About Us

ThRasE was developed by the Forest and Carbon Monitoring System (SMByC) at the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (IDEAM) in Colombia. SMByC is responsible for measuring and ensuring the accuracy of Colombia’s official national forest figures, a critical task that requires rigorous quality control and transparent methodologies.

We identified the need for a dedicated tool that could support systematic and rigorous quality assurance of our thematic products, particularly for forest monitoring and deforestation quantification. This need drove the development of ThRasE as an integrated solution for manual post-classification correction with full traceability and reproducibility.

ThRasE is an official component of our Digital Image Processing Protocol for Quantifying Deforestation in Colombia [17], where it plays a central role in our quality assurance workflows. We use ThRasE to conduct systematic reviews of land cover classifications, correct misclassifications through expert visual interpretation of satellite imagery, and ensure our forest monitoring products meet the accuracy standards required for national reporting.

Author and developer: Xavier C. Llano xavier.corredor.llano@gmail.com
Theoretical support, testing, and product verification: SMByC-PDI group