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Interactive case file · Spain and Portugal

Mapping Olive-Grove Structure

Move from connected olive landscapes to exact EuroCrops field boundaries, a balanced sample and canopy-height evidence.

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Spanish and Portuguese olive connected components over Sentinel-2 imagery
Connected olive areas in Andalucía and northeastern Portugal. Yellow shows the H3 analytical layer.
2connected landscapes
500balanced sample fields
111verified candidate fields
2,000bootstrap replicates

01 · Landscape context

Two components, very different extents

EuroCrops V2 currently covers 16 EU Member States rather than the entire EU. H3 identifies connected olive concentrations; original parcel boundaries return in the field-level analysis.

Spain · Andalucía

Jaén, Córdoba, Granada and Málaga

Fields
434,472
H3 cells
168,902
Summed field area
283,805.75 ha

Portugal · Norte

Terras de Trás-os-Montes

Fields
11,111
H3 cells
5,346
Summed field area
4,818.00 ha

Two very small boundary fields fall in Alto Tâmega e Barroso.

02 · Image evidence

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Use the tabs to compare landscape context, sampling design, matched fields and the final CHMv2 summaries. Click the image to enlarge it.

Connected landscapesSpain and Portugal shown together over Sentinel-2 imagery.

Interpretation boundary

The sample contains no measured harvest or production records, so it cannot explain the national production-per-hectare difference. Crown candidates are model detections rather than confirmed olive trees, and the findings represent these two connected landscapes rather than all olive fields in Spain and Portugal.

Attribution and methods

Attribution

  • EuroCrops V2: European Commission Joint Research Centre and contributing national administrations.
  • Sentinel-2 context: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2023; catalogue access used Element 84 Earth Search.
  • Copernicus DEM GLO-30: elevation, relief and slope variables.
  • CHMv2: Meta and World Resources Institute, 2026, CC BY 4.0. Source imagery © Vantor.

Methods

  • H3 resolution 10 identifies connected olive landscapes; the interactive envelopes are simplified for browser navigation.
  • The statistical analysis uses original EuroCrops polygons of at least 1.5 ha.
  • Samples are balanced on area, elevation, within-field relief, P90 slope and compactness.
  • Candidate density and distance apply only to fields passing their respective CHMv2 screening steps.