A QGIS plugin for browsing, visualizing, and downloading Maxar Open Data satellite imagery for disaster events.
- Event Browser: Browse 50+ disaster events with available satellite imagery
- Footprint Viewer: View and filter imagery footprints on the map
- COG Visualization: Load and visualize Cloud Optimized GeoTIFFs (COG) directly
- Download Imagery: Download imagery for selected footprints
- Filtering: Filter imagery by cloud cover percentage
- Multiple Imagery Types: Support for visual (RGB), multispectral, and panchromatic imagery
- Automatic Updates: Check for and install updates from GitHub
This plugin provides access to the Maxar Open Data Program, which offers pre- and post-event high-resolution satellite imagery for:
- Emergency planning
- Risk assessment
- Monitoring of staging areas
- Emergency response
- Damage assessment
- Recovery efforts
The data catalog is maintained at opengeos/maxar-open-data. It is also available on AWS Open Data Registry.
👉 This QGIS Plugin Unlocks 14 TB of High-Resolution Satellite Data – For Free!
- Open QGIS
- Go to Plugins → Manage and Install Plugins...
- Search for "Maxar Open Data"
- Click Install Plugin
# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/opengeos/qgis-maxar-plugin.git
cd qgis-maxar-plugin
# Install the plugin
python install.py# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/opengeos/qgis-maxar-plugin.git
cd qgis-maxar-plugin
# Make the script executable and run
chmod +x install.sh
./install.shCopy the maxar_open_data folder to your QGIS plugins directory:
- Linux:
~/.local/share/QGIS/QGIS3/profiles/default/python/plugins/ - macOS:
~/Library/Application Support/QGIS/QGIS3/profiles/default/python/plugins/ - Windows:
%APPDATA%/QGIS/QGIS3/profiles/default/python/plugins/
After copying, restart QGIS and enable the plugin in Plugins → Manage and Install Plugins....
- After installation, you'll find a new menu item: Maxar Open Data
- Click on Maxar Open Data Panel to open the main dock widget
- The plugin also adds a toolbar with quick access buttons
- In the Maxar Open Data panel, select an event from the dropdown
- Optionally adjust the maximum cloud cover filter
- Click Load Footprints to load the imagery footprints for that event
- Select one or more footprints from the table
- Click Zoom to Selected to zoom the map to those footprints
- Click one of the imagery buttons to load the actual satellite imagery:
- Load Visual: RGB visual imagery
- Load MS: Multispectral imagery
- Load Pan: Panchromatic (high-resolution grayscale) imagery
- Select one or more footprints from the table
- Click one of the download buttons to download the imagery to your local machine:
- Download Visual: RGB visual imagery
- Download MS: Multispectral imagery
- Download Pan: Panchromatic (high-resolution grayscale) imagery
Access plugin settings by clicking the Settings button in the toolbar or menu. You can configure:
- Data source (GitHub or local copy)
- Default cloud cover filter
- Display options
- Network timeout settings
- QGIS 3.28 or later
- Internet connection (for fetching event data and imagery)
To create a zip file for uploading to the QGIS plugin repository:
# Using Python
python package_plugin.py
# Or using shell script
./package_plugin.shContributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.
- Fork the repository
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature) - Commit your changes (
git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature') - Push to the branch (
git push origin feature/AmazingFeature) - Open a Pull Request
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
- Maxar Technologies for providing open data imagery
- opengeos/maxar-open-data for maintaining the data catalog
- QGIS Development Team for the excellent GIS platform