Analytics API

The Analytics API has two main resources: Raster Analytics and Vector Analytics.

Raster Analytics

The Raster Analytics API enables synchronous read access to imagery by emulating the Cloud-optimized GeoTIFF format. However instead of returning data from a processed image, each tile (or block) in the virtual COG is processed on demand. In addition to generating imagery to specification, additional processing can be applied (e.g. band math such as NDVI and NDWI) to simplify analysis of the requested imagery. Since Raster Analytics processes each block on-the-fly this allows for both cost-efficient access of small areas and speedy processing of large areas by leveraging parallel processing.

See the Raster Analytics Guide

Vector Analytics

The Vector Analytics API will be shut down on December 10th, 2026. It has been replaced by Building and Road Change Streaming