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Federal Satellite & Remote Sensing Data

Authoritative data from NASA, NOAA, USGS, FEMA, and other federal agencies.

NASA

NASA Earthdata

Central portal for all NASA Earth science data including MODIS, VIIRS, Landsat, ICESat-2, and 12,000+ datasets across atmosphere, land, ocean, and cryosphere.

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NASA

NASA FIRMS — Fire Information

Near real-time active fire data from MODIS and VIIRS satellites. Updated every 3 hours. Critical for wildfire response and monitoring.

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NASA

NASA Worldview

Interactive browser for 1,000+ satellite imagery layers with near real-time views. Supports time-series animation and event visualization.

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NASA

NASA Disasters Mapping Portal

NASA’s disaster response coordination hub providing activation maps, satellite imagery, and damage assessments during active events.

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NASA

NASA SEDAC

Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center. Population, infrastructure, and environmental data critical for disaster vulnerability assessment.

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NASA

NASA Giovanni

Web-based tool for visualization and analysis of Earth science data including precipitation, aerosols, temperature, and atmospheric composition.

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NASA

NASA-ISRO NISAR Mission

Joint L-band and S-band SAR mission launched 2025. Provides unprecedented surface deformation, ice sheet dynamics, and ecosystem monitoring data.

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NASA

NASA POWER

Prediction of Worldwide Energy Resources. Solar and meteorological data from satellite observations for renewable energy and agriculture.

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NASA

NASA CMR (Common Metadata Repository)

Programmatic API access to metadata for all NASA Earth science collections. Essential for developers building remote sensing applications.

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USGS

USGS EarthExplorer

Search and download Landsat, Sentinel-2, aerial photography, NAIP, declassified satellite imagery, and 40+ additional collections.

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USGS

USGS National Map

Topographic maps, orthoimagery, elevation data, hydrography, land cover, and geographic names covering the entire United States.

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USGS

Landsat Program

50+ years of continuous Earth observation. Landsat 8 & 9 provide 30m multispectral and 15m panchromatic imagery every 8 days.

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USGS

USGS Hazards Data

Real-time earthquake, volcanic, and landslide hazard data including ShakeMap, PAGER, and DYFI products.

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USGS

USGS Flood Event Viewer

High-water marks, sensor data, and event documentation from flood events across the United States.

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NOAA

NOAA NESDIS

Central access to GOES-16/17/18 geostationary, JPSS polar-orbiting, and DSCOVR satellite data for weather, ocean, and environmental monitoring.

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NOAA

NOAA CLASS

Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System. Archive of NOAA satellite data including GOES, POES, JPSS, and ocean products.

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NOAA

NOAA NCEI (Climate Data)

National Centers for Environmental Information. Climate, weather, ocean, and geophysical data from satellite, ground, and marine sources.

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NOAA

NOAA Digital Coast

Coastal LiDAR, land cover, imagery, and socioeconomic data for coastal hazard assessment and resilience planning.

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NOAA

NOAA Sea, Lake, Ice Snow

Satellite-derived products for sea surface temperature, snow cover, ice extent, and lake levels from NOAA/NESDIS STAR.

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NOAA

NOAA Storm Events Database

Historical record of severe weather events across the US including damage estimates, fatalities, and event narratives.

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NOAA

NOAA SWFO-L1

Space Weather Follow-On L1 observatory launched 2025. Monitors solar wind and space weather from 1 million miles away.

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FEMA

FEMA GeoPlatform

FEMA’s geospatial data hub with flood maps, hazard layers, damage assessments, and emergency management boundaries.

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FEMA

FEMA Flood Map Service Center

National Flood Insurance Program maps, flood zones, and base flood elevation data for all US communities.

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FEMA

FEMA Hazus

Multi-hazard loss estimation software for earthquake, flood, hurricane, and tsunami risk assessment.

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USDA

USDA NAIP

National Agriculture Imagery Program. 60cm aerial imagery covering the continental US, updated on a 2-3 year cycle.

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USDA

USDA CropScape

Cropland data layers derived from satellite imagery covering crop types, acreage, and agricultural land use across the US.

