22/10/2025
π π Top 15 Free Satellite Imagery & Earth Observation Data Sources (2025 Update)
Whether youβre a GIS analyst, remote sensing researcher, or environmental professional here are some of the best portals for accessing free satellite imagery and geospatial datasets π
1οΈβ£ USGS Earth Explorer
π http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov
π°οΈ Landsat (optical), declassified CORONA, Hyperion hyperspectral
2οΈβ£ Sentinel / Copernicus Browser
π http://copernicus.eu/browser
π°οΈ Sentinel-2 (optical multispectral), Sentinel-1 (SAR)
3οΈβ£ NASA Earthdata Search
π http://search.earthdata.nasa.gov
π°οΈ Land cover, atmosphere, cryosphere, biosphere products
4οΈβ£ NOAA Data Access Viewer
π http://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer
π°οΈ Satellite, aerial imagery, coastal LiDAR
5οΈβ£ Maxar Open Data Program
π http://maxar.com/open-data
π°οΈ High-resolution disaster imagery, stereo, elevation, footprints
6οΈβ£ Geo-Airbus Defense
π http://intelligence.airbus.com
π°οΈ SPOT, Pleiades (optical), TerraSAR-X (radar), WorldDEM
7οΈβ£ NASA Worldview
π http://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov
π°οΈ Interactive visualization of global scientific satellite data
8οΈβ£ NOAA CLASS (Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System)
π http://class.noaa.gov
π°οΈ GOES/POES imagery, aerosols, ozone, environmental data
9οΈβ£ ISRO Bhuvan
π http://bhuvan.nrsc.gov.in
π°οΈ Indian satellite data: IRS, Cartosat, OceanSat, CartoDEM
π JAXA ALOS World 3D (AW3D30)
π http://eorc.jaxa.jp
π°οΈ Global 30 m DSM / elevation from ALOS L-band radar
1οΈβ£1οΈβ£ NOAA Digital Coast
π http://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast
π°οΈ Coastal imagery, elevation, radar, socio-economic data
1οΈβ£2οΈβ£ PROBA-V MEP (GeoViewer)
π http://viewer.probav.vito.be
π°οΈ PROBA-V, SPOT-VGT, METOP β global vegetation trends
1οΈβ£3οΈβ£ Global Land Cover Facilities
π (global land cover data sources via e.g. landsat, MODIS, AVHRR)
π°οΈ Landsat, MODIS, AVHRR β global land use/land cover maps
1οΈβ£4οΈβ£ UNAVCO (SAR & Geodesy Data)
π http://unavco.org
π°οΈ SAR, tectonic deformation, geodesy data for Earth science
1οΈβ£5οΈβ£ INPE (Brazilβs National Institute for Space Research)
π http://dgi.inpe.br
π°οΈ CBERS, ResourceSat, UK-DMC β regional optical datasets
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