TIE: The Imagery Exchange for the NASA Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS) Project

The NASA Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) is a data-centric system designed for processing and archiving from NASA’s Earth Observation missions and their distribution, as well as provision of specialized services to users. The major components of EOSDIS are 12 Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs), 14 Science Investigator-led Processing Systems (SIPSs), and the EOS Clearing House (ECHO). The Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS) is the value-added image archive and access service for NASA Earth Science data products. It is the high-resolution global imagery solution for NASA. As the central imagery hub, GIBS is in need of an automated, scalable imagery capturing and generation solution.