NAIP aerial imagery (CONUS, sub-meter)
Highest-resolution open imagery of US ag lands. Refreshed every 2–3 years.
What this is
National Agriculture Imagery Program — leaf-on aerial photos of the entire CONUS at sub-meter resolution, refreshed on a 2–3 year cycle. The standard for visual ground-truth in US ag.
Why we surface it
When the data tells one story and your eyes tell another, NAIP is how you check. Critical for boundary editing UX, land-use questions, ground truth.
What you can do with it
Shown for commercial use. Personal, research, and nonprofit use is often more permissive — switch the verdict lens on the catalog.
- Internal / individual use
- Public domain. Use it for anything — internal, resale, AI training, closed products. No attribution legally required (crediting the source is still the decent thing to do).
- Redistribute the data
- Public domain. Use it for anything — internal, resale, AI training, closed products. No attribution legally required (crediting the source is still the decent thing to do).
- Republish a derivative
- Public domain. Use it for anything — internal, resale, AI training, closed products. No attribution legally required (crediting the source is still the decent thing to do).
- Build into a private product
- Public domain. Use it for anything — internal, resale, AI training, closed products. No attribution legally required (crediting the source is still the decent thing to do).
This decoder is a starting point, not legal advice. For commercial deployment, run the actual license terms past someone who reads them for a living.
○ Planned
Not in the map yet — this source is on the V1 backlog. Schema, sample, and citation slots fill in once the layer ships.
Related — same domain
- Sentinel-2 NDVI sparkline (Microsoft Planetary Computer)Copernicus licence (free, commercial OK; attribution required)
- Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 (NASA)Public domain
- Sentinel-1 SAR GRD (Copernicus / ESA)Copernicus licence (free, full, open; commercial OK)
- MODIS Veg Indices MOD13/MYD13 V061 (NASA LP DAAC)Public domain