Additional WorldView and GeoEye Products Now Available in the SNWG Earthdata Search Portal

Access to commercial data is a growing need across U.S. federal agencies to advance scientific research and support agency workflows. In supporting the Satellite Needs Working Group (SNWG), NASA also reviews how agency needs submitted during the biennial survey may be met by commercial data access and use. In response, NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program identifies, evaluates, and acquires commercial satellite data to support the government’s Earth science research and application goals. CSDA also enables Discovery and Access of Commercial Data, an SNWG solution from the 2020 cycle. This solution allows users to discover both NASA and commercial data using the same search tool: NASA’s Earthdata Search.

In support of this solution, eight additional commercial products were recently added to the SNWG Earthdata Search Portal:

• WorldView-1 Level 1B Panchromatic Satellite Imagery
• WorldView-2 Level 1B Panchromatic Satellite Imagery
• WorldView-3 Level 1B Panchromatic Satellite Imagery
• WorldView-4 Level 1B Panchromatic Satellite Imagery
• WorldView-2 Level 2A Multispectral 8-Band Satellite Imagery
• WorldView-3 Level 2A Multispectral 8-Band Satellite Imagery
• GeoEye-1 Level 1B Multispectral 4-Band Satellite Imagery
• GeoEye-1 Level 1B Panchromatic Satellite Imagery

The eight products listed above are an addition to the following commercial data products already available through Earthdata Search:

• PlanetScope Satellite Imagery 3 Band Scene
• WorldView-2 Level 1B Multispectral 8-Band Satellite Imagery
• WorldView-3 Level 1B Multispectral 8-Band Satellite Imagery
• WorldView-4 Level 1B Multispectral 4-Band Satellite Imagery

Together, these twelve products address the need for higher spatial resolutions and help consolidate access to NASA’s data resources in a central place. Additional commercial products will continue to be phased into the Earthdata search and discovery client as data is acquired, and data access is subject to the terms of the End User License Agreement (EULA). Improved discovery and access to commercial data enables opportunities for a variety of research and applications across thematic areas including assessing land cover change and vegetation traits at a finer scale, monitoring characteristics of small water bodies, and detecting impacts of rapid disasters.

Learn more about NASA’s support to SNWG in helping federal agencies shape and then utilize actionable solutions for their satellite Earth observation needs.