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Google Earth Engine

Planetary-scale analysis of satellite imagery in the cloud

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What is Google Earth Engine?

Google Earth Engine hosts a multi-petabyte catalog of satellite imagery and geospatial datasets with a cloud platform to analyse them using JavaScript or Python. It is free for research and non-profit use, with commercial licensing through Google Cloud.

Key features

  • Landsat, Sentinel, MODIS and many other datasets
  • JavaScript Code Editor and Python API
  • Time-series and classification
  • Export results to Drive or Cloud Storage

Pricing

Model
Freemium
Starts at
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Free tier
Free for non-commercial and research use

Prices change often. Check the official pricing page before you buy.

Licensing & map usage

Commercial usePaid plan
Export / print map imagesAllowed
Offline use / cachingCheck terms

Commercial use requires a paid Google Cloud licence. Each dataset keeps its own licence terms.

Summary only, not legal advice. The provider's current terms always apply.

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