Adding GIBS layers to ArcGIS Online as Several GIS and imagery viewing tools support access to NASA'sGlobal Imagery Browse Services (GIBS) via OGC Web Map Tile Service (WMTS) and Tiled Web Map Service (TWMS) protocols. Listed below is a set of these tools along with instructions and screen captures to help import imagery into them.
Please note: many existing GIS applications and the OGC WMTS specification do not currently handle time-varying imagery layers. We are actively working with OGC to address this issue. In the meantime, one of the simplest methods of importing GIBS imagery into your GIS application is to use Worldview's "image capture" tool (camera icon in upper right) to export imagery as a GeoTIFF which can then be imported into your application.
GIBS imagery layers can be directly imported into ESRI ArcGIS/ArcMap 10.2.1 or later. It uses an ESRI-run relay service which adds an ArcGIS Server interface layer in front of GIBS.
Requirements
ESRI ArcGIS ArcMap 10.2.1 or later (earlier versions are untested, though possibly usable)
Instructions:
Open the "Catalog" window in ArcMap and "Add ArcGIS Server":
To adjust the visible layer, right-click on "MODIS", then "Properties...".
Go to the "Definition Query" tab and click "Query Builder..."
Select "Dataset_ID" from the list at the top and then click the "Get Unique Values" button:
In the box below "SELECT * FROM MODIS WHERE:", enter "Dataset_ID" = as shown here:
Double-click one of the layers (e.g., "MODIS_Aqua_CorrectedReflectance_Bands721") to add it to the query box and click "Verify" to ensure it works properly
After clicking OK enough times, you should have imagery on your map for the current day!
To enable time controls, right-click on MODIS again from your layer panel and click "Properties..."
Click the "Time" tab and then "Enable time on this layer"
Change the "Time Step Interval" to 1 Days
You should then be able to enable the time widget and change the currently displayed date!
Note: while ArcMap currently supports OGC WMTS layers as does GIBS, the time-varying layers in GIBS are not compatible with ArcMap through WMTS due to the non-standard nature of the "time" parameter in many GIS applications and protocols. The above ESRI relay works around this problem.
GIBS imagery layers can be imported into ESRI's ArcGIS Online in one of three ways: as a predefined layer, "a Tile Layer", or through an ESRI-run relay service which adds an ArcGIS Server interface layer in front of GIBS.
Adding GIBS layers from a list of ones predefined by ESRI
To change the currently-displayed date, go to the "Details" pane, then click the small down arrow next to the layer name. Click "Enable Time Animation", then adjust the date at the bottom of the page.
Adding GIBS layers to ArcGIS Online as "A Tile Layer"
Create a new map or open an existing one in ArcGIS Online
Click the "Modify Map" button in the upper right corner
Click the "Add" menu on the left, then "Add Layer from Web"
Change the service drop down menu to "A Tile Layer"
Use the RESTful GIBS WMTS Web Mercator endpoint as the base URL
Finally, add the generic "{level}", "{row}", and "{col}.format" entries to the end of the URL. Here is an example entry for displaying Terra/MODIS Aerosol Optical Depth on April 9, 2014:
The default layer is Terra/MODIS Corrected Reflectance and is... difficult to change to others. The time is adjustable at the bottom of the screen
Use NASA imagery in your planetarium! The SCISS Uniview software supports access to GIBS imagery through the Tiled WMS service endpoint using the geographic projection (EPSG:4326). The list of available products can be found here.
The web-based Google Earth experimentally supports loading of KML/KMZ files which allows you to import GIBS imagery via Worldview's KMZ download capability.
Usage (Generate/Download KMZ file)
Start in Worldview to find your imagery of interest.
Use Worldview's "camera tool" in the upper right corner to select an image to download and choose the "KMZ" format
Click "Download" and save the KMZ file to your computer
Click the "hamburger" button (three horizontal lines in the upper left), and go to Settings; turn on the "Enable KML File Import" setting
Click the "hamburger" button again, and go to "My Places"; click the "Import KML File" button and "Open File..."
Select the KMZ file that you just downloaded from Worldview
Limitations:
As of this writing, the KML files generated by GIBS aren't supported by the web-based version of Google Earth
GIBS can generate KML files to be used with Google Earth Pro. Those KMLs include pointers to GIBS imagery via the NetworkLink keyword. Users have two options on loading KML files into Google Earth Pro as described below.
Using the information on generating KMLs, you can load that downloaded file from within Google Earth (File | Open) or usually by simply double-clicking on the KML file itself. The layer will show up in the "Temporary Places" within the "Places" window.
Due to the way NetworkLink is handled in Google Earth Pro for global datasets, you may need to zoom out to a more "global" view before imagery begins loading.
When using a KML that contains multiple time steps, the time slider by default usually attempts to display the entire time range simultaneously; this can cause a Z-fighting problem where all time steps are fighting to be shown. To correct the problem, narrow the range of currently-shown time to a single day using the time widget.