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DLR

The German Aerospace Center (DLR) Earth Observation Center (EOC) provides public APIs for accessing Earth observation satellite data, remote sensing products, and scientific datasets from German aerospace research missions. Services include OGC-compliant WMS, WCS, CSW, STAC, and WMTS endpoints covering atmospheric trace gases, digital elevation models, land cover, hyperspectral imagery, water resources, and more from missions such as TanDEM-X, TerraSAR-X, EnMAP, DESIS, and Sentinel series.

8 APIs 0 Features
Earth ObservationRemote SensingSatellite DataGeospatialAerospaceOpen DataOGCSTACAtmospheric ScienceDigital Elevation Models

APIs

EOC Geoservice STAC API

SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog (STAC) 1.0.0 API providing interoperable access to metadata from 80+ Earth observation collections and products from DLR's Earth Observation Center,...

EOC Imagery Web Map Service (WMS)

OGC Web Map Service providing visualization layers for DLR Earth observation imagery products including optical satellite data, hyperspectral imagery, and derived remote sensing...

EOC Imagery Web Coverage Service (WCS)

OGC Web Coverage Service providing direct download and extraction of coverage data for DLR Earth observation imagery products, supporting data subsetting and retrieval in scient...

EOC Basemap Web Map Service (WMS)

OGC Web Map Service providing basemap and core geospatial reference layers from DLR including global mosaics and topographic reference data derived from DLR satellite missions.

EOC Basemap Web Coverage Service (WCS)

OGC Web Coverage Service for DLR basemap and reference datasets including the SRTM X-SAR global digital elevation model mosaic, providing programmatic access to raw coverage data.

EOC Land Web Map Service (WMS)

OGC Web Map Service providing land cover and land use visualization layers from DLR research, including World Settlement Footprint, crop type mapping, forest structure, CORINE l...

EOC Atmosphere Web Map Service (WMS)

OGC Web Map Service providing atmospheric data visualization layers from DLR including Sentinel-5P TROPOMI products for ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, formaldehyde, an...

EOWEB GeoPortal API

Multi-mission web portal API for interactive access to the DLR Earth observation data holdings including browse-and-download features, time-series data access, OGC WMS/WFS/WMTS/...

Pricing Plans

Plans

5 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits

Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps

Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies

Eoc Stac Api Context

20 classes · 17 properties

JSON-LD

Example Payloads

Stac Collection Response

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Stac Search Request

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Resources

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Portal
Portal
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DataCatalog
DataCatalog
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DataAccess
DataAccess
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GitHub
GitHub
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Plans
Plans
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RateLimits
RateLimits
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FinOps
FinOps
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TermsOfService
TermsOfService
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Contact
Contact
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PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Sources

