# Near Space Labs

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/near-space-labs/  
**Website:** https://www.nearspacelabs.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 4

Near Space Labs is a New York based Earth-observation company that operates a fleet of autonomous, wind-navigated stratospheric vehicles ("Swifty") flying at roughly 65,000 feet to capture 7cm-resolution orthoimagery across approximately 80% of the United States, refreshed twice a year. Imagery is delivered programmatically through a public developer surface at docs.nearspacelabs.com: an OAuth 2.0 client-credentials token service and a standards-based XYZ Tile Service on api.nearspacelabs.net that streams PNG/JPEG tiles at zoom 14-21, exposes paginated survey catalogs, GeoJSON footprints, WKT-based coverage queries and mosaic-update feeds. Both services publish machine-readable Swagger 2.0 contracts and share a single Postman collection. Customers use the imagery for P&C insurance underwriting and claims, state and local government GIS, utility and infrastructure monitoring, forestry and wildfire risk, mapping basemaps, and roofing and home services.

## Kin Score — 39.2 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-30 under rubric 0.17.2. Trend: flat (+0.5 from 38.7).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 81.5 |
| Contract Quality | 40.7 |
| Governance | 4.5 |
| Contract Governance | 4.5 |
| Operational Transparency | 26.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 70.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 10.5 |
| Access Clarity | 10.5 |

Regulatory layer — **Insurance**: 31.8 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 26.8 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | bearer |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | documented |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | derived |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## APIs (2)

- **Near Space Labs OAUTH API** — The Oauth API from Near Space Labs — 1 operation(s) for oauth.
- **Near Space Labs Tile API** — The Tile API from Near Space Labs — 19 operation(s) for tile.

## Security (2)

- **Near Space Labs Authentication** — 2 schemes
- **Near Space Labs Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Near Space Labs Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Company, Earth Observation, Aerial Imagery, Geospatial, Satellite and Remote Sensing, Mapping, Tiles, Insurance, Government, Utilities, Location, Imagery

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/near-space-labs/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.