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Satellite and aerial imagery by country

Theme
Imagery
Countries
123
National sources
168
Global datasets
21
Last verified

National aerial photography and orthoimagery services, plus free satellite archives (Sentinel, Landsat, MODIS) and the portals and STAC APIs that serve them. This page lists all 168 national imagery sources in the catalogue, country by country, after the 21 global datasets.

Global imagery datasets

  • AlphaEarth Foundations Satellite Embeddings (annual, COG mirror) (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Google and Google DeepMind (mirror by Taylor Geospatial on Source Cooperative) · Global

    64-dimensional annual embeddings at 10 m from the AlphaEarth Foundations geospatial foundation model, 2017 to 2025, as int8 COGs by UTM zone; no login needed. Use the provided VRTs, because the COGs are stored bottom-up. Attribution: The AlphaEarth Foundations Satellite Embedding dataset is produced by Google and Google DeepMind.

    • Imagery
    • Land cover
    • Environment
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    COG, VRT
    Link
    source.coop

    Verified

  • Digital Earth Africa (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    Digital Earth Africa · Africa

    Analysis-ready Landsat and Sentinel data for Africa plus derived products (water observations, cropland extent, coastlines) on AWS.

    • Imagery
    • Land cover
    • Hydrology
    • Agriculture & soils
    Licence
    Free and open (most products CC BY 4.0)
    Formats
    COG, STAC, WMS
    Link
    digitalearthafrica.org

    Verified

  • EOxCloudless Sentinel-2 mosaics (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Mixed

    EOX IT Services · Global

    Cloud-free 10 m true-colour Sentinel-2 mosaics of the whole world for each year since 2016, as free WMTS basemaps.

    • Imagery
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0 (2016 mosaic); CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (2018 and later)
    Formats
    WMTS, WMS, GeoTIFF
    Link
    cloudless.eox.at

    Verified

  • Google Earth Engine Data Catalog (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Mixed

    Google · Global

    Catalogue of 1,000+ public raster and vector datasets; analysis runs in Earth Engine, which requires a registered Cloud project.

    • Imagery
    • Land cover
    • Elevation / DEM
    • Climate & weather
    Licence
    Per dataset; Earth Engine free for non-commercial use, paid for commercial
    Formats
    API, GeoTIFF
    Link
    developers.google.com

    Verified

  • Maxar Open Data Program (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Maxar Technologies (Vantor) · Disaster areas worldwide

    Pre- and post-event very-high-resolution (about 30–50 cm) imagery for major disasters, released for humanitarian response.

    • Imagery
    • Natural hazards
    Licence
    CC BY-NC 4.0
    Formats
    COG, STAC
    Link
    registry.opendata.aws

    Verified

  • NASA Worldview (opens in a new tab)

    Web viewer Cost: Free

    NASA EOSDIS · Global

    Daily global MODIS and VIIRS imagery within hours of capture, with 1,000+ layers back to 2000; ideal for fires, floods and dust.

    • Imagery
    • Natural hazards
    Licence
    Public domain (NASA open data policy)
    Formats
    GeoTIFF, JPEG, KMZ
    Link
    worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov

    Verified

  • OpenAerialMap (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team · Patchy worldwide

    Openly licensed drone and aerial imagery contributed by the community, often at a few centimetres resolution; coverage is patchy.

    • Imagery
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF, TMS
    Link
    openaerialmap.org

    Verified

  • Sentinel Hub EO Browser (opens in a new tab)

    Web viewer Cost: Free with registration

    Sinergise / Planet · Global

    Quick visual search of Sentinel, Landsat and MODIS archives with custom scripts and time-lapse export; free account required.

    • Imagery
    Licence
    Per collection (Sentinel and Landsat open; free account)
    Formats
    GeoTIFF, JPEG, KMZ
    Link
    apps.sentinel-hub.com

    Verified

  • USGS EarthExplorer (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free with registration

    US Geological Survey · Global

    Search and order Landsat, Sentinel-2, SRTM, aerial photography and declassified satellite imagery; free USGS login needed to download.

