QGIS STAC Browser
Samweli Mwakisambwe, Kartoza
Since the development of STAC started, the STAC ecosystem was not able to use the STAC data in desktop softwares. Recently through collaboration between Kartoza and Microsoft, a QGIS (a desktop GIS application) plugin called “STAC API Browser” was developed to bridge the gap between QGIS users and STAC data.
Now using “STAC API Browser” users can access, download, analyze and use a vast amount of imagery data offered by various STAC specification providers, such as Microsoft Planetary Computer.
The aim of this talk is to introduce the “STAC API Browser” plugin, give a guide on how to use the plugin inside QGIS, showcase cool things that the plugin supports and how users/developers can collaborate on the plugin project.