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NGA

NGA GEOINTegrity

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Foundation geospatial data, elevation models, and geopolitical boundaries.

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DOE

DOE Atmospheric Radiation Measurement

High-quality atmospheric and cloud data from fixed and mobile sites worldwide. Critical for climate and weather modeling.

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DOE & National Lab Data

Cutting-edge research data from US Department of Energy national laboratories.

ORNL

Oak Ridge National Lab — DAAC

NASA ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center for biogeochemical dynamics, ecology, and land processes.

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ORNL

LandScan Population Data

Global and US population distribution datasets at ~1km resolution. Essential for disaster impact estimation.

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Sandia

Sandia National Labs — Remote Sensing

Synthetic Aperture Radar research, hyperspectral imaging, and sensor development for national security applications.

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LANL

Los Alamos National Lab

Space and remote sensing research including satellite instrument development, data analytics, and climate monitoring.

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PNNL

Pacific Northwest National Lab

Environmental remote sensing, atmospheric science, and coastal resilience data from DOE’s Pacific Northwest Laboratory.

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LLNL

Lawrence Livermore National Lab

Climate modeling, atmospheric monitoring, and geospatial analytics capabilities for disaster and environmental assessment.

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ANL

Argonne National Lab

Environmental science research, urban heat island mapping, and energy infrastructure resilience data.

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BNL

Brookhaven National Lab

Atmospheric and climate research with satellite calibration/validation and environmental monitoring capabilities.

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INL

Idaho National Lab

Geospatial analytics, wildfire risk modeling, and critical infrastructure resilience assessment data.

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NREL

National Renewable Energy Lab

GIS and geospatial data for solar, wind, geothermal resources plus tools like the RE Data Explorer and System Advisor Model.

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LiDAR & Elevation Data

High-resolution 3D point clouds, digital elevation models, and terrain data for the United States.

USGS

USGS 3DEP — 3D Elevation Program

National LiDAR coverage initiative providing 1m DEMs for the entire US. Quality Level 2 (QL2) LiDAR point clouds.

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NOAA

NOAA Coastal LiDAR

Post-storm and baseline coastal LiDAR datasets for shoreline change, flood modeling, and coastal erosion analysis.

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OpenTopography

OpenTopography

Community platform for high-resolution topography data including LiDAR point clouds, DEMs, and bathymetry globally.

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USGS

National Elevation Dataset (NED)

Seamless 10m and 30m DEMs covering the US. Being replaced by higher-resolution 3DEP products.

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USGS

USGS LiDAR Explorer

Interactive viewer and download tool for all USGS 3DEP LiDAR collections by project, state, and date.

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NASA

NASA ICESat-2

Spaceborne LiDAR measuring ice sheet elevation, sea ice freeboard, terrain heights, and vegetation canopy height globally.

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NASA

GEDI (LiDAR from ISS)

Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation. Spaceborne LiDAR from the ISS measuring forest canopy height and structure.

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USACE

USACE Geospatial Data

US Army Corps of Engineers elevation, hydrographic survey, and navigation channel data.

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Commercial Providers

High-resolution imagery and data from commercial satellite operators and platforms.

Platform

Maxar — SecureWatch

30cm optical imagery from WorldView-3/4 and Legion constellation. Industry leader in high-resolution satellite imagery.

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Platform

Planet Labs

Daily 3m imagery from 200+ Dove satellites plus 50cm SkySat tasking. Best temporal resolution commercially available.

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SAR

Capella Space

High-resolution X-band SAR imagery with sub-meter resolution and rapid tasking for all-weather, day-night imaging.

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SAR

ICEYE

X-band SAR microsatellite constellation providing flood monitoring, ground deformation, and infrastructure monitoring.

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SAR

Umbra

Ultra-high-resolution (16cm) SAR imagery. Open data program provides free SAR samples for research.

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Platform

Airbus Defence & Space

Pléiades Neo (30cm), SPOT (1.5m), and TerraSAR-X radar imagery for defense and civilian applications.

