Multi-Sensor STAC Mosaicking
Retrieve analysis-ready Sentinel-2 L2A (10 m / 20 m) and Landsat 8/9 (30 m) imagery via Earth Search STAC. Automated granule footprint clipping with a strict 98% union coverage threshold.
Production GeoAI & Earth Observation · GeoPlatform Suite
Map Wildfire Burn Severity & Damage Extent in Seconds
Select any coordinate globally or explore our curated historic fire showcase. The GeoPlatform Wildfire engine retrieves Sentinel-2 and Landsat 8/9 STAC imagery, performs 98% union coverage mosaicking, computes calibrated dNBR and BAIS2 burn severity, enables dual-pane before-and-after swipe comparisons, and compiles publication-ready cartographic PDF damage assessment reports — all free, no login required.
// Platform capabilities
What the GeoPlatform Wildfire Suite Delivers
A free satellite wildfire severity platform, dual-pane comparison map, and automated damage assessment report generator — engineered for emergency managers, foresters, insurers, and researchers.
Calibrated Burn Severity Indices
Compute Normalized Burn Ratio (NBR), differenced NBR (dNBR), and Burned Area Index for Sentinel-2 (BAIS2) using USGS-standard band math and calibrated severity thresholds.
Active Fire Hotspot & FRP Overlay
Visualize near-real-time active fire detections from NASA FIRMS (VIIRS 375 m / MODIS 1 km) with Fire Radiative Power (FRP) and temporal day-range filters (1–10 days).
Automated Damage Assessment Reports
Generate official, publication-ready PDF assessment reports in one click with incident reverse-geocoding, cartographic map snapshots, sensor telemetry, and USGS acreage distributions.
Split-Screen Swipe Comparison
Interactive dual-pane swipe slider seamlessly compares pre-fire true-color baseline satellite imagery against post-fire amber-gold burn severity overlays in real time.
Enterprise GIS & REST API Integration
Export Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFFs (COGs) with HTTP range requests, copy Python scripts for QGIS and ArcGIS Pro, download GeoJSON boundaries, or connect directly via secured GeoAPI endpoints.
// How it works
Automated Wildfire Intelligence in Four Steps
- 01
Select Coordinates or Major Fire Preset
Click any point globally, input coordinates, or select from curated historic wildfires (Camp Fire, Dixie, Lahaina Maui) in the showcase library.
- 02
STAC Ingestion & Spectral Processing
The GeoAPI engine queries Earth Search STAC, clips intersecting granules to ensure >=98% union coverage, and calculates dNBR and BAIS2 burn severity.
- 03
Dual-Pane Swipe & Active Telemetry
Inspect severity classifications, slide between pre-fire baseline and post-fire imagery, overlay NASA FIRMS active fire hotspots, and inspect geodesic acreage.
- 04
Export GIS Rasters & PDF Assessment
Download 4-band Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFFs, copy Python snippets for QGIS and ArcGIS Pro, or generate an executive cartographic PDF damage assessment report.
// Who uses this
Built for Teams That Need Wildfire Intelligence Fast
From emergency incident management and insurance underwriting to forestry restoration planning — GeoPlatform Wildfire transforms complex multi-spectral satellite pipelines into instantaneous, operational insights.
Disaster Response & Emergency Management
Incident commanders and emergency managers assess wildfire damage within hours of containment. Exportable PDF damage reports and GIS perimeters accelerate relief deployment.
Learn more →Forestry & Land Management
Forest services map burn perimeters, prioritize post-fire reforestation zones, inspect canopy loss, and monitor long-term vegetation recovery across seasons.
Learn more →Insurance & Risk Underwriting
Insurers verify wildfire claims with independent satellite evidence, inspect property perimeters against dNBR severity, and model wildland-urban interface (WUI) exposure.
Environmental Research & Carbon Accounting
Researchers study fire ecology, pyrogenic carbon emissions, and soil burn severity using reproducible, calibrated satellite index data and cloud-native COGs.
Learn more →// Technical foundation
How the GeoPlatform Wildfire & GeoAPI Engine Works
The GeoPlatform Wildfire tool is a free satellite wildfire monitoring and damage assessment application backed by a high-throughput, cloud-native GeoAPI engine. Built on FastAPI and Rasterio, the backend eliminates traditional GIS procurement hurdles by querying public AWS Earth Search STAC endpoints for bottom-of-atmosphere Sentinel-2 L2A and USGS Landsat 8/9 scenes without requiring proprietary Sentinel Hub or Earth Engine credentials.