    • Imagery
    • Elevation / DEM
    Licence
    Public domain (US Gov)
    Formats
    GeoTIFF, HDF
    Link
    earthexplorer.usgs.gov

    Verified

  • Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free with registration

    European Space Agency / European Commission · Global

    Official free access to the full Sentinel-1, -2, -3 and -5P archives (10–300 m) with STAC, OData, openEO and S3 APIs; free account needed for downloads.

    • Imagery
    • Elevation / DEM
    • Land cover
    Licence
    Copernicus open licence (free, full and open; attribution)
    Formats
    SAFE, COG, STAC, OData
    Link
    dataspace.copernicus.eu

    Verified

  • Earth Search STAC API (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    Element 84 · Global

    Free, no-login STAC search over Sentinel-2 L2A COGs, Landsat Collection 2, Sentinel-1 GRD and Copernicus DEM on AWS; used in our Lake Mead tutorial.

    • Imagery
    • Elevation / DEM
    Licence
    Per collection (Sentinel: Copernicus open licence; Landsat: public domain)
    Formats
    COG, STAC
    Link
    earth-search.aws.element84.com

    Verified

  • Landsat Missions (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free with registration

    U.S. Geological Survey · Global

    30 m multispectral imagery since 1972 (Landsat 1–9); Collection 2 Level-2 surface reflectance is the usual starting point.

    • Imagery
    Licence
    Public domain (US Gov)
    Formats
    GeoTIFF, COG
    Link
    usgs.gov

    Verified

  • Microsoft Planetary Computer (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    Microsoft · Global

    Over 100 analysis-ready datasets (Sentinel, Landsat, NAIP, ERA5, land cover) behind a free STAC API; data access needs no account.

    • Imagery
    • Land cover
    • Elevation / DEM
    • Environment
    • Climate & weather
    Licence
    Per dataset (mostly open; shown on each collection page)
    Formats
    COG, Zarr, STAC
    Link
    planetarycomputer.microsoft.com

    Verified

  • NASA Earthdata Search (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free with registration

    NASA · Global

    Search and download the full NASA EOSDIS archive (MODIS, VIIRS, SRTM, ICESat-2, GEDI, SMAP); downloads need a free Earthdata Login.

    • Imagery
    • Elevation / DEM
    • Environment
    • Climate & weather
    Licence
    Public domain (NASA open data policy)
    Formats
    HDF, NetCDF, GeoTIFF
    Link
    search.earthdata.nasa.gov

    Verified

  • Registry of Open Data on AWS (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Amazon Web Services · Global

    Directory of 600+ public datasets in S3 (Sentinel, Landsat, NAIP, Copernicus DEM, ERA5, NOAA), free to access without an account.

    • Open data portal
    • Imagery
    • Elevation / DEM
    • Climate & weather
    Licence
    Per dataset
    Formats
    COG, Zarr, NetCDF, GeoParquet
    Link
    registry.opendata.aws

    Verified

  • Copernicus Emergency Management Service: rapid mapping (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    European Commission (Copernicus EMS) · Activation areas worldwide

    Delineation and grading maps for floods, fires, earthquakes and storms since 2012, with vector downloads per activation.

    • Natural hazards
    • Imagery
    Licence
    Copernicus EMS licence (free; attribution)
    Formats
    Shapefile, GeoPackage, PDF, GeoTIFF
    Link
    mapping.emergency.copernicus.eu

    Verified

  • Source Cooperative (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Radiant Earth · Global

    Cloud-native data repository; hosts the former Radiant MLHub training datasets and mirrors of building, land-cover and field-boundary data.

