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NASA has geodetics datasets that help researchers characterize the shape of Earth and the motion of its components. Access a range of data and data tools such as AppEEARS, Worldview, and Giovanni to make the most of geodetics data.

Geodetics Datasets

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Dataset Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
ILRS Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) station, Greenbelt, Maryland (GODL) 1 GPS SLR Station 2025-07-01

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

CRD
International GNSS Service (IGS) GNSS site (ABMF00GLP), Les Abymes, Guadeloupe 1 GPS 2025-07-01

N: 16.7 S: 15.7 E: -61 W: -62

RINEX
International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS) extension of the International Terrestrial Reference Frame 2020 (ITRF2020) TRF Model with additional SLR sites from NASA CDDIS 1 SATELLITES 1976-05-01

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

SINEX
Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) one-way Laser Ranging Full Rate Data (all ranges collected, ground stations, aggregate of normal points daily) from NASA CDDIS 1 GROUND STATIONS ALTIMETERS 2009-07-01, 2014-09-01

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Consolidated Laser Ranging Data Format (CRD) version 1
Multi-Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Broadcast Ephemeris Data (daily files) from NASA CDDIS 1 Beidou, Galileo, GLONASS, GPS, GROUND STATIONS, QZSS, IRNSS, SBAS Beidou P, Galileo P, GLONASS P, GPSP, GNSS RECEIVER, QZSS P, IRNSS P, SBAS P 1992-01-01 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

RINEX
NOAA-20 VIIRS Level-1 Geolocation Data, version 2 2 NOAA-20 VIIRS 2017-11-29 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
NOAA-21 VIIRS Level-1A Geolocation Data, version 1 1 NOAA-21 VIIRS 2022-11-10 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) Data Handling File for the International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS) extension of the International Terrestrial Reference Frame 2020 (ITRF2020) TRF Model with additional SLR sites 1 SATELLITES 1976-05-01 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

SINEX
Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) Earth Orientation Parameters (EOP) Position Products from NASA CDDIS 1 ETALON-1, ETALON-2, GROUND STATIONS, LAGEOS-1, LAGEOS-2 LASER REFLECTOR, SLR Station 1976-05-16 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) ILRS Analysis Center (AC) Orbit Product (weekly files, generated weekly) from NASA CDDIS 1 LAGEOS-1, LAGEOS-2, ETALON-1, ETALON-2, GROUND STATIONS LASER REFLECTOR, SLR Station 2016-01-01 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

extended standard product-3 (SP3)
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Featured Geodetics Observation Method: GNSS
A Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) is a space geodesy technology that provides autonomous geospatial positioning around the world. One such system is the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS), which is made up of 24 satellites, each traveling in a 12-hour orbit. A similar system is the GLObal NAvigation Satellite System (GLONASS) constellation consisting of 24 satellites. Each system is designed so that multiple satellites are within range of any point on Earth in order to precisely determine its location.

GNSS data can used to determine location and positioning around Earth as well as to study geophysics, the motions of tectonic plates and their displacements due to earthquakes, Earth orientation, and atmospheric properties among many other things.
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GNSS Radio Occultation Science and Applications

Join us to learn more about Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) radio occultation science and applications! We will highlight science impacts in the areas of numerical weather prediction, forecasting cyclone genesis, and space weather.
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RINEX V3 GNSS Data Now Available at CDDIS

This update to NASA's Crustal Dynamics Data Information System (CDDIS) archive makes accessing all RINEX data easier and more transparent for the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) user community.

Geodetics Data Tools

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Tool Description Services
Earthdata Search Earthdata Search enables data discovery, search, comparison, visualization, and access across NASA’s Earth science data holdings. Search and Discovery, Access, Cataloging, Cloud Computing, Downloading
Worldview Worldview offers the capability to interactively browse over 1,200 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and download the underlying data. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization, Access, Comparison, Monitoring Natural Events
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