SRTM 1-arc-second GL1 (NASA / USGS)
NASA's 2000 radar mission turned the world into a 30m elevation grid. Still fully open two decades later.
What this is
SRTM produced near-global 30m elevation data in 2000. Coverage runs 60°N–56°S. Available via NASA Earthdata, OpenTopography, GEE, and AWS. Public domain (US Government work, no restrictions).
Why we surface it
Copernicus DEM GLO-30 is preferred where its terms apply and is now globally complete, including Armenia and Azerbaijan. SRTM is the public-domain fallback — no attribution required — for contexts where public-domain status is a hard requirement.
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.