STAC Sources
STAC is one way to discover and assemble environmental assets.
CubeDynamics can benefit from STAC-backed sources, but it is not itself a STAC interface.
The Distinction
STAC-oriented tools usually focus on:
- discovery
- asset selection
- cube assembly
CubeDynamics focuses on what happens after data enters a consistent streaming computation interface.
Practical Framing
You can think of the relationship like this:
- STAC tools help build or retrieve data access paths
- CubeDynamics helps compute on the resulting environmental stream
Why This Matters
This separation keeps the mental model clean for both scientists and AI agents:
- discovery is one concern
- computation is another