{"id":54,"date":"2026-07-24T17:27:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T20:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/suriname.mapbiomas.org\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2026-07-29T08:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T11:42:10","slug":"general-methodology-description","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/suriname.mapbiomas.org\/en\/general-methodology-description\/","title":{"rendered":"General description of the methodology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Below are the key methodological features of MapBiomas Suriname for producing land cover and land use maps, as well as maps showing changes between different years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can consult the ATBD (Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document), which contains a full description of the methodology and algorithms, via the following link:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MapBiomas Suriname Collectie 1 \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/suriname.mapbiomas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/ATBD_Suriname_col1.docx.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ATBD<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>All annual land cover and land use maps from MapBiomas Argentina are produced through a pixel-by-pixel classification of Landsat satellite imagery. The entire process is carried out on the Google Earth Engine platform, which offers immense cloud-based processing capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-brasil.mapbiomas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/08\/icon-02.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1078\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Overview of the methodology<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The diagram below illustrates the key phases of the process for generating annual land cover and land use maps\u2014as well as the associated changes\u2014for MapBiomas Suriname.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get to know it step by step [LINK].<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-aa2d665f 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:\/\/suriname.mapbiomas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/ChatGPT-Image-27-de-jul.-de-2026-17_45_36-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-132\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hieronder vindt u de belangrijkste methodologische kenmerken van MapBiomas Suriname voor het vervaardigen van kaarten van landbedekking en landgebruik, evenals kaarten van de veranderingen daarin tussen verschillende jaren. U kunt het ATBD (Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document), dat een volledige beschrijving van de methodologie en algoritmen bevat, raadplegen via de volgende link: MapBiomas Suriname Collectie 1 [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"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":"mayramilkovic","author_link":"https:\/\/suriname.mapbiomas.org\/en\/author\/mayramilkovic\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Hieronder vindt u de belangrijkste methodologische kenmerken van MapBiomas Suriname voor het vervaardigen van kaarten van landbedekking en landgebruik, evenals kaarten van de veranderingen daarin tussen verschillende jaren. U kunt het ATBD (Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document), dat een volledige beschrijving van de methodologie en algoritmen bevat, raadplegen via de volgende link: MapBiomas Suriname Collectie 1&hellip;","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-29 12:38:27","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/suriname.mapbiomas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/suriname.mapbiomas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/suriname.mapbiomas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suriname.mapbiomas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suriname.mapbiomas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/suriname.mapbiomas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182,"href":"https:\/\/suriname.mapbiomas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions\/182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/suriname.mapbiomas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}