To eliminate edge clipping artefacts in large-scale fire complexes, the engine dynamically discovers every STAC granule intersecting the 30 km by 30 km bounding box on the acquisition date. Footprints are cropped and mosaicked with a strict 98% union coverage threshold. If coverage targets are missed, neighboring temporal acquisitions fill remaining spatial gaps before calculating calibrated spectral indices.
Burn severity is quantified using the differenced Normalized Burn Ratio (dNBR = NBRpre − NBRpost) and the Burned Area Index for Sentinel-2 (BAIS2) utilizing red-edge bands (B04, B06, B07, B8A, and B12). Every pixel is categorized into standardized USGS / FIREMON burn severity classes: Enhanced Regrowth (< −0.1), Unburned (−0.1 to +0.1), Low (0.1–0.27), Moderate-Low (0.27–0.44), Moderate-High (0.44–0.66), and High (>0.66).
In the browser, MapLibre GL renders a synchronized dual-pane split-screen slider. Analysts can interactively compare true-color pre-fire baseline imagery against the post-fire scene, where burn scars glow in high-contrast amber-gold (#f59e0b). Active fire detections from NASA FIRMS (VIIRS 375 m and MODIS 1 km) are overlaid with Fire Radiative Power (FRP) telemetry and temporal day-range filters.
For executive reporting and GIS interoperability, the platform provides a 1-click cartographic PDF Damage Assessment Report engine. The service reverse-geocodes incident coordinates, embeds high-resolution cartographic map frames, computes exact geodesic burned area (in hectares, km², and acres), and breaks down USGS severity distributions. Furthermore, the built-in GIS Hub provides Python code snippets to stream Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFFs (COGs) directly into QGIS and ArcGIS Pro via HTTP range requests without requiring local downloads.
// Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions About GeoPlatform Wildfire
- Is the GeoPlatform Wildfire tool free to use?
- Yes. The public platform is completely free — no login, subscription, or credit card required. You can compute burn severity, run dual-pane comparisons, generate damage assessment PDF reports, and export Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFFs at no cost.
- Can I generate official wildfire damage assessment reports?
- Yes. GeoPlatform includes an integrated damage reporting engine. With one click, it compiles an official cartographic PDF report featuring incident name resolution, acquisition date metadata, sensor platform specs, cartographic map snapshots, and full USGS severity class acreage distributions (hectares, km², acres).
- How does the split-screen swipe comparison work?
- The platform uses a synchronized dual-layer MapLibre GL WebGL engine. It loads the pre-fire baseline satellite image beneath an interactive vertical swipe divider, letting analysts wipe across to inspect post-fire burn severity overlaid in amber-gold (#f59e0b) over the true-color terrain.
- What satellites and sensors does the platform use?
- The platform ingests Sentinel-2 MSI Level-2A surface reflectance (10 m / 20 m resolution) and USGS Landsat 8/9 OLI/TIRS imagery (30 m resolution). Active fire hotspots are pulled in near-real-time from NASA FIRMS VIIRS (375 m) and MODIS (1 km) thermal sensors.
- How is burn severity calculated?
- Burn severity is derived from the differenced Normalized Burn Ratio (dNBR = NBR_pre − NBR_post). For Sentinel-2, NBR uses Band 8 (NIR) and Band 12 (SWIR-2); for Landsat, Bands 5 and 7. The platform also computes BAIS2 using Sentinel-2 red-edge bands. Severity is binned into standardized USGS / FIREMON Composite Burn Index classes.
- How do I export results into desktop GIS software like QGIS or ArcGIS?
- The platform provides a built-in GIS Export Hub. You can download Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFFs (COGs) with embedded projection metadata, copy automated Python scripts that stream COG assets directly into QGIS or ArcGIS Pro without local disk downloads, or export perimeter vectors in GeoJSON format.
- Can our organization integrate the GeoAPI backend into custom pipelines?
- Yes. The underlying FastAPI GeoAPI provides versioned /v1 REST endpoints (/v1/burnscar/cog, /v1/burnscar/report, /v1/burnscar/firms) secured by API keys. We work with enterprise teams to deploy dedicated instances, integrate with internal dispatch/GIS tools, or run sovereign on-premise spatial pipelines.
- What is the 98% union coverage threshold?
- When generating satellite rasters over a 30 km analysis box, single satellite granules may only partially intersect the target area. The GeoAPI STAC mosaicking engine clips and merges adjacent granules from the acquisition pass and rejects results below 98% geometric union coverage, ensuring analysts never receive misleading partial imagery.
Need an Enterprise GeoAPI or Custom Wildfire Pipeline?
The free GeoPlatform Wildfire web tool demonstrates our cloud-native Earth Observation architecture. For automated multi-basin alerting, headless REST API integration, air-gapped sovereign deployments, or custom ML severity models — Infryne TechWorks builds and deploys production geospatial pipelines.