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Platform

BlackBridge / Planet RapidEye

5m multispectral imagery with red-edge band particularly useful for vegetation and agriculture monitoring.

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AI Platform

nltGIS.ai

AI-native spatial intelligence platform. Query 200+ authoritative datasets on hazards, population, and infrastructure using natural language.

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Platform

SkyWatch / EarthCache

API marketplace aggregating satellite imagery from multiple providers with simplified ordering and delivery.

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SAR

Synspective

L-band SAR constellation from Japan focused on infrastructure monitoring and disaster response.

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Regional US Programs

State, regional, and multi-agency data programs within the United States.

CIRES

NOAA/CIRES — Western Water Assessment

Drought, water supply, and climate adaptation data for the Intermountain West from NOAA and CU Boulder.

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Regional

USGS EROS Center

Earth Resources Observation and Science Center in Sioux Falls, SD. Primary archive for Landsat and aerial photography.

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State

California Spatial Information Library

California’s statewide geospatial data portal including fire perimeters, earthquake data, and hazard zones.

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State

Texas Natural Resources Info System

Texas’ comprehensive GIS data hub with LiDAR, orthoimagery, elevation, and historical aerial photography.

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State

Florida Geographic Data Library

Florida statewide GIS data clearinghouse for environmental, hazard, and land use datasets.

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Regional

Pacific Disaster Center

Multi-hazard early warning system and disaster intelligence covering the Pacific region with real-time event monitoring.

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Regional

Great Lakes Coastal Forecasting

NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab providing lake level, ice cover, and coastal hazard data.

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Regional

Alaska Satellite Facility

NASA SAR data center. Free access to Sentinel-1, ALOS PALSAR, and historical SAR datasets for any region globally.

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Global Data Sources

Major international Earth observation programs and global datasets from ESA, JAXA, and multinational initiatives.

ESA

Copernicus Open Access Hub

Free access to Sentinel-1 (SAR), Sentinel-2 (optical), Sentinel-3 (ocean/land), and Sentinel-5P (atmospheric) data.

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ESA

Copernicus Emergency Management

Rapid mapping service providing damage grading, flood extent, and situation maps within hours of EU activation.

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ESA

Copernicus Sentinel-4 (2025)

Launched July 2025 on MTG-S1. Provides hourly atmospheric composition monitoring over Europe.

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ESA

ESA Earth Online

Gateway to all ESA Earth observation missions including ERS, Envisat, CryoSat, SMOS, Aeolus, and upcoming missions.

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JAXA

JAXA ALOS Data

ALOS-2 PALSAR-2 L-band SAR data from Japan. Excellent forest monitoring and disaster response capabilities.

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JAXA

JAXA Global Rainfall Watch

Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation providing near real-time rainfall estimates at 10km resolution.

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DLR

German Aerospace Center (DLR)

TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X SAR missions providing high-resolution X-band radar data and global 12m DEM.

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ISRO

ISRO Bhuvan

India’s geoportal with data from Cartosat, Resourcesat, and Oceansat missions covering South Asia.

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CSA

Canada EODMS

RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) C-band SAR data for Arctic monitoring, maritime surveillance, and disaster response.

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Global

Global Flood Monitoring (GFM)

Near real-time global flood extent mapping using Sentinel-1 SAR data. Updated every 6-12 hours during flood events.

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UN

UNOSAT (UN Satellite Centre)

United Nations satellite analysis and rapid mapping for humanitarian response and disaster management.

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CGIAR

SRTM Elevation Data

Shuttle Radar Topography Mission global 30m and 90m elevation data freely available for any application.

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Global

Global Forest Watch

Near real-time forest change monitoring combining Landsat, Sentinel, and VIIRS data for deforestation and fire detection.

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Global

OpenAerialMap

Open collection of post-disaster aerial and drone imagery contributed by humanitarian and disaster response organizations.

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Global

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap

Community-driven mapping initiative providing building footprints, road networks, and infrastructure data for disaster-prone areas.

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WMO

WMO OSCAR Satellite Status

World Meteorological Organization database of all operational and planned weather and environmental satellites worldwide.

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