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Esri has signed a Space Act Agreement with the NASA, which will provide the broader global community more access to NASA’s geospatial content… including from new datasets from nearly 100 spaceborne sensors.

The data covered by the Agreement will add to the existing NASA data in Esri’s ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World, making it increasingly available to more than 10 million users of GIS software in ArcGIS- and Open Geospatial Consortium-based formats.

“We are at a critical crossroads for climate action, and it is imperative that the global community has access to authoritative data to do this vital work,” said Jack Dangermond, Esri founder and president.

“We are honoured that this partnership with NASA will make its data accessible to the geospatial community so we can all do our part in working toward the health of the planet.”

“We want NASA data to be used by the broadest possible audience for good,” said Gerald Guala, program scientist in NASA’s Earth Science Division.

“We appreciate Esri’s vast community and are proud to take another step forward in making earth science data more accessible.”