Clearing up the weather
Endless sunshine, eternal summer - the Sentinel-2 cloudless layer combines trillions of pixels collected during differing weather conditions during the whole year of 2018 and merges them into a sunny homogeneous mosaic, almost free from atmospheric impacts. Our thanks go to the European Commission and the European Space Agency for the free, full, and open Sentinel-2 data.
Improved results
Less Clouds: We developed a complete new method to combine millions of Sentinel-2 images into a cloudless mosaic. This and more available data in 2018 enabled us to vastly improve the quality of the satellite map.
Better Post-Processing: Sharper look, more balanced colors - our improved post-processing yields much better results in the various environments.
Custom Solutions
Interested in cloudless satellite imagery or custom processing? EOxCloudless preprocesses raw satellite imagery to cloudless and seamless satellite data coverage. No more manual preselection of good scenes. No more unnecessary fetching of unusable data. No more data stitching. Just define time of interest and let us do the work.
Free to use!
You are free to use Sentinel-2 cloudless as long as you follow the applicable license conditions. The specific conditions are the attribution requirements for the 2016 & 2018 data as well as the non-commercial use for the 2018 data. The attribution shall be displayed legibly and in proximity to the usage and show the text as described below. It shall include the links as given in on-line usage.
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2018 by EOX IT Services GmbH is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. The required attribution including the given links is "Sentinel-2 cloudless - https://s2maps.eu by EOX IT Services GmbH (Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2017 & 2018)"
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The required attribution including the given links is "Sentinel-2 cloudless - https://s2maps.eu by EOX IT Services GmbH (Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016 & 2017)"
Feel free to use the provided service endpoints (WMTS or WMS) directly in your application. You may also download the data as rendered image mosaics directly from these services or more conveniently from our Sentinel-2 cloudless Download Service. Just make sure to follow the applicable license conditions like attribution requirements (2016 & 2018) and non-commercial usage (2018). The maximum request size is limited to 4096px, but you may stitch multiple requests to fit your needs.
If you are looking for the original GeoTIFF files from 2016 instead, have a look at this blog post. You may download the data as source GeoTIFFs from the AWS S3 bucket eox-s2maps in the eu-central-1 region. Warning: AWS may charge you for download bandwidth.
Please get in touch if you need anything else.
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By choosing a payable product in our EOxCloudless offering, you're helping us to run and improve the free Sentinel-2 cloudless! EOxCloudless offers for example various commercial licenses for the 2018 data as well as custom tailored exploitation-ready satellite imagery as described below.
Exploitation-ready Satellite Imagery
Sentinel-2 cloudless is part of the EOxCloudless Product Family, which offers source data for viewing and analysis.
Viewing Products
Get our prerendered Sentinel-2 cloudless as map cache or create your own layer using our mapping optimized source mosaics for web maps or desktop GIS tools.
See EOxCloudless Viewing Products
Data Products
Get off-the-shelf multispectral mosaic data from Sentinel-2 or define a custom mosaic tailored for your needs for further analysis and processing.
See EOxCloudless Data Products
Our products include:
- Sentinel-2 cloudless single-file products (GeoPackage or MapCache SQLite files)
- Sentinel-2 cloudless compressed & lossless GeoTIFFS (RGB or RGB/Nir)
- 2016, 2017 or 2018 global Sentinel-2 data products
- Additional sensor data (Sentinel-1 and more)
- Fast & scalable custom processing options with additional parameters
Visit the EOxCloudless website for examples and more information!
