Hydrosat

Hydrosat delivers thermal infrared satellite data and analytics for monitoring resources and detecting change, combining thermal-infrared imaging, proprietary algorithms, and field-tested expertise to support food security, water security, and industrial monitoring across 60+ countries. Its Discovery platform exposes a STAC-compliant (SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog) API at stac.hydrosat.com serving VZ-1 (Van Zyl-01) thermal and VNIR imagery at processing levels L1A, L1B, and L2, accessible via the Discovery Portal web app, direct download, or the OAuth2-protected STAC API. Products include the IrriWatch irrigation-planning tool and water/crop management solutions.

Hydrosat publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: Discovery STAC API. Tagged areas include Company, Satellite Imagery, Thermal Infrared, Geospatial, and Earth Observation.

Hydrosat’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, authentication, changelog, support, engineering blog, and 10 more developer resources.

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39.9/100 thin Agent 32/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-20 · rubric v0.4

1 APIs 1 MCP Servers 0 Features

CompanySatellite ImageryThermal InfraredGeospatialEarth ObservationRemote SensingSTACAgricultureWater ManagementData

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Composite quality — 39.9/100 · thin

Contract Quality 9.4 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 11.7 / 20

Commercial Clarity 4.7 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 9.3 / 10

Agent readiness — 32/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

SignUp

SignUp

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

AgentSkill

AgentSkill

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Lifecycle

Lifecycle

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Authentication

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

StatusPage

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

Support

Support

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: hydrosat
name: Hydrosat
description: Hydrosat delivers thermal infrared satellite data and analytics for monitoring resources and detecting change,
  combining thermal-infrared imaging, proprietary algorithms, and field-tested expertise to support food security, water security,
  and industrial monitoring across 60+ countries. Its Discovery platform exposes a STAC-compliant (SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog)
  API at stac.hydrosat.com serving VZ-1 (Van Zyl-01) thermal and VNIR imagery at processing levels L1A, L1B, and L2, accessible
  via the Discovery Portal web app, direct download, or the OAuth2-protected STAC API. Products include the IrriWatch irrigation-planning
  tool and water/crop management solutions.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/hydrosat/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- techstars
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
image: https://hydrosat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Field-Irrigation-Planning-2.png
tags:
- Company
- Satellite Imagery
- Thermal Infrared
- Geospatial
- Earth Observation
- Remote Sensing
- STAC
- Agriculture
- Water Management
- Data
apis:
- name: Hydrosat Discovery STAC API
  description: SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog (STAC) API serving Hydrosat's VZ-1 thermal infrared and VNIR satellite imagery.
    Search and retrieve L1A/L1B/L2 imagery products by area, time, cloud cover, and view angle. OAuth2 client-credentials
    bearer authentication.
  humanURL: https://satdocs.hydrosat.com/stac-api-reference-and-specification
  baseURL: https://stac.hydrosat.com
  tags:
  - STAC
  - Satellite Imagery
  - Thermal Infrared
  - Geospatial
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hydrosat-stac-openapi.json
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/hydrosat-stac-overlay.yaml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/hydrosat-authentication.yml
  - type: MCPServer
    url: mcp/hydrosat-mcp.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/hydrosat-problem-types.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/hydrosat-conformance.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/hydrosat-conventions.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/hydrosat-data-model.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://discover.hydrosat.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://satdocs.hydrosat.com/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://satdocs.hydrosat.com/stac-api-reference-and-specification
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://satdocs.hydrosat.com/stac-api-how-to-guides
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/hydrosat-authentication.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/hydrosat-llms.txt
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/hydrosat-lifecycle.yml
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.hydrosat.com/
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/hydrosat-changelog.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: Support
  url: https://hydrosat.com/contact/
- type: Blog
  url: https://hydrosat.com/stories-blogs/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Hydrosat
- type: SignUp
  url: https://discover.hydrosat.com/login
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://hydrosat.com/privacy-policy/
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/hydrosat-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://hydrosat.com/
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence