Eight collections of MapBiomas maps have been produced since the beginning of the project in July 2015.

The collections represent changes in the coverage periods of the annual map, changes in the legend or corrections to the previous version.

Seven collections of data were published:

• Collection 1 - published in April 2016 with simplified legend, including 7 classes and covering the period 2008-2015

• Collection 2 - published in April 2017, including 13 legend classes and covering the period 2000-2016.
  • Collection 2.3, published in January 2018, with improvements from random forest application.

• Collection 3 - published in August 2018, including 19 legend classes and covering the period 1985-2017.
  • Collection 3.1, published in April 2019, with improvements in classification.

• Collection 4 - published in August 2019, including 19 legend classes and covering the period 1985-2018.
  • Collection 4.1, published in March 2020, with improvements in classification.

• Collection 5 - published in August 2020, including 21 legend classes and covering the period 1985-2019.

• Collection 6 - published in August 2021, including 25 legend classes and covering the period 1985-2020.

• Collection 7 - published in August 2022, including 27 legend classes and covering the period 1985-2021.
  • Collection 7.1 - published in April 2023, with improvements in classification.

• Collection 8 – published in August 2022, with 29 legend classes covering the period 1985 – 2022.

Each MapBiomas collection reprocesses the entire time series.