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Microsoft Planetary Computer

Jeffrey K Gillan edited this page Apr 1, 2024 · 23 revisions

Microsoft Planetary Computer is a platform designed to advance environmental sustainability and Earth science through the power of cloud computing. It provides a comprehensive Data Catalog that includes petabytes of Earth systems data, hosted on Azure and made freely available to users. The platform is equipped with APIs to facilitate easy searching and accessing of the data needed across this vast catalog

Data Catalog

The main Data Catalog includes petabytes of environmental monitoring data, in consistent, analysis-ready formats. All of the datasets below can be accessed via Azure Blob Storage, and can be used by developers whether you're working within or outside of our Planetary Computer Hub.

All Planetary Computer datasets are indexed using SpatioTemporal Asset Catalogs (STAC). This makes it easy to find and use data programmatrically with python or R scripting. The Planetary Computer STAC API address is https://planetarycomputer.microsoft.com/api/stac/v1/. You can browse the Planetary Computer STAC API using the Radiant Earth Browser

Accessing Cloud Computing Resources

Planetary Computer Hub

https://pccompute.westeurope.cloudapp.azure.com/compute/hub/login?next=%2Fcompute%2Fhub%2F

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