STAC, an open standard to describe and catalog geospatial data on the web

Authors

  • Giorgio Basile

Keywords:

geospatial, data engineering, cloud native, stac

Abstract

The STAC is a recent geospatial standard that allows to describe and catalog geospatial assets. It is part of a broader
innovation effort called Cloud-Native Geospatial, providing modern standards and tools to efficiently access raster and
vector data in the cloud.

References

• STAC Website - https://stacspec.org

• STAC Specification - https://github.com/radiantearth/

stac-spec

• STAC Index - https://stacindex.org

• stac-utils on GitHub - https://github.com/stac-utils

• Microsoft Planetary Computer - https://

planetarycomputer.microsoft.com/

• State of STAC, by Planet Labs - https://developers.planet.

com/blog/2022/Aug/31/state-of-stac/

• Building the VIDA Data Catalog with STAC and Cloud-

Native Geospatial formats, by the Engineering team at

VIDA.place, appeared on Medium - https://tinyurl.com/

vida-catalog

Published

2024-10-17

How to Cite

Basile, G. (2024). STAC, an open standard to describe and catalog geospatial data on the web. GEOmedia, 28(3). Retrieved from https://mediageo.it/ojs/index.php/GEOmedia/article/view/2018