Suitability Zoning for Sheep Meat Production on Pasture in Colombia at 1:100,000 Scale

A geospatial zoning map for the suitability of sheep meat production on pasture in Colombia at a 1:100,000 scale. The dataset categorizes areas into five suitability classes: High, Medium, Low, Not Suitable, and Legal Exclusion. It was published on the Socrata platform via www.datos.gov.co and was last updated on 2026-05-18.

Use Cases

• Classify land suitability for sheep farming using the `Aptitud` column and spatial features from `the_geom`.
• Aggregate suitability areas by administrative region using `Departamento`, `Municipio`, and `Área (ha)` columns.
• Join with other Colombian agricultural datasets using `Código municipio` and `Código departamento` as keys.
• Perform spatial analysis of suitability constraints by overlaying the `the_geom` polygons with other environmental layers.

Strengths

• Provides a standardized five-class suitability classification (`Aptitud`) for national-scale planning.
• Includes administrative identifiers (`Código municipio`, `Código departamento`) enabling joins with other datasets.
• Offers multiple download formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and methodology details require manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co (Socrata platform)

Collection Method

Likely generated through a zoning methodology applied to physical, socio-ecosystem, and socio-economic criteria, as referenced in the description.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 18:23:41; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia