Provider Catalog¶

CAS registers 228 active providers spanning DEM/elevation, soil, land cover, hydrology, vegetation/canopy, geology, and biodiversity — global flagships plus 169 national/regional providers across 38 countries.

The catalog is discoverable at runtime — you never need to trust a static list:

=== "HTTP"

```bash
curl -s 'localhost:8000/api/v1/providers?limit=1000'
curl -s localhost:8000/api/v1/providers/copernicus_dem
```

=== "SDK"

```python
from cas.client import CASClient
with CASClient("http://localhost:8000") as cas:
    for p in cas.providers(limit=1000).providers:
        print(p.slug, p.protocol)
```

=== "CLI"

```bash
cas providers
cas datasets -p copernicus_dem
```

The complete machine-readable catalog (resolution, bbox, license, variables) is also committed at inventory/providers.yaml and regenerated with cas export-inventory.

By category (headline datasets)¶

Roughly: DEM/Elevation ~46, Soil ~46, Land Cover ~46, Hydrology/Water ~35, Vegetation/Canopy ~20, Geology ~7, plus biodiversity/ecology and other thematic layers.

DEM / Elevation¶

Provider	Slug	Resolution	Coverage
Copernicus DEM GLO-30	`copernicus_dem`	30m	Global
Copernicus DEM GLO-90	`cop_dem_90`	90m	Global
USGS 3DEP	`usgs_3dep`	10m	US
NASADEM (SRTM)	`nasadem`	30m	56S–60N
ALOS World 3D	`alos_dem`	30m	Global
ASTER GDEM v3	`aster_gdem`	30m	Global (Earthdata login)
ArcticDEM	`arctic_dem`	10m	>50N
REMA (Antarctica)	`rema`	8m	<53S
GEBCO Bathymetry	`gebco`	500m	Global

Plus ~32 national/regional DEMs (Australia, Canada HRDEM, Japan GSI, most of Europe).

Soil¶

Provider	Slug	Resolution	Coverage
ISRIC SoilGrids 2.0	`isric_soilgrids`	250m	Global
SoilGrids derived (OCS / WRB)	`soilgrids_derived`	250m	Global
OpenLandMap	`openlandmap`	250m	Global
SSURGO / gNATSGO	`ssurgo`, `gnatsgo`	30m	US
SLGA	`slga`	90m	Australia

Land Cover¶

Provider	Slug	Resolution	Coverage
ESA WorldCover	`esa_worldcover`	10m	Global
Dynamic World	`dynamic_world`	10m	Global
Impact Observatory LULC	`io_lulc`, `io_lulc_9class`	10m	Global
MODIS MCD12Q1	`modis_lc`	500m	Global
CORINE Land Cover	`corine_lc`	100m	Europe
NLCD	`nlcd`	30m	US
MapBiomas (Brazil)	`mapbiomas_brazil`	30m	Brazil
DEA Africa cropland / NDVI / mangroves	`dea_africa_*`	varies	Africa

Hydrology, Vegetation, Geology, Biodiversity¶

merit_hydro, jrc_gsw, modis_snow, permafrost, ramsar_wetlands; canopy_height (ETH 10m), hansen_forest, biomass layers; national bedrock / lithology / quaternary geology; biodiversity, mobi, brazil_biomes.

National coverage¶

169 of the 228 providers are national/regional across 38 countries — with the deepest coverage in Germany (20), USA (18), Ireland (13), Switzerland (12), Australia (10), the UK (10), and Norway (9). Most European, North American, and Australian connectors are open (OGC WCS/WMS or STAC+COG); a handful require free registration.

Tip

Counts here are a point-in-time snapshot. The authoritative live list is always cas providers / GET /api/v1/providers.