Case Study: UNAVCO achieves faster data discovery and sharing with Observable

UNAVCO uses Observable to turn 30 years of geospatial data into shareable live demos

UNAVCO, a non-profit geoscience organization, faced the challenge of making its vast repository of Earth-measurement data easily discoverable and accessible. With nearly a petabyte of geospatial data generated annually, their team found that static API documentation was insufficient for proving data accessibility to the broader scientific community. They turned to Observable to address this need for interactive data exploration.

Using Observable, UNAVCO built interactive notebooks with live API demos, visual query tools, and exploratory dashboards. This solution enabled rapid prototyping of ideas and empowered researchers to easily create custom visualizations. The result was 100% positive feedback from the community, as Observable allowed UNAVCO to effectively share its data stories and make its data more accessible to geoscientists worldwide.

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