Atlas of the Cryosphere

Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) services allows users to access maps and source data remotely for spatial regions and layers of interest either directly through a URL string or through the various OGC-compatible clients available for accessing these services.

OpenSearch Data Set Level

OpenSearch provides a simple way to discover and access NSIDC's data sets that are provided through Searchlight.

OpenSearch Granule Level

OpenSearch also supports the discovery and access to granules of data within the individual data set. Currently, OpenSearch supports six data sets at the granule level.

SubsetAgent/GetData API

The SubsetAgent/GetData API provides a simple way to search and access NSIDC's data holdings that are hosted through Searchlight. It allows for the search and customized subsetting, reprojection, and reformatting of NSIDC data. Currently it only supports 13 data sets.

The Polar Information Commons (PIC) Rights and Badging API provides the necessary mechanisms to create badges for the user who wants to share data. For access to the PIC Badger Tool, see the Polar Information Commons Rights and Badging Tool Web page.

The CollectionCaster API is a collection of Web services designed to help you advertise data collections so people can find them, and other applications and services can consume them through an Atom response feed. There are two main reasons to use the Collection Caster API:

• To advertise your data collections in one place using an Atom Feed
• To help you create the Atom Feed.

For access to the CollectionCaster Tool, see the CollectionCaster Tool Web page.

Web Services API

The Web Services API helps you share the data services you have created.