# Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS) API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/nasa-earthdata/global-imagery-browse-services-gibs-api/  
**Provider:** NASA Earthdata — https://apis.io/providers/nasa-earthdata/  
**Base URL:** https://gibs.earthdata.nasa.gov  
**Documentation:** https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/engage/open-data-services-software/earthdata-developer-portal/gibs-api

Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS) API is one of 7 APIs that [NASA Earthdata](https://apis.io/providers/nasa-earthdata/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Imagery, WMTS, WMS, Tiles, and Visualization. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

The Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS) API delivers quick access to over 1,000 satellite imagery products through standards-compliant web services including WMTS, WMS, and Tiled Web Map Service (TWMS). Provides full-resolution global imagery with most datasets updated daily within hours of satellite observation. Supports multiple map projections and quality tiers with no authentication required for public imagery.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **Documentation** — https://nasa-gibs.github.io/gibs-api-docs/access-basics/

## Other NASA Earthdata APIs (6)

- [CMR STAC API](https://apis.io/apis/nasa-earthdata/cmr-stac-api/)
- [Earthdata Login API](https://apis.io/apis/nasa-earthdata/earthdata-login-api/)
- [AppEEARS API](https://apis.io/apis/nasa-earthdata/appeears-api/)
- [NASA Earthdata Capabilities API](https://apis.io/apis/nasa-earthdata/nasa-earthdata-capabilities-api/)
- [NASA Earthdata Coverage API](https://apis.io/apis/nasa-earthdata/nasa-earthdata-coverage-api/)
- [NASA Earthdata OpenAPI API](https://apis.io/apis/nasa-earthdata/nasa-earthdata-openapi-api/)

## Tags

Imagery, WMTS, WMS, Tiles, Visualization, Satellite Imagery

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