- Catalog Owner
- MapBiomas
- Dataset Availability
- 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z–2024-12-31T00:00:00Z
- Dataset Producer
- MapBiomas
- Contact
- contato@mapbiomas.org
- Tags
Description
MapBiomas Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) dataset for Bolivia is produced annually by the MapBiomas Project using Landsat satellite imagery and machine learning classification techniques. The dataset provides consistent annual land cover maps at 30-meter resolution covering the period from 1985 to 2024.
Bolivia's territory spans several major biomes, including the Amazon rainforest, Cerrado, Chaco, Pantanal, and the Andean highlands (Altiplano). This diversity is reflected in the classification legend, which includes classes specific to Andean ecosystems such as Andean grassland and shrubland and Flooded Andean grassland and shrubland.
Each image in the collection contains one band named "classification", with integer values representing categorical land cover classes for that year. The classification is based on Landsat 5 (TM), Landsat 7 (ETM+), Landsat 8 and 9 (OLI/TIRS) surface reflectance data, preprocessed to generate annual cloud-free composites. The classification process uses automated decision trees trained with reference samples and validated by regional experts.
For more information, classification legend, methodology, and accuracy assessments, visit the MapBiomas website.
Bands
Bands
Pixel size: 30 meters (all bands)
| Name | Pixel Size | Description |
|---|---|---|
classification |
30 meters | Land use and land cover classification, with integer values corresponding to MapBiomas Bolivia legend classes. |
classification Class Table
| Value | Color | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | #1f8d49 | Forest Formation |
| 3 | #1f8d49 | Forest |
| 4 | #7dc975 | Open Forest |
| 6 | #026975 | Flooded Forest |
| 10 | #d6bc74 | Grassland and shrubland |
| 11 | #519799 | Flooded grassland/shrubland |
| 12 | #d6bc74 | Grassland/shrubland |
| 13 | #d89f5c | Other non-forest natural formation |
| 14 | #ffefc3 | Farming |
| 15 | #edde8e | Pasture |
| 18 | #e974ed | Agriculture |
| 21 | #ffefc3 | Mosaic of Uses |
| 22 | #d4271e | Non-vegetated area |
| 23 | #ffa07a | Beach, dune and sandbank |
| 24 | #d4271e | Urban Infrastructure |
| 25 | #db4d4f | Other non-vegetated anthropic area |
| 26 | #2532e4 | Water |
| 27 | #ffffff | Not observed |
| 29 | #ffaa5f | Rocky outcrop |
| 30 | #9c0027 | Mining |
| 31 | #091077 | Aquaculture |
| 33 | #2532e4 | River and lake |
| 34 | #93dfe6 | Glacier |
| 39 | #f5b3c8 | Soybean |
| 61 | #f5d5d5 | Salt flat |
| 66 | #a89358 | Scrubland |
| 68 | #e97a7a | Other non-vegetated natural area |
| 72 | #c1799c | Other crops |
| 81 | #c8c099 | Andean grassland and shrubland |
| 82 | #66b2a3 | Flooded Andean grassland and shrubland |
Image Properties
Image Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| year | INT | Year of the land use and land cover classification. |
| version | STRING | Version of the land use and land cover classification. |
| collection_id | DOUBLE | Collection identifier of the land use and land cover classification. |
Terms of Use
Terms of Use
Citations
Souza et al. (2020) - Reconstructing Three Decades of Land Use and Land Cover Changes in Brazilian Biomes with Landsat Archive and Earth Engine - Remote Sensing, Volume 12, Issue 17, 10.3390/rs12172735.
DOIs
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Code Editor (JavaScript)
/** MapBiomas Bolivia - Land Use and Land Cover V1 */ var assetPath = 'projects/mapbiomas-public/assets/bolivia/lulc/v1'; var year = 2024; var collection = ee.ImageCollection(assetPath) .filter(ee.Filter.eq('year', year)); var visParams = { min: 0, max: 82, palette: [ '000000', // [0] -- '1f8d49', // [1] Forest Formation '000000', // [2] -- '1f8d49', // [3] Forest '7dc975', // [4] Open Forest '000000', // [5] -- '026975', // [6] Flooded Forest '000000', // [7] -- '000000', // [8] -- '000000', // [9] -- 'd6bc74', // [10] Grassland and shrubland '519799', // [11] Flooded grassland/shrubland 'd6bc74', // [12] Grassland/shrubland 'd89f5c', // [13] Other non-forest natural formation 'ffefc3', // [14] Farming 'edde8e', // [15] Pasture '000000', // [16] -- '000000', // [17] -- 'e974ed', // [18] Agriculture '000000', // [19] -- '000000', // [20] -- 'ffefc3', // [21] Mosaic of Uses 'd4271e', // [22] Non-vegetated area 'ffa07a', // [23] Beach, dune and sandbank 'd4271e', // [24] Urban Infrastructure 'db4d4f', // [25] Other non-vegetated anthropic area '2532e4', // [26] Water 'ffffff', // [27] Not observed '000000', // [28] -- 'ffaa5f', // [29] Rocky outcrop '9c0027', // [30] Mining '091077', // [31] Aquaculture '000000', // [32] -- '2532e4', // [33] River and lake '93dfe6', // [34] Glacier '000000', // [35] -- '000000', // [36] -- '000000', // [37] -- '000000', // [38] -- 'f5b3c8', // [39] Soybean '000000', // [40] -- '000000', // [41] -- '000000', // [42] -- '000000', // [43] -- '000000', // [44] -- '000000', // [45] -- '000000', // [46] -- '000000', // [47] -- '000000', // [48] -- '000000', // [49] -- '000000', // [50] -- '000000', // [51] -- '000000', // [52] -- '000000', // [53] -- '000000', // [54] -- '000000', // [55] -- '000000', // [56] -- '000000', // [57] -- '000000', // [58] -- '000000', // [59] -- '000000', // [60] -- 'f5d5d5', // [61] Salt flat '000000', // [62] -- '000000', // [63] -- '000000', // [64] -- '000000', // [65] -- 'a89358', // [66] Scrubland '000000', // [67] -- 'e97a7a', // [68] Other non-vegetated natural area '000000', // [69] -- '000000', // [70] -- '000000', // [71] -- 'c1799c', // [72] Other crops '000000', // [73] -- '000000', // [74] -- '000000', // [75] -- '000000', // [76] -- '000000', // [77] -- '000000', // [78] -- '000000', // [79] -- '000000', // [80] -- 'c8c099', // [81] Andean grassland and shrubland '66b2a3', // [82] Flooded Andean grassland and shrubland ], }; Map.addLayer(collection, visParams, 'MapBiomas Bolivia LULC ' + year); Map.centerObject(collection, 6);