Rural land cover in Medellín
Explore Medellín rural land cover interpreted from 2021 orthophotography. Compare Corine Land Cover classes, rural districts and published area per polygon.
Explore these layers ↗The municipal source contains 19,221 rural polygons and classifies up to level 4. This viewer gives verified level-three code names cross-checked against IDEAM’s official legend; level-four and current-use codes are not interpreted without a domain. Queries cover the nearby visible area and can be partial. Published area describes the full polygon, not its viewport intersection. Orthophotography is from 2021 and does not establish current cover.
GeoSAT · Public mapping
One city. Many ways to read it.
Geovisor view · Municipal Disaster Risk Management Plan scenarios, City of Medellín. Reference mapping: not alerts or events.
How to use itHow to use the map
- Open the prepared query for this theme in the viewer. Search a neighborhood or enter coordinates as latitude, longitude.
- Review enabled layers in the theme and zoom in. Detailed layers require a close scale to keep queries bounded.
- Select a feature on the map or in the Results list. Check its attributes, retrieval time and any partial-result notice.
- Choose a field and exact value to filter the layer. Export includes received results, with attribution and dates. Its coverage depends on the query scope and filters.
Frequently asked questions
What does Rural land cover include in the Medellín geovisor?
In Medellín’s Rural land cover you can explore 1 layer: Rural land cover · 2021 orthophoto. Each layer states its source, date and use limits.
Can I reuse the Rural land cover data?
According to each layer’s published license: Cartografía pública municipal · licencia específica no indicada. Check the exact license on the layer record before reuse.
How current are the Rural land cover data?
No dataset-wide date has been verified for these layers; check each source’s limits. Last GeoSAT verification: 2026-09-29.
How do I explore Rural land cover in the viewer?
Click “Explore these layers” to open the prepared Rural land cover query; review enabled layers under Layers. Filter by exact field and value, select features to read their records, and export received results with attribution and dates.
Who publishes the Rural land cover data?
Layers come from Distrito de Medellín · Departamento Administrativo de Planeación · Nombres de clase Corine Land Cover: IDEAM · Consulta GeoSAT por extensión visible al servicio municipal en WGS84, retrieved and adapted by GeoSAT with per-record attribution and provenance.
Which other themes can I explore?
Other themes in the Medellín geovisor: Metro, cableways and tram, Road infrastructure and taxi stands, and Walking and tactical urbanism.
Sources, dates and limits
Each source’s verification date appears in the table. Retrieval time is not the data update date. Small city-wide layers use the full extent; larger layers depend on the visible area. Reference publications retain their original retrieval date. Each page contains up to 500 features: up to 2 MiB for external services and 4 MiB for local publications. Reference publications load matching pages, up to 5,000 features and 8 MiB per query. External services may return partial samples, identified in the viewer.
| Layer and source | Data date | Reuse |
|---|---|---|
| Rural land cover · 2021 orthophotoDistrito de Medellín · Departamento Administrativo de Planeación · Nombres de clase Corine Land Cover: IDEAM · Consulta GeoSAT por extensión visible al servicio municipal en WGS84 The municipal source contains 19,221 rural polygons and classifies up to level 4. This viewer gives verified level-three code names cross-checked against IDEAM’s official legend; level-four and current-use codes are not interpreted without a domain. Queries cover the nearby visible area and can be partial. Published area describes the full polygon, not its viewport intersection. Orthophotography is from 2021 and does not establish current cover. Leyenda de clases Corine Land Cover · IDEAM / CLC class legend ↗ | No dataset-wide date declared; check individual recordsSource checked: | Cartografía pública municipal · licencia específica no indicada |
Display transformations and adaptations are described for each source; precision and methods differ between sources. Obtain official mapping if you need surveying accuracy or documents with administrative validity.