbiomas.org). To do so, navigate through the menu options: Maps and Data > Access the platform.
Download
There are two options available to download the annual land cover and use maps from MapBiomas Venezuela, in GeoTiff format:
1. Direct download of an annual map.
Copy the following link into your preferred web browser:
https://storage.googleapis.com/mapbiomas-public/initiatives/venezuela/collection_1/lclu/coverage/venezuela_coverage_NNNN.tif, where NNNN corresponds to the year you want to download.
For example, if you want to download the map for the year 2022, the link will be:
2. Download by a territorial boundary (states, municipalities, basins, protected areas, indigenous territories, among others).
For this option, you must use Google Earth Engine (your own account is required). You can register for free through the following link: https://earthengine.google.com.
Access the MapBiomas Amazonia tutorial video to learn how to use the toolbox for map downloads [LINK] to download the maps
To use the toolbox access the link: [LINK].
3. Color palette
The RGB color palette for each legend class is available in the file [LINK]
The colormap file (.clr), with the color palette for ArcMap or ArcGIS Pro can be downloaded at: [LINK]
The .qml file, with the color palette for QGIS can be downloaded at: [LINK]
Important:
When using MapBiomas Venezuela data, please consider that:
- To calculate area, it is necessary to use an appropriate metric projection (more information in the FAQ section.
- All data is in GeoTiff format and has LZW compression.
- The annual maps are consolidated into a single file with multiple layers, where each layer represents a year in the historical series (the 1st layer corresponds to the first year in the series, i.e., 1985).
- The international boundaries used by MapBiomas Venezuela are those elaborated by Provita in coordination with Raisg and may differ from files from other national sources.