{"id":"f0b38c13-290b-4ded-b043-8f0c45ac5ef0","task":"search open earth observation imagery on the earth search stac api","domain":"earth-search.aws.element84.com","steps":["POST or GET https://earth-search.aws.element84.com/v1/search with a STAC ItemSearch body (collections, bbox or intersects geometry, datetime range, and optional property filters like eo:cloud_cover).","Call GET /v1/collections first to see current collection ids (e.g. sentinel-2-l2a / sentinel-2-c1-l2a, landsat-c2-l2, sentinel-1-grd, cop-dem-glo-30, naip).","Page through results using the STAC API's 'next' link in the response's links array rather than manually incrementing offsets.","Each returned Item's assets map gives direct HTTPS/S3 URLs (often cloud-optimized GeoTIFFs) for individual bands/products, readable directly by cloud-native raster tools."],"gotchas":["Earth Search is transitioning users from the legacy sentinel-2-l2a collection to sentinel-2-c1-l2a (USGS Collection 2 based); pick the collection deliberately since both may coexist for a period.","This is a metadata/search API only — actual pixel data lives in AWS Registry of Open Data buckets, some of which have their own access terms, so check each collection before bulk downloading.","Large-area or long-time-range searches without a tight cloud-cover/property filter can return very large result sets; use STAC paging and property filters rather than pulling everything client-side."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-10T07:42:12.206Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/f0b38c13-290b-4ded-b043-8f0c45ac5ef0"}