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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.

DLR publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: Capabilities API, Data API, and STAC API. Tagged areas include Earth Observation, Remote Sensing, Satellite Data, Geospatial, and Aerospace.

The DLR catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

DLR’s developer surface includes developer portal, GitHub presence, and 11 more developer resources.

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44.4/100 developing ▼ -5.4 Agent 22/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
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10 APIs
Earth ObservationRemote SensingSatellite DataGeospatialAerospaceOpen DataOGCSTACAtmospheric ScienceDigital Elevation Models

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 44.4/100 · developing
Contract Quality 15.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity 12.1 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 22/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 10

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

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/...

DLR Capabilities API

essential characteristics of this API

DLR Data API

access to data (features)

DLR STAC API

The STAC API from DLR — 1 operation(s) for stac.

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Plans

5 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Eoc Stac Api Context

20 classes · 17 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

DLR API Rules

6 rules · 5 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

DLR EOC STAC API Schema

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Stac Collection Response

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Stac Search Request

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Dlr Domain Security

TLSv1.2 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Dlr Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Dlr Agentic Access

13 operations · 1 acting

13 operations · 1 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal
Portal

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub
GitHub

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits
 Contact
Contact

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

DataCatalog
DataCatalog
 DataAccess
DataAccess

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
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.
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
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 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/
- aid: dlr:dlr-capabilities-api
  name: DLR Capabilities API
  description: essential characteristics of this API
  humanURL: https://geoservice.dlr.de/web/about
  baseURL: https://geoservice.dlr.de/eoc/ogc/stac/v1
  tags:
  - Capabilities
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dlr-capabilities-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://geoservice.dlr.de/web/about
  - 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
- aid: dlr:dlr-data-api
  name: DLR Data API
  description: access to data (features)
  humanURL: https://geoservice.dlr.de/web/about
  baseURL: https://geoservice.dlr.de/eoc/ogc/stac/v1
  tags:
  - Data
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dlr-data-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://geoservice.dlr.de/web/about
  - 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
- aid: dlr:dlr-stac-api
  name: DLR STAC API
  description: The STAC API from DLR — 1 operation(s) for stac.
  humanURL: https://geoservice.dlr.de/web/about
  baseURL: https://geoservice.dlr.de/eoc/ogc/stac/v1
  tags:
  - STAC
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dlr-stac-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://geoservice.dlr.de/web/about
  - 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
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/dlr-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/dlr-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/dlr-domain-security.yml
- 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