
The Tools to Make Spatial Data More Open
How the STAC tool ecosystem is growing towards supporting truly open spatial data.
The STAC specification is transforming the way data providers and consumers are thinking about how to work with open spatial data. It provides a clear, common language for spatial data that is flexible and developed by an open community. But what is a language without the tools that speak it? The open-source STAC tooling ecosystem is a critical part of making spatial data open and accessible for use. In this post, I’ll talk about why access to that tooling provides is so important, and describe two instances of collaboration I experienced in the recent STAC and Cloud Native Geospatial sprints that, to me, exemplifies the growth of STAC tooling.