CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2022-08-11
UPRA · Coffee suitability zoning
The 20 largest geometries above 0.5 ha loaded for the Calarcá demonstration.
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OPERATIONAL CASE · AGRICULTURE · CALARCÁ
Calarcá coffee suitability, explained by class and area
This viewer turns a large public zoning layer into a bounded query: filter suitability classes, compare hectares and open each zone’s attributes without confusing regional planning with parcel advice.
This workflow demonstrates one GeoSAT OpenGIS capability. It does not prove universal equivalence with MapGIS or a specific installation: validation is performed workflow by workflow.
20
Loaded zones
bounded UPRA sample
20,864.95 ha
Reported area
sample sum
5,551.10 ha
High suitability
UPRA classification
5
Classes present
including legal exclusion
Verifiable snapshot · Retrieved 2026-07-17
What the loaded sample contains
The demo loads the 20 largest geometries above 0.5 hectares, not the entire municipality. They total 20,864.95 reported hectares in the sample: 5,551.10 ha are high suitability, 436.43 ha medium, 393.04 ha low, 513.94 ha not suitable and 13,970.43 ha legal exclusion. These sums describe loaded geometry, not a parcel balance or planting recommendation.
GeoSAT OpenGIS
An agricultural reading that preserves source scale
The case prioritizes comparison and traceability; it does not turn zoning into an automated prescription.
- 01
Filter the municipality
The API queries only DANE code 63130 and avoids downloading the national collection of more than half a million geometries.
- 02
Bound the response
The sample selects 20 geometries above 0.5 ha, ordered by area, and announces its limited scope.
- 03
Normalize classes
High, medium, low, not suitable and legal exclusion receive consistent codes and colors without changing UPRA’s published category.
- 04
Explore the decision
The legend acts as a filter, indicators recalculate and every geometry can be inspected or exported.
Demonstrated in this viewer
- A bounded municipal query over a very large national source.
- Attribute-driven thematic styling and a filterable legend.
- Area indicators calculated from the filtered view.
- Attributes, measurement and export with a ShareAlike license.
What this map cannot establish
- The zoning is a production-planning reference, not farm-level advice.
- It does not include soil tests, water availability, recent climate or field visits.
- The sum covers 20 loaded geometries and includes categories that are not plantable area.
- The source cutoff must accompany any later decision.
Source, license and cutoff
The layer comes from UPRA through Colombia’s Open Data portal and preserves attribution and CC BY-SA 4.0 licensing.
Questions about this case
Does high suitability mean a parcel should be planted with coffee?
No. The classification supports regional planning. Parcel decisions need suitable scale, soil, water, climate, restrictions and field verification.
Do 20,864.95 ha represent all of Calarcá?
No. It is the reported sum for the 20 largest geometries loaded in the demo. The interface and this page identify that truncation.