A STAC-native platform providing open access to parcel boundaries, vegetation indices, land-use rasters, and satellite imagery for Dutch nature areas.
NatureDataCube is built on the STAC standard, enabling interoperability with any STAC-compatible client, library, or tool.
Fully compliant SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog API. Browse collections and items, search by bbox, datetime, and CQL2 filters.
Query by bounding box, GeoJSON geometry, and temporal range across all collections in a single request.
Efficient cursor-based pagination for large collections via the STAC Token Pagination Extension.
Works out-of-the-box with QGIS, ArcGIS Pro, pystac, STAC Browser, and any other STAC-compatible tool.
Collections are grouped into thematic catalogs: vegetation, nitrogen, soils and more, all served through a single STAC-native API. The tags are the collection ids you use in queries.
Sentinel-2 NDVI and RGB rasters from GroenMonitor, plus NDVI statistics per LTER and SNL site.
The reference parcels behind every statistic: 34 Dutch LTER research sites and ~264,000 SNL nature management parcels.
NH3 and NOx concentration and total nitrogen deposition maps (RIVM GCN/GDN). Modelled values, not direct observations.
LGN land use classification rasters for the Netherlands at 5 m resolution, one item per LGN year.
Dutch soil map (Bodemkaart) rasters with soil type classification at 5 m resolution.
KNMI meteorological data for nature areas, served live from AgroDataCube.
In developmentGround water table products for Dutch nature areas.
In developmentNatureDataCube exposes standard STAC endpoints. Use any STAC client or query directly with HTTP, no custom SDK required.
Secure API access with API key authentication. Register for a free token and pass it as a Bearer header.
Filter items by any property using Common Query Language 2 (CQL2): filter by source, area, datetime, and more.
Search across all collections using a bounding box and date range in a single POST /search request.
STAC Items link directly to WMS/WCS endpoints on GeoServer for NDVI raster access and download.
# Browse a theme catalog (public)
GET /api/catalogs/vegetation
# List all collections
GET /api/collections
Authorization: Bearer <your-token>
# Browse LTER site items
GET /api/collections/lter/items
?limit=100
# Cross-collection search by bbox + datetime
POST /api/search
{
"bbox": [4.5, 51.8, 5.5, 52.5],
"datetime": "2025-01-01/2025-12-31",
"collections": ["lter", "ndvi-lter"]
}Register for your free API token and start querying Dutch nature area geodata and vegetation indices.