MapBiomas Indonesia is part of the MapBiomas Global Network. Drawing its name from the terms “map” and “biomas” (or “biomes”), the MapBiomas initiative originated in Brazil, and it has been adopted in Indonesia by Auriga Nusantara and a network of civil society partners. MapBiomas Indonesia is a platform which provides annual maps of land-cover and land-use generated though automatic classification of satellite imagery.
MapBiomas Indonesia’s collection of maps has been produced through a collaboration between Auriga Nusantara and a network of 9 regional partners, including: HAKA Aceh (which coordinated mapping in northern Sumatra); HAKI (southern Sumatra); GENESIS Bengkulu (central Sumatra); SAMPAN Kalbar (West Kalimantan); SAVE OUR BORNEO (Central Kalimantan and South Kalimantan); GREEN OF BORNEO (East Kalimantan and North Kalimantan); KOMIU Sulteng (Sulawesi); MNUKWAR (West Papua); and JERAT Papua (Papua). This collaborative initiative has been supported by MapBiomas Brasil and Woods & Wayside International, which served as technical advisors. For future collections, MapBiomas Indonesia will include academic partners.
MapBiomas Indonesia has now completed the mapping of 13 land-cover classes for the period 1990-2024 across all of Indonesia. For MapBiomas Indonesia, the dynamics of each land-cover class can be shown both temporally and spatially. We refer to these maps and data as Collection, and we will provide periodic updates with future collections. In addition to covering additional years, we will continue to develop and improve the algorithms for classification in order to improve the quality of the classification results for each typology.
The following steps must be taken to access MapBiomas Indonesia’s maps through Google Earth Engine:
MapBiomas Indonesia’s products can be downloaded by accessing by clicking on “Download” in the top navigation bar. For additional information, you can contact us at: https://landy.mapbiomas.id/en/about.
Each layer represents one year in the period covered by the collection. It is possible to download data directly and to request specific regions or years at Google Earth Engine.
The land-cover maps have been produced by MapBiomas Indonesia on a 30-meter scale per pixel and cover a long period of time. As such, it is not practical to display them in vector format. All data processing (pixel by pixel) has been done in raster format.
Yes, MapBiomas Indonesia’s maps and data are open to the public and may be accessed freely for non-commercial users or for purposes which are in the public interest.
Yes, MapBiomas Indonesia’s Collection data is available as an asset in the Google Earth Engine platform and may be accessed, analyzed, and processed directly within the platform without downloading the data. The collection of maps includes:
MapBiomas Indonesia’s data is open to the public and may be accessed freely under the Creative Commons CC-CY-SA license, in accordance with its rules of use. Citation of the data should use the following format: MapBiomas Indonesia Collection [version] Indonesia Annual Land Cover 1990-2024, accessed on [DD/MM/YYYY] via link [LINK].
A detailed description of the legend, including its relation to land-cover classes used by Indonesia’s National Standards (Standar Nasional Indonesia, SNI) and the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, is available for download at: [Link].
A document with an explanation of the codes can be found here.
Yes, land-cover statistics and a matrix of transitions for all islands, provinces, regencies/cities are available for download at: https://landy.mapbiomas.id/en/statistics.
You can use the ‘search’ feature on the MapBiomas Indonesia platform in order to choose two or more regions as a group.
You can access a list of the reference maps used at: https://landy.mapbiomas.id/en/refmap
