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NASA GIBS and Worldview

Over a thousand map layers from NASA satellites, ready to use as images: from the daily true-colour view to night lights, fires and snow.

Earth observationClimate and environmentOpenSatellite imageMap layerWorld · 250 – 750 metres
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The Netherlands by day and by night, seen by the same satellite

Left the VIIRS true-colour image on a cloudless 12 April 2025, right the Black Marble night lights (composite of 2016). Drag the slider.

Source: NASA GIBS, lagen VIIRS_SNPP_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor en VIIRS_Black_Marble

What can you do with it?3 ideas

Getting started

Yesterday's weather from space

Fetch the true-colour image for a day and see where the clouds were.

Getting started

The Netherlands at night

Black Marble shows where people live and work, and how brightly the Westland greenhouses glow.

Advanced

A year-long animation

Fetch 365 images of the same area and make a video: snow, green and brown alternate.

How to process it3 steps

  1. Choose a layer

    Browse Worldview and copy the layer name, such as VIIRS_SNPP_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor.

  2. Request a window

    WMS GetMap with a bounding box, size and date returns one image.

  3. Choose the projection

    EPSG:3857 fits web maps; EPSG:4326 stretches the Netherlands horizontally.

Interesting combinations

coördinaten → buurt

How much light per resident?

Average night-light values per municipality and divide by residents. Greenhouses and industry stand out.

Combine with Key figures for districts and neighbourhoods

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What to watch out for

  • Pictures, not measurements

    GIBS serves ready-made images. For analysis you need the raw data from NASA Earthdata, with a free account.

  • Cities yes, streets no

    A pixel is 250 to 750 metres. For street level: Sentinel-2.

  • Clouds

    The Netherlands is often cloudy. Pick a date and check the image first.

How to fetch it

curl -o nl.jpg "https://gibs.earthdata.nasa.gov/wms/epsg4326/best/wms.cgi?SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetMap&VERSION=1.3.0&LAYERS=VIIRS_SNPP_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor&CRS=EPSG:4326&BBOX=50.7,3.2,53.6,7.3&WIDTH=800&HEIGHT=600&FORMAT=image/jpeg&TIME=2025-04-12"

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