Addressing Usability when Adding New Features to the Worldview Application for Discrete User Goals

The Worldview (https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/) application from NASA's Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) provides a low friction solution for users of different scientific backgrounds to access near real-time satellite imagery and data products. Worldview credits its successful growth by displaying new imagery from the Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), which has an increasing archive of 700+ products serving full-resolution satellite imagery from NASA's Earth observing fleet. NASA promotes the open sharing of all data with researchers, private industry, academia, and the general public. Worldview encourages this open data policy. Numerous general news publications feature Worldview for its unique imagery. Worldview also helps scholarly research in identifying field research locations, mapping thermal hotspots of active burning fires, and visualizing theoretical models of weather storm systems.

Identifying user goals and increasing usability has been important in the historical application development of Worldview and continued design of future features. This presentation will address Worldview's ability to encourage earth science exploration by a diverse worldwide user community through offering new and exciting layers and continuing to increase usability of new application features like the new comparison tool and improved tour/tutorial.