Project
Bhoonidhi
Bhoonidhi is the portal where ISRO publishes its Earth observation archive: scenes from 41 satellites, ISRO’s own and the foreign missions it distributes, going back to 1988. These four open-source tools make it easier to find scenes in it and download them.
Under the Indian Space Policy 2023, ISRO’s remote-sensing data of 5 m ground sampling distance and coarser is free and open to all.
Unofficial: not affiliated with or endorsed by ISRO or NRSC. Downloading needs your own free Bhoonidhi account.
bhoonidhi-explorerWeb appFind scenes by asking in plain words or filling in a query, and see them on a map.
It searches the STAC API below, draws each scene's footprint with its quicklook, and gives you the bhd command that downloads it. Searching needs no account.
bhoonidhi-stacSTAC APIEvery scene Bhoonidhi lists, searchable from Python, QGIS or any STAC client.
79 collections from 41 satellites, with scenes from 1988 onwards, updated weekly. It serves metadata and links only; the imagery stays on Bhoonidhi.
API address
https://bhoonidhi-stac.ecotrakr.inbhoonidhi-downloaderCommand line and Python SDKSearch the live portal, keep your searches, and download scenes with bhd.
Downloads run in parallel and each file is checked against its SHA-256. Scenes that must be ordered or paid for are staged to your Bhoonidhi cart, to finish on the portal. Downloading needs your own free Bhoonidhi account.
Install
pip install bhoonidhi-downloaderbhoonidhi-mcpMCP serverLets an AI assistant search, save, download and cart scenes in plain language.
15 tools over the same client the bhd command uses. Searching needs no login; downloading and the cart use your own Bhoonidhi login, set up with bhd auth login.
Run
uvx --from git+https://github.com/geovicco-dev/bhoonidhi-mcp bhoonidhi-mcpFour weeks of ResourceSat-2A LISS-4 scenes over India
689 scenes between 28 September and 25 October 2026
Scenes: Bhoonidhi STAC API, every ResourceSat-2A LISS-4 scene dated in the four weeks; scene metadata © ISRO-IRS. Boundary of India: DataMeet, from Survey of India and Census of India 2011 maps, CC BY-SA 2.5. India NSF Lambert conformal conic (EPSG:7755).