Terrascope Introduction

Terrascope is the Belgian Earth Observation Data Space. It provides easy access to Copernicus, PROBA-V, and SPOT-VEGETATION satellite data, products, and services. The access is free and open to all users without restrictions. This allows specialists and non-specialist users to explore the wealth of remote sensing information and build on value-added products and services.

The Terrasope platform includes:  

A standard set of biophysical indicators (NDVI, FAPAR, FCOVER, LAI, CCC, CWC) derived from Sentinel-2 data are offered as value-added data.

Through the Terrascope processing cluster and its Virtual Machines and Notebooks, users have the possibility to obtain derived information products to their specifications. This eliminates the need for data download (and consequential data storage costs) because the directly accessible cluster holds all data. Data integration of products within an application are facilitated through Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) web services. Terrascope is user-centred, so any suggestions for new or enhanced functionality are welcome.

A detailed overview of these products can be found in the following sections:

The Terrascope Terms of Use can be found here.

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See Figure 1 for a schematic overview of the various Terrascope components, with links to the respective documentation sections.


Figure 1: Terrascope overview.

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