The Brazilian Journal of Cartography (RBC) is an official publication of the Brazilian Society for Cartography, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (SBC) in partnership with Federal University of Uberlândia. 

The Brazilian Journal of Cartography is an open access journal published regularly since 1970, with national and international coverage. Its mission is to disseminate advances in Cartography & GIS, Cadastre, Geodesy, Hydrography, Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.

RBC is indexed in Elsevier SCOPUS (access our SCOPUS profile here to see our CiteScore).

Announcements

RBC holidays

2025-12-03

Dear readers and authors,

From December 19, 2025 to January 18, 2026, the RBC editorial board will be on recess due to academic holidays. During this period, the RBC system will be closed for submissions.

RBC wishes the entire community happy holidays and an excellent 2026!

RBC Team

Current Issue

Vol. 77 (2025): Continuous Publication

Published: 2025-02-12

Territorial Cadastre

Santa Catarina's Rural Environmental Registry System: An Analysis for Use in Public Policy.

Luiz Fernando de Novaes Vianna, Juliana Mio de Souza
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Cartography and GIS

Deep Learning: an Integrative Systematic Review of Its Applications in Mapping Using UAV Imagery

Elmo Bispo de Oliveira , Vivian de Oliveira Fernandes , Mauro José Alixandrini Júnior
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Syn-SC: Gerando Dados Pontuais Sintéticos de Alto Volume com Continuidade e Suavidade Especificadas

Raphael Gonçalves de Campos, João Vitor Meza Bravo, Silvana Philippi Camboim
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Four Influences that Expand the Heuristic Potential of the Map and Their Contributions to the Development of Geographical Reasoning in School

Ronaldo Goulart Duarte
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Comparison and Analysis of Methods for Providing and Publishing Topographic Maps on the Web

Tiago Luiz Bastos, Silvana Camboim
PDF (Portuguese)

Spatial Data for Identification of Periurban Areas in Amazonian Municipalities

Gilberto Eidi Teramoto Oliveira, Thales Sehn Körting, Silvana Amaral
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Spatial Variables and Land Use Change Models: A Study on Conditioning Patterns of Natural Vegetation Suppression and Persistence

Macleidi Varnier, Eliseu José Weber
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Exploring the Use of Large Language Model (ChatGPT) for Semantic Alignment betweenGeospatial Data Conceptual Schemas

Fabiola Andrade Souza, Estephanie Daiane Batista da Silva, Silvana Philippi Camboim
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Spatial Dynamic Modeling of Soybean Cultivation Areas in the Municipality of Paragominas-PA, Brazil

Thais Elaine Pereira de Sousa, Cláudia Maria de Almeida, Rodrigo de Campos Macedo
PDF (Portuguese)

Conceptual Model of Geospatial Data for Civil Defense: Case Study in Salvador-Bahia

Pablo de Almeida dos Santos , Fabíola Andrade Souza
PDF (Portuguese)

Photogrammetry

Diameter at Breast Height (DBH) Estimation and Stem Cross-Section Shape Analysis of Eucalyptus Trees Using LiDAR Data after Noisy Removal

Matheus Ferreira da Silva, Renato Cesar dos Santos, Antonio Maria Garcia Tommaselli, Mauricio Galo
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Geodesy

Precision, Trueness and Accuracy: On the Errors and Uncertainties

Vinicius Francisco Rofatto, Português, Marcelo Tomio Matsuoka
PDF (Portuguese)

The datum choice problem in Geodesy

Ivandro Klein, Vinicius Francisco Rofatto, Marcelo Tomio Matsuoka
PDF (Portuguese)

Hydrography

Temporal Analysis of Mean Sea Level and Characterization of Extreme Climate Events in Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro (1989–2021)

Everton Gomes dos Santos, Rodrigo Tecchio
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Remote Sensing

Use of Remote Sensing in Quality Assessment and Distress Identification in Flexible Pavements: A Systematic Review

Ezequiel Silva Rocha, Claudia Maria de Almeida, Milton Kampel, Paulo Roberto da Silva Ruiz
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Comparison of Statistical Modeling for SAR Data in Land Cover Classification: a Case Studyin the Brazilian Amazon Region

Vinícius Queiroz, Mariane Souza Reis, Sidnei João Siqueira Sant'Anna
PDF (Portuguese)

Wood Volume Valculation of Eucalyptus Using Robotic Total Station with Terrestrial Laser Scanner Application

João Victor do Nascimento Lima, Álvaro Augusto Vieira Soares, Matheus da Silva Pacheco, George Deroco Martins
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HSI, UHR, and LiDAR Data Fusion for the Urban Environment Characterization

Pâmela Carvalho Molina, Camila Souza dos Anjos Lacerda, Cláudia Maria de Almeida , Rodrigo de Campos Macedo
PDF (Portuguese)

Systematic Literature Review on the Use of Remote Sensing and Machine Learning-Based Algorithms in Tropical Dry Forest Mapping

Anderson Rodrigues Ribeiro, Eder Renato Merino
PDF (Portuguese)

Deep Learning for Supervised Classification of CBERS-4A Imagery in Rio Claro (SP) Urban Area

Danilo Marques Magalhães, Julya Paes de Souza, Edgar Auler Galvão de França
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Elaboration of Vehicle Trafficability Maps Using Remote Sensing and GIS: a Systematic and Comprehensive Review

Renan Fabres Dalmonech, Cláudia Maria de Almeida, Joel Borges dos Passos, Rodrigo de Campos Macedo
PDF (Portuguese)

Evaluation of Global Gridded Population Data for Representing Resident Population Distribution in the Brazilian Amazon: The Case of the Baixo Tocantins Region

Gustavo Piva Lopes Salgado, Ana Paula Dal’Asta, Bruno Vargas Adorno, Silvana Amaral
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Special Section "Brazilian Symposium on GeoInformatics"

Uncovering Shifting Cultivation Dynamics in the Amazon: the Synergy Between Field Dataand Remote Sensing Image Time Series Classificationme Series Classification

Mariane Souza Reis, Erick Teixeira Rodrigues, Emeli Gomes, Eduarda Mantovani-Silva, André Giles, Joséphine Réquillart , Maria Isabel Sobral Escada, Catarina Jakovac
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ITACaRT: An Equal-Area Parallelogram Discrete Global Grid System for Terrestrial Cadastral Mapping—Designed for Usability and Blockchain Integration

Israel Nunes da Silva, Gabriel Dietzsch, Elcio Hideiti Shiguemori
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Avaliação da Configuração do Deter-RT: um Novo Sistema Automatizado de Detecção de Desmatamento Baseado em SAR na Amazônia

Mariane Souza Reis, Juan Doblas, Luiz Henrique Gusmão, Dayane Rafaela Vidal de Moraes, Cassiano Gustavo Messias, Sidnei João Siqueira Sant’Anna, Stéphane Mermoz, Claudio Aparecido de Almeida
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Geospatial Evaluation of the Serra do Japi Environmental Conservation through Remote Sensing Approaches

Bruno Zomignani Perciani, Victor Fernandez Nascimento, Vitor Vieira Vasconcelos, Márcio de Souza Werneck
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Red Tide Detection and Chlorophyll-a Concentration Retrieval in Southeast Coast of Brazil

Júlio César Pimenta dos Santos, Bruno Rech, Daniel Andrade Maciel, Cláudio Clemente Faria Barbosa, Áurea Maria Ciotti, Vitor Souza Martins, Rejane de Souza Paulino, Evlyn Márcia Leão de Moraes Novo
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e-ISSN: 1808-0936 p-ISSN: 0560-4613 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.14393/revbrascartogr