MapBiomas

MapBiomas Peru Collections

DOWNLOAD LAND USE AND LAND COVER MAPS

Se puede acceder a la colección 3 de Cobertura y Uso de las siguientes maneras:

1. by navigating online on the MapBiomas Peru map and data platform: https://plataforma.peru.mapbiomas.org

Using the data assets de datos desde Google Earth Engine con la siguiente ruta: projects/mapbiomas-public/assets/peru/collection3/mapbiomas_peru_collection3_integration_v1

3. Downloading directly in GeoTiff format (one map for each year) using the following URL format indicating the year you want to download. 

Por ejemplo, para el año 2024 se utiliza: https://storage.googleapis.com/mapbiomas-public/initiatives/peru/collection_3/LULC/peru_collection3_integration_v1-classification_2024.tif 

Para otros años, simplemente cambie el año final del enlace. Disponible de 1985 a 2024.

4. Downloading by biome, department, province, district and any other desired geometry using the Toolkit prepared in Google Earth Engine (GEE). Watch the  tutorial video to discover how to use the toolkit.

*To use this toolkit it is necessary to have an account for Google Earth Engine (free)

Important:

  • All data are in GeoTiff format and have LZW compression. 
  • The legend codes can be found in Código de la Leyenda – Colección 3
  • La paleta de colores RGB de la leyenda está disponible para ArcMap,  QGis, o en archivo csv para facilitar el uso en otros programas como R.
  • The annual maps are consolidated in a single file with several bands, where each band represents a year of the historical series (the 1st band corresponds to the first year of the series).
  • El nombre de las bandas sigue el siguiente patrón: ‘classification_+año correspondiente’.
  • The international boundaries used by MapBiomas Peru are those elaborated by IBC in coordination with RAISG and may present differences with files from other national sources.

WATER SURFACE MAPS

The most current MapBiomas Water maps can be accessed in the following ways:

1. by navigating online on the MapBiomas Peru map and data platform:https://plataforma.peru.mapbiomas.org/agua 

2. Using the Toolkit prepared in Google Earth Engine (GEE).