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2018
eox.at - February 6, 2019
s2maps.eu stumbling into half a million visitors
eox.at - September 25, 2017
Global mosaic announcement
eox.at - August 18, 2017
Original available on AWS
eox.at - March 28, 2017
Check out technical details in Joachim's blog post
eox.at - March 6, 2017
Media coverage
Over 430.000 visits in just one week
Peaked at 65 GB served tiles per hour
1:47 minutes average visit duration
heise.de - ESA-Satelliten liefern Daten für Satellitenkarte der Welt ohne Wolken
dailymail.co.uk - A cloudless Earth: Stunning interactive 80 TRILLION pixel image reveals an unprecedented clear view of our planet
iflscience.com - Check Out This Stunning 80-Trillion-Pixel Cloudless View Of Earth
Over 38.000 shares
hvg.hu - Készült egy 80 000 000 000 000 pixeles fotó a Földről, itt megnézheti
index.hr - Snimka od 80 trilijuna piksela: Planet Zemlju nikad niste vidjeli na ovakav način
galileo.tv - ZOOM DICH HIER DURCH EINE 80-BILLIONEN-PIXEL-KARTE UNSERER ERDE
refresher.cz - Vznikla mapa světa v rozlišení 80 bilionů pixelů. Evropské satelity ji společně vytvářely jeden rok
virality.hu - 80 billió pixeles fotó készült a Földről – itt nézheted meg
tech.sme.sk - Družice zachytili Zem v úžasnom rozlíšení bez oblakov
vecernji.hr - Snimka od 80 trilijuna piksela: Ovaj pogled na Zemlju ostavlja bez daha
expres.sk - CELÁ ZEM AKO NA DLANI NA JEDNEJ FOTOGRAFII. NÁJDETE NA NEJ SVOJ DOM?
androidportal.zoznam.sk - Toto musíte vidieť! Nádherný záber na Zem s rozlíšením neskutočných 80 biliónov pixelov!
playtech.ro - Imaginea de 80 de trilioane de pixeli care surprinde Pământul în toată splendoarea sa
agora.md - Imaginea de 80 de trilioane de pixeli care surprinde Pământul în toată splendoarea sa
mojandroid.sk - Neuveriteľný záber! Pozrite si 80 biliónov pixelovú fotografiu Zeme
gisandbeers.com - Sentinel 2 Cloudless: imágenes Sentinel libres de nubes
nationalgeographic.com.au - WHAT DOES EARTH LOOK LIKE IN 80 TRILLION PIXELS?
chip.de - Sentinel-2 cloudless - 80 Billionen Pixel Weltkarte
vecernji.hr - Snimka od 80 trilijuna piksela: Ovaj pogled na Zemlju ostavlja bez daha
player.hu - Nézd meg az Európai Űrügynökség 80 billió pixeles képét a felhőtlen Földről!
turistamagazin.hu - ILYEN A FÖLD 80 BILLIÓ PIXELBEN AZ ŰRBŐL
moya-planeta.ru - Создано первое безоблачное изображение Земли
tekniikanmaailma.fi - ”Maailman ensimmäinen pilvetön mosaiikkikuva” maailmankartasta julkaistiin – lähes 80 767 miljardia pikseliä
fakulteti.mk - СНИМКА ОД ЗЕМЈАТА КАКВА ШТО НЕ СТЕ ВИДЕЛЕ ДОСЕГА
nyteknik.se - Rymddata visar jorden i 80 biljoner pixlar
letemsvetemapplem.eu - Podívejte se na fotografii světa, která se skládá z 80 bilionů pixelů
revistagalileu.globo.com - Mapa da Terra sem áreas cobertas de nuvens é impressionante
yukawanet.com - 【嘘だろ】上空から８０兆ピクセルで撮影された世界地図が鮮明すぎる！
webtekno.com - Dünya’nın 80 Trilyon Piksellik Eşsiz Görüntüsü Yayınlandı!
ansa.it - La mappa della Terra senza nuvole
kendrabindu.com - पृथ्वीको सर्वाधिक स्पष्ट तस्विर आयो
techbox.dennikn.sk - http://techbox.dennikn.sk/eox-vytvorila-snimku-zeme-s-extremnym-rozlisenim-80-milionov-megapixelov/
derStandard.at - https://derstandard.at/2000065006974/Mysterium-in-Israel-Kopflose-Kroeten-in-4-000-Jahre-altem?_slide=5
galiciaconfidencial.com - http://www.galiciaconfidencial.com/noticia/70058-espectaculares-imaxes-satelite-cidades-galegas
mapa.targeo.pl - https://mapa.targeo.pl/21.2239672,51.9759025,22
and many more ...Compare changes 2016-2018
We've added data from 2018 for easy visual comparison with data from 2016.
The new data has been produced using an enhanced processing pipeline and color correction. We believe that the result looks significantly better, particularly for rather dark regions. Please take this into consideration in your comparisons.
We've also adjusted the tour to visit places with interesting changes like the new Airport near Istanbul. Enjoy it via the play_arrow Tour button at the bottom left. Provide us with their coordinates if you want us to include any interesting sites you know about.
Compare the two years by dragging the handle left and right.