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name: DLR
description: The German Aerospace Center (DLR) Earth Observation Center (EOC) provides public APIs for accessing Earth observation
  satellite data, remote sensing products, and scientific datasets from German aerospace research missions. Services include
  OGC-compliant WMS, WCS, CSW, STAC, and WMTS endpoints covering atmospheric trace gases, digital elevation models, land cover,
  hyperspectral imagery, water resources, and more from missions such as TanDEM-X, TerraSAR-X, EnMAP, DESIS, and Sentinel
  series.
image: https://www.dlr.de/favicon.ico
tags:
- Earth Observation
- Remote Sensing
- Satellite Data
- Geospatial
- Aerospace
- Open Data
- OGC
- STAC
- Atmospheric Science
- Digital Elevation Models
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dlr/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- name: EOC Geoservice STAC API
  description: SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog (STAC) 1.0.0 API providing interoperable access to metadata from 80+ Earth observation
    collections and products from DLR's Earth Observation Center, covering atmospheric, optical, radar, land, water, and elevation
    datasets.
  image: https://www.dlr.de/favicon.ico
  humanURL: https://geoservice.dlr.de/web/about
  baseURL: https://geoservice.dlr.de/eoc/ogc/stac/v1
  tags:
  - STAC
  - Earth Observation
  - Satellite Data
  - Geospatial
  - OGC
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://geoservice.dlr.de/web/about
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://geoservice.dlr.de/eoc/ogc/stac/v1/openapi
  - type: Conformance
    url: https://geoservice.dlr.de/eoc/ogc/stac/v1/conformance
  - type: Collections
    url: https://geoservice.dlr.de/eoc/ogc/stac/v1/collections
  - type: Search
    url: https://geoservice.dlr.de/eoc/ogc/stac/v1/search
  contact:
  - FN: Geoservice Manager
    email: geoservice@dlr.de
- name: EOC Imagery Web Map Service (WMS)
  description: OGC Web Map Service providing visualization layers for DLR Earth observation imagery products including optical
    satellite data, hyperspectral imagery, and derived remote sensing products.
  image: https://www.dlr.de/favicon.ico
  humanURL: https://geoservice.dlr.de/web/
  baseURL: https://geoservice.dlr.de/eoc/imagery/wms
  tags:
  - WMS
  - Earth Observation
  - Imagery
  - OGC
  - Geospatial
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://geoservice.dlr.de/web/about
  - type: GetCapabilities
    url: https://geoservice.dlr.de/eoc/imagery/wms?SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetCapabilities
  contact:
  - FN: Geoservice Manager
    email: geoservice@dlr.de
- name: EOC Imagery Web Coverage Service (WCS)
  description: OGC Web Coverage Service providing direct download and extraction of coverage data for DLR Earth observation
    imagery products, supporting data subsetting and retrieval in scientific formats.
  image: https://www.dlr.de/favicon.ico
  humanURL: https://geoservice.dlr.de/web/
  baseURL: https://geoservice.dlr.de/eoc/imagery/wcs
  tags:
  - WCS
  - Earth Observation
  - Data Download
  - OGC
  - Geospatial
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://geoservice.dlr.de/web/about
  - type: GetCapabilities
    url: https://geoservice.dlr.de/eoc/imagery/wcs?SERVICE=WCS&REQUEST=GetCapabilities
  contact:
  - FN: Geoservice Manager
    email: geoservice@dlr.de
- name: EOC Basemap Web Map Service (WMS)
  description: OGC Web Map Service providing basemap and core geospatial reference layers from DLR including global mosaics
    and topographic reference data derived from DLR satellite missions.
  image: https://www.dlr.de/favicon.ico
  humanURL: https://geoservice.dlr.de/web/
  baseURL: https://geoservice.dlr.de/eoc/basemap/wms
  tags:
  - WMS
  - Basemap
  - OGC
  - Geospatial
  - Reference Data
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://geoservice.dlr.de/web/about
  - type: GetCapabilities
    url: https://geoservice.dlr.de/eoc/basemap/wms?SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetCapabilities
  contact:
  - FN: Geoservice Manager
    email: geoservice@dlr.de
- name: EOC Basemap Web Coverage Service (WCS)
  description: OGC Web Coverage Service for DLR basemap and reference datasets including the SRTM X-SAR global digital elevation
    model mosaic, providing programmatic access to raw coverage data.
  image: https://www.dlr.de/favicon.ico
  humanURL: https://geoservice.dlr.de/web/
  baseURL: https://geoservice.dlr.de/eoc/basemap/wcs
  tags:
  - WCS
  - Basemap
  - DEM
  - OGC
  - Geospatial
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://geoservice.dlr.de/web/about
  - type: GetCapabilities
    url: https://geoservice.dlr.de/eoc/basemap/wcs?SERVICE=WCS&REQUEST=GetCapabilities
  contact:
  - FN: Geoservice Manager
    email: geoservice@dlr.de
- name: EOC Land Web Map Service (WMS)
  description: OGC Web Map Service providing land cover and land use visualization layers from DLR research, including World
    Settlement Footprint, crop type mapping, forest structure, CORINE land cover, and urbanization products.
  image: https://www.dlr.de/favicon.ico
  humanURL: https://geoservice.dlr.de/web/
  baseURL: https://geoservice.dlr.de/eoc/land/wms
  tags:
  - WMS
  - Land Cover
  - Land Use
  - OGC
  - Geospatial
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://geoservice.dlr.de/web/about
  - type: GetCapabilities
    url: https://geoservice.dlr.de/eoc/land/wms?SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetCapabilities
  contact:
  - FN: Geoservice Manager
    email: geoservice@dlr.de
- name: EOC Atmosphere Web Map Service (WMS)
  description: OGC Web Map Service providing atmospheric data visualization layers from DLR including Sentinel-5P TROPOMI
    products for ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, formaldehyde, and cloud fraction.
  image: https://www.dlr.de/favicon.ico
  humanURL: https://geoservice.dlr.de/web/
  baseURL: https://geoservice.dlr.de/eoc/atmosphere/wms
  tags:
  - WMS
  - Atmosphere
  - Air Quality
  - OGC
  - Sentinel-5P
  - TROPOMI
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://geoservice.dlr.de/web/about
  - type: GetCapabilities
    url: https://geoservice.dlr.de/eoc/atmosphere/wms?SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetCapabilities
  contact:
  - FN: Geoservice Manager
    email: geoservice@dlr.de
- name: EOWEB GeoPortal API
  description: Multi-mission web portal API for interactive access to the DLR Earth observation data holdings including browse-and-download
    features, time-series data access, OGC WMS/WFS/WMTS/TMS browsing services, and WCS-based data download for authorized
    users. Supports guest access for browsing and registered user access for ordering datasets.
  image: https://www.dlr.de/favicon.ico
  humanURL: https://eoweb.dlr.de/egp/
  baseURL: https://eoweb.dlr.de/egp/
  tags:
  - Earth Observation
  - Data Portal
  - Satellite Data
  - OGC
  - WMS
  - WCS
  - WMTS
  - WFS
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://eoweb.dlr.de/egp/docs/user/about_egp.html
  - type: Login
    url: https://eoweb.dlr.de/egp/resources/context/Login
  contact:
  - FN: DLR Earth Observation Center
    url: https://www.dlr.de/en/eoc/
common:
- type: Portal
  url: https://geoservice.dlr.de/web/
- type: DataCatalog
  url: https://geoservice.dlr.de/data-assets/
- type: DataAccess
  url: https://www.dlr.de/en/eoc/research-transfer/topics/satellite-data/data-access
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/dlr-eoc
- type: Plans
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dlr/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dlr/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dlr/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://eoweb.dlr.de/egp/resources/context/Login
- type: Contact
  url: https://www.dlr.de/en/eoc/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.dlr.de/en/privacy-policy
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com