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Getting Started

Welcome to NIMBO, the global platform delivering monthly, cloud‑free, and consistent satellite basemaps.

NIMBO lets you access Sentinel-2 cloud-free basemaps updated monthly (10m/px resolution) and AI-enhanced 2.5m/px basemaps.

You can use Nimbo in several complementary ways, depending on how you want to explore, analyze or stream satellite basemaps.

  • Instant web visualization: explore monthly cloud-free basemaps online for quick inspection, monitoring and sharing.
  • Professional GIS workflows: use Nimbo’s TMS/WMTS feeds in your GIS tools for advanced analysis.
  • Platform integration: embed Nimbo’s monthly data streams in your own application.

Please note that access to Nimbo imagery and TMS/WMTS token requires the creation of a Nimbo account.

🔐 Account creation and API token retrieval are now documented in Authentication.

View your data

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NIMBO data can be accessed in two ways:

Option A — Explore online on NIMBO Earth Online

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Sign-in/NIMBO Earh Online

The fastest way to get started. Our web viewer, Earth Online, provides:

  • Global monthly coverage
  • Fast navigation across regions & dates
  • Multiple compositions (RGB, NIR, NDVI)
  • AI-enhanced super-resolution RGB
  • 3D visualization
  • Comparison, timelapse and export features

Option B — Integrate standard map feeds

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NIMBO provides TMS, WMS and WMTS services for web maps and GIS tools. Use the following URLs after replacing the <YOUR_TOKEN> segment by your personal token, available from your Nimbo account.

TMS (Tile Map Service) — use in MapLibre/Leaflet/OpenLayers:

https://prod-data.nimbo.earth/mapcache/tms/1.0.0/{LAYER}/{z}/{x}/{y}.png?kermap_token=<YOUR_TOKEN>

WMS (Web Map Service) — use in QGIS/ArcGIS:

https://prod-data.nimbo.earth/mapcache/wms?service=wms&request=GetCapabilities&kermap_token=<YOUR_TOKEN>

WMTS (Web Map Tile Service) — use in QGIS/ArcGIS:

https://prod-data.nimbo.earth/mapcache/wmts/1.0.0/WMTSCapabilities.xml?kermap_token=<YOUR_TOKEN>

Setup guides:

⚙️ Note: COG downloads are not yet available. Current access = viewer + TMS/WMTS.

Next steps

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