Saneamento básico

Sanitation atlas spatializes data on the environment and health November 24, 2021

Despite the advance in the control of Diseases Related to Poor Environmental Sanitation (DRSAI), they were responsible for about 0.9% of all the...

BC100 Project

IBGE launches cartographic base of Rio Grande do Sul October 27, 2021

The IBGE launches today (27) the Continuous Vector Cartographic Base of the State of Rio Grande do Sul in the 1:100,000 scale, in which 1 cm is equivalent...

Brazilian Journal of Geography

New edition of the Brazilian Journal of Geography establishes a closer dialogue between the IBGE and universities September 28, 2021

IBGE launches today the first issue of volume 66 of the Revista Brasileira de Geografia (Brazilian Journal of Geography - RBG). With two articles,...

Geosciences

IBGE releases database that improves Brazilian Hydrographic representation September 24, 2021

The IBGE releases today (Septemebr, 24), in partnership with the National Water Agency (ANA), two databases that seek to guide the analysis of water...

Territorial Structures

IBGE releases 2020 collection of municipal maps August 30, 2021

The IBGE released today (August 30) the 2020 Collection of Municipal Maps updated for the whole national territory. The municipal maps were produced...

IBGE updates digital index map using a collection of cartographic products August 24, 2021

The IBGE releases today (August 24) the 2021 version of the Digital Index Map, with information from the products of the Cartography Coordination...

GPS leveling

New IBGE application to convert altitudes improves precision and accelerates calculations August 05, 2021

The IBGE launches today (5) an application with a new model to convert altitudes, the hgeoHNOR2020. Besides refining the quality of the results,...

Mapping

Block-face Database for Public Areas increases 29% between 2010 and 2020 July 13, 2021

The IBGE publishes today (13) the Block-face Database for Public Areas 2020, which encompasses urban areas, areas of urban extension and areas of...

Territorial Structures

IBGE updates municipalities in borderland strip and facing the sea due to changes in limits July 06, 2021

The IBGE releases today (06) two products that update the list of municipalities of the borderland strip of Brazil with South American countries...

Meio ambiente

IBGE releases book with a catalog of more than 500 species of graminaceous plants in the Cerrado June 28, 2021

The IBGE releases today (28) the publication “Graminaceous Plants in the Cerrado”, a posthumous edition of the work by Tarciso de Sousa Filgueiras,...

IV Volume

Atlas gathers geography and literature to depict the Brazilian coast June 25, 2021

From Rio Grande de São Pedro, in Rio Grande do Sul, up to Belém and the mouth of the Amazon River, the path along the Brazilian coast can be traveled...

Regional Maps

IBGE updates municipal borders in Legal Amazon Map June 16, 2021

The IBGE releases today (June 16) the 2020 Legal Amazon Map, based on the update of the Municipal Mesh. The map brings the state and municipal borders,...

Mapping of Natural Resources

Environmental Information Database is updated with new functionalities May 28, 2021

The IBGE has released today (28), update mapping in Geology, Geomorphology, Pedology and vegetation all over brazil at Institute's platform for visualization...

Geografia

IBGE launches book by Nilo Bernardes with the grounds of geographical thinking in Brazil May 28, 2021

Today (May 28) the IBGE launches the book Initiation to Geography. It is an unprecedented work by geographer and professor Nilo Bernardes – dead...

Territorial Structures

Update of territorial subdivisions expands Metropolitan Area of Southwestern Maranhão May 20, 2021

The IBGE releases today (20) an updated list of the municipalities that form Metropolitan Areas (RMs), Integrated Development Areas (RIDEs) and Urban...

IBGE updates Brazilian Profile of Geospatial Metadata May 19, 2021

The IBGE launches today (19) the new version of the Profile of Brazilian Geospatial Metadata - Profile MGB. Developed in partnership with the Brazilian...

RBG

Brazilian Journal of Geography presents challenges mapping areas of Indigenous and Quilombola peoples April 28, 2021

The IBGE releases today (April 28) the second issue of volume 65 of the Brazilian Journal of Geography (RBG),  published on a six-month basis. The...

Environment

IBGE releases Changes in Land Use and Cover by state between 2000 and 2018 March 17, 2021

For the first time ever, the IBGE releases today (17) Changes in Land Use and Cover with disaggregated statistics by State and Federal District,...

In the land and in the sea

From large works to prevention of disasters, get to know the functions of geodetic networks January 29, 2021

Establishing coordinates for infrastructure works. Demarcating agricultural land. Detecting disturbances in the atmosphere that can interfere in...

100th Anniversary of Census of Agriculture

Atlas of Rural Area depicts diversity and inequalities in the Brazilian field December 15, 2020

As part of the events to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Census of Agriculture, the IBGE releases today (15) the second edition of the  Atlas...