SAR imagery — synthetic aperture radar data
The brief
A specialist request: buyers are sourcing synthetic aperture radar imagery. This is only for people who actually operate SAR sensors, fly SAR-equipped platforms, or hold redistribution rights to commercial collects — but if that's you, this data is in real demand.
What a good submission looks like:
- Original products — SLC or GRD, GeoTIFF/SICD/native format — never screenshots or exports flattened to PNG
- Full metadata intact: sensor/platform, band (X/C/S/L), polarization, acquisition time, look geometry, georeferencing
- A provenance note: where the data came from and the exact rights you hold to license it
Worth knowing: freely available open data (e.g. Sentinel-1) is something buyers can already get — the value here is proprietary, rare or high-resolution collects that aren't sitting in a public archive. Commercial imagery (ICEYE, Capella, Umbra, Airbus…) is usually license-restricted: submit it only if your agreement explicitly allows redistribution.
Requirements
- Original SAR products (SLC/GRD, GeoTIFF/SICD or native) — no screenshots or rasterized exports
- Complete metadata: sensor, band, polarization, acquisition time, geometry, georeferencing
- Provenance README stating source and the redistribution rights you hold
- No open-archive data repackaged as proprietary (it will be recognized)
- Zip multi-file products together, one product or coherent collect per zip
What your footage trains
SAR data trains earth-observation and all-weather sensing models — radar sees through cloud and darkness, and labeled or well-documented collects are far scarcer than optical imagery.