NASA Earthdata

CMR STAC API

The CMR SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog (STAC) API provides a STAC-compliant interface over NASA's Common Metadata Repository, enabling discovery and access to Earth science data collections and items using the widely-adopted STAC specification. Supports provider-specific STAC catalogs for individual NASA DAACs.

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https://github.com/nasa/cmr-stac/blob/master/docs/usage/usage.md

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: CMR STAC API
description: The CMR SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog (STAC) API provides a STAC-compliant interface over
  NASA's Common Metadata Repository, enabling discovery and access to Earth science data collections and
  items using the widely-adopted STAC specification. Supports provider-specific STAC catalogs for individual
  NASA DAACs.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
humanURL: https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/engage/open-data-services-software/earthdata-developer-portal/cmr-api
baseURL: https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/stac
tags:
- STAC
- SpatioTemporal
- Collection
- Item
- Geospatial
tags_raw:
- STAC
- SpatioTemporal
- Collections
- Items
- Geospatial
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://github.com/nasa/cmr-stac/blob/master/docs/usage/usage.md
contact:
- FN: NASA Earthdata
  url: https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/contact
  email: support@earthdata.nasa.gov