    • Open data portal
    • Imagery
    • Buildings
    Licence
    Per dataset
    Formats
    GeoParquet, COG, STAC, PMTiles
    Link
    source.coop

    Verified

  • EMIT imaging spectrometer and methane plumes (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory · Global (52°N to 52°S)

    Hyperspectral imaging spectrometer on the International Space Station; JPL publishes mineral dust maps, methane and CO2 enhancement images and a catalogue of detected plume complexes, with an interactive greenhouse gas data portal.

    • Climate & weather
    • Environment
    • Imagery
    Licence
    Public domain
    Formats
    COG, NetCDF, GeoJSON
    Link
    earth.jpl.nasa.gov

    Verified

  • NASA VEDA (Visualization, Exploration and Data Analysis) (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    NASA · Global

    Open STAC catalogue and tiling API for NASA Earth science datasets, including EMIT methane enhancement, greenhouse gas fluxes, nighttime lights and air quality; no login needed, with a public dashboard at earthdata.nasa.gov/dashboard.

    • Climate & weather
    • Environment
    • Imagery
    Licence
    Mostly CC0 / public domain (varies by dataset)
    Formats
    COG, Zarr
    Link
    openveda.cloud

    Verified

  • Natural Earth (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Natural Earth · Global

    Small-scale cultural and physical vectors at 1:10m, 1:50m and 1:110m, ideal for overview maps; powers this page’s globe.

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Hydrology
    • Imagery
    Licence
    Public domain
    Formats
    Shapefile, GeoPackage
    Link
    naturalearthdata.com

    Verified

Imagery sources by country

Africa 50 countries

Algeria 1
Angola 1
Benin 1
Botswana 1
Burkina Faso 1
Burundi 1
Cameroon 1
Central African Republic 1
Chad 1
Côte d'Ivoire 1
Democratic Republic of the Congo 1
Djibouti 1
Egypt 1
Equatorial Guinea 1
Eritrea 1
Eswatini 1
Ethiopia 1
Gabon 1
Ghana 1
Guinea 1
Guinea-Bissau 1
Kenya 1
Lesotho 1
Liberia 1
Libya 1
Madagascar 1
Malawi 1
Mali 1
Mauritania 1
Morocco 2
Mozambique 1
Namibia 1
Niger 1
Nigeria 1
Republic of the Congo 1
Rwanda 1
Senegal 1
Sierra Leone 1
Somalia 1
South Africa 2
South Sudan 1
Sudan 1
Tanzania 1
The Gambia 1
Togo 1
Tunisia 1
Uganda 1
Western Sahara 1
Zambia 1
Zimbabwe 1

Asia 15 countries

China 2
Cyprus 1
Georgia 1
Hong Kong 3
India 4
Indonesia 1
Israel 1
Japan 2
Jordan 1
Macao 1
Palestine 1
South Korea 1
Taiwan 1
Thailand 1
Türkiye 1

Europe 37 countries

Åland Islands 1
Albania 1
Andorra 1
Austria 2
Belgium 2
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2
Croatia 2
Czechia 2
Denmark 1
Estonia 2
Faroe Islands 1
Finland 2
France 3
Germany 4
Greece 1
Guernsey 2
Hungary 1
Ireland 2
Isle of Man 1
Italy 1
Jersey 1
Kosovo 2
Latvia 2
Liechtenstein 1
Lithuania 1
Luxembourg 1
Moldova 1
Netherlands 1
Norway 1
Poland 2
Portugal 1
Romania 1
Slovenia 2
Spain 2
Sweden 2
Switzerland 2
United Kingdom 3

North America 9 countries

Canada 1
Cayman Islands 1
Dominican Republic 1
Greenland 1
Puerto Rico 1
Saint Barthélemy 2
Saint Martin 1
United States 4
United States Virgin Islands 1

South America 4 countries

Argentina 1
Brazil 1
Colombia 1
Uruguay 1

Oceania 7 countries

American Samoa 2
Australia 5
French Polynesia 1
Guam 2
New Caledonia 1
New Zealand 3
Northern Mariana Islands 2

Antarctica 1 country

Antarctica 1

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