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STAC

Client access

QGIS

QGIS supports STAC via the STAC API Browser plugin which can be installed via the plugin manager (Plugins > Manage and and Install Plugins).

Query STAC collections from QGIS

Follow these steps to connect to a service and query datasets:

  • Create a new connection by clicking on New under Connections
  • Enter the target url (e.g. https://data.geo.admin.ch/api/stac/v0.9/)

Connection to the data.geo.admin.ch STAC catalog

  • open the Search tab, to find the New button to create a new connection
  • add a connection to https://data.geo.admin.ch/api/stac/v0.9/
  • click on the Search button to get information about the STAC collections
  • notice that when you select a search result, a footprint is drawn on the map highlighting the location of the dataset
  • you can then download the item

Search results

STAC Browser

Query STAC collections from the STAC browser

  • head to https://radiantearth.github.io/stac-browser/#/
  • specify the following url: https://data.geo.admin.ch/api/stac/v0.9/ under Please specify a STAC Catalog or API...
  • click on the Load button.
  • select the desired collection

STAC browser