Two-thirds of the Netherlands lies below sea level or in floodplains, a geography that makes it one of the world's most sophisticated flood management states and a natural reference market for flood risk technology. Satellite-derived surface water extent, subsidence mapping via temporal analysis, and pre-event flood risk scoring are central to Dutch infrastructure planning and financial risk assessment.
The Satalyse API covers every major satellite analysis type for Amsterdam, Netherlands. These endpoints are most relevant for this location:
This snippet is pre-filled with Amsterdam, Netherlands's coordinates and calls the Risk Scoring endpoint.
1"color:#c084fc">import requests23response = requests.post(4 "https://api.satalyse.dev/api/v1/satellite/score-risk",5 headers={"Authorization": "Bearer sat_sk_live_..."},6 json={7 "geometry": {8 "type": "Polygon",9 "coordinates": [[10 [4.87, 52.34],11 [4.93, 52.34],12 [4.93, 52.4],13 [4.87, 52.4],14 [4.87, 52.34]15 ]]16 },17 "asset_type": "agricultural",18 "location_context": "rural",19 "risk_factors": ["flood"],20 "time_horizon_days": 36521 }22)2324data = response.json()25"color:#c084fc">print("color:#c084fc">f"Risk score: {data['overall_risk_score']}/100")26"color:#c084fc">print("color:#c084fc">f"Risk level: {data['overall_risk_level']}")
| Source | What it provides | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
| Sentinel-2 | Multispectral optical imagery (NDVI, land cover) | 10 m |
| Landsat 8 | Long-term land surface reflectance and temperature | 30 m |
| MODIS | Daily global coverage, fire, vegetation anomalies | 250 m – 1 km |
| SRTM | Digital elevation model, terrain, slope, aspect | 30 m |
| CHIRPS | Historical and near-real-time precipitation estimates | 5 km |
| JRC Global Surface Water | Water presence history and seasonal flood extent | 30 m |
Multispectral optical imagery (NDVI, land cover)
Long-term land surface reflectance and temperature
Daily global coverage, fire, vegetation anomalies
Digital elevation model, terrain, slope, aspect
Historical and near-real-time precipitation estimates
Water presence history and seasonal flood extent
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