Please join us for an earthaccess Hackday on Dec. 15, in New Orleans and online!

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Join Cloud-Native Geospatial Forum + Openscapes for the earthaccess Hackday in New Orleans (and online!)! 🚀 This free event is independent but conveniently co-located with AGU2025.

The mission? To build a prototype and roadmap for "Growing the Family" by integrating earthaccess with non-NASA Earth science data (NOAA, USGS, Copernicus, and more!). See related discussion #1115 , and original discussion for the funding pitch: #1054.

Please join us if you are interested – there are many ways to contribute and incorporate your ideas and expertise. A hackday to our earthaccess community means we will be collaboratively problem-solving and strategizing around “growing the family”, and translating ideas into code and documentation.

Details and registration
Date: December 15, 2025
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. CST
Where: New Orleans and online
Register at https://luma.com/7hp819zp

​This hackday is supported through the Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP)’s FUNding Friday initiative, and is co-hosted by Cloud-Native Geospatial Forum (CNG) and Openscapes.

Please sign up by November 19, end of day in your time zone. We will send confirmations by November 25.

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Hello everyone — the earthaccess community has several upcoming events, and we welcome learners, users, and contributors of all levels. These sessions are a chance to learn, collaborate, and help advance open tools for accessing and working with Earth science data.

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🛰 NASA Openscapes Champions Program

“A Welcome to NASA Earthdata and earthaccess”

🗓 Nov 13–14 (Online)

🔗 Details & Registration: NASA Openscapes Champions Program – NASA-Openscapes

This two-day event introduces participants to NASA Earthdata and the earthaccess Python library — what it is, why it exists, and how to use it effectively in research workflows.

• Nov 13 – Presentations and discussion: Learn the fundamentals of accessing NASA Earth science data using earthaccess. Hear from users and developers about how the library supports reproducible, cloud-ready workflows.

• Nov 14 – Coworking session: A hands-on opportunity to try out the tools, get support from NASA engineers, and explore integration with your own workflows.

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💻 earthaccess Community Hackday

“Growing the Family: Connecting Earth Science Data Beyond NASA”

🗓 Dec 15 – New Orleans + Online

🔗 Details & Registration: NASA Openscapes earthaccess Hackday – Openscapes

Join the community for a hackday focused on expanding earthaccess beyond NASA datasets — connecting with data from NOAA, USGS, Copernicus, and others. The goal is to grow the contributor base and strengthen interoperability across agencies.

Even if you can only attend part of the day, your participation is valuable. We’ll also be organizing the earthaccess GitHub repository in advance so you can get involved early.

➡️ Discussion thread in GitHub

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Hackday Tracks

(Additional topics may be added based on community input)

🔗 STAC Integrations – “Growing the Family”

• Explore how STAC sources could be integrated into earthaccess.

• Investigate ways to enable researchers to discover and access data seamlessly, regardless of data source.

• Discuss approaches to make creation of STAC catalogs easier and more consistent.

📖 User Stories – Understanding Pain Points and Priorities

• Gather feedback from the scientific community on what remains challenging when using NASA data and APIs.

• Identify how earthaccess has simplified workflows and what new capabilities could further improve user experience.

🚀 User Onboarding and LLM Support

• Develop clear, practical examples to help new users work with remote Earth observation data.

• Explore how large language models can guide users and how to structure documentation for better AI-assisted support.

🛰 Data Virtualization

• The latest earthaccess release includes virtualizarr integration — what datasets can now be virtualized?

• Brainstorm ways to virtualize Level 2 (swath) data and make access more efficient.

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Why Participate

• Collaborate directly with engineers and open-source developers.

• Contribute to tools that make Earth observation data more accessible and interoperable.

• Learn by doing — from onboarding and integration to data management and documentation.

Questions or ideas? Join the GitHub discussion or reach out to the organizers.

See you online or in New Orleans!

– Luis and the earthaccess team.