{"id":16,"date":"2023-07-21T19:54:21","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T19:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging-venezuela.mapbiomas.org\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2025-11-05T12:50:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T16:50:16","slug":"descripcion-general-de-la-metodologia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/venezuela.mapbiomas.org\/en\/descripcion-general-de-la-metodologia\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview of the methodology"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>GET TO KNOW THE STEPS OF MAPBIOMAS METHODOLOGY<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Below you will find a summary of the main features of the methodology used by<strong> MapBiomas Venezuela<\/strong> to generate annual land cover and land use maps as well as land use transition\/change maps between different pairs of years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, you can access the ATBD (Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document) where you will find a detailed description of the methodology and algorithms used:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-4\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/venezuela.mapbiomas.org\/en\/acceda-a-los-atdbs\/\"><strong>DOWNLOAD THE COMPLETE METHODOLOGY - ATBD<\/strong><\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" translation-block\"><strong>MapBiomas Venezuela<\/strong>'s annual land use and land cover maps were produced from pixel-by-pixel classification of Landsat satellite images. The entire process is carried out with machine learning algorithms through the Google Earth Engine platform, which offers immense processing capabilities in the cloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/venezuela.mapbiomas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/11\/unnamed-2-1.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>HOW WE GET ORGANIZED<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>To carry out the classifications for all of Venezuela, the team of programmers, remote sensing specialists, and conservation and land use specialists are organized by regions of the country and\/or by cross-cutting themes as illustrated in the diagram.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"494\" src=\"https:\/\/venezuela.mapbiomas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/Figura_TemaTransversales-EN.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/venezuela.mapbiomas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/Figura_TemaTransversales-EN.png 960w, https:\/\/venezuela.mapbiomas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/Figura_TemaTransversales-EN-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/venezuela.mapbiomas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/Figura_TemaTransversales-EN-768x394.png 768w, https:\/\/venezuela.mapbiomas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/Figura_TemaTransversales-EN-18x9.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>OVERVIEW OF THE METHODOLOGY<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The following diagram illustrates the key steps in the process of generating the annual land use and land cover maps of <strong>MapBiomas Venezuela <\/strong>as well as the transition maps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/venezuela.mapbiomas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/11\/unnamed-3.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CONOZCA LOS PASOS DE LA METODOLOG\u00cdA DE MAPBIOMAS VENEZUELA A continuaci\u00f3n encontrar\u00e1 un resumen de los aspectos principales de la metodolog\u00eda empleada por MapBiomas Venezuela para generar los mapas anuales de cobertura y uso del suelo as\u00ed como los mapas de transici\u00f3n\/cambio de uso del suelo entre diferentes pares de a\u00f1os. Para m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n, puede [&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:\/\/venezuela.mapbiomas.org\/en\/author\/adriel-fernandes\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"CONOZCA LOS PASOS DE LA METODOLOG\u00cdA DE MAPBIOMAS VENEZUELA A continuaci\u00f3n encontrar\u00e1 un resumen de los aspectos principales de la metodolog\u00eda empleada por MapBiomas Venezuela para generar los mapas anuales de cobertura y uso del suelo as\u00ed como los mapas de transici\u00f3n\/cambio de uso del suelo entre diferentes pares de a\u00f1os. Para m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n, puede&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/venezuela.mapbiomas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/venezuela.mapbiomas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/venezuela.mapbiomas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venezuela.mapbiomas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venezuela.mapbiomas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/venezuela.mapbiomas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1182,"href":"https:\/\/venezuela.mapbiomas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/1182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/venezuela.mapbiomas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}