# nasa-gibs/worldview

Interactive interface for browsing global, full-resolution satellite imagery

Repository: https://github.com/nasa-gibs/worldview
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/worldview
Homepage: https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: satellite-imagery, data-visualization, web-mapping, nasa, nasa-gibs, earth-science, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-26T14:14:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4516, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 7, "gap_med": 10, "n_releases_24m": 66}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1648, forks 319 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:14.768863+00:00)

## What it is
NASA Worldview is an interactive web application for browsing over 1000 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS). It is built with Node.js and OpenLayers and supports daily-updated, near-real-time imagery on desktop and mobile.

## Use cases
- browse near-real-time global satellite imagery
- monitor wildfires, floods, and air quality with daily imagery
- view historical satellite imagery spanning decades
- explore Arctic and Antarctic full-globe imagery
- view geostationary imagery in ten-minute increments
- download underlying satellite imagery data
- build custom map clients using GIBS services

## When to choose
- you need an interactive viewer for NASA GIBS satellite imagery
- you want near-real-time Earth observation for time-critical monitoring
- you need a self-hostable web mapping app for satellite layers
- you want a reference implementation for building GIBS-based clients

## When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose GIS desktop application with analysis tools
- you need offline satellite imagery without network access to GIBS
- you need non-NASA imagery sources out of the box
- you need a lightweight map library rather than a full application

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: data-visualization, image-processing, web-scraping
- domain: data-visualization, web-development
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: satellite-imagery, nasa, gibs, openlayers, web-mapping, earth-observation, maps, earth-science, web-server, nodejs

## Member repositories
- nasa-gibs/worldview (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:14.768863+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:45:13.495638+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nasa-gibs/worldview (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:14.768863+00:00, sha 34596bee3a96)
  - homepage: https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:18:40.066033+00:00, sha 46968633cfc7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.