Anyone who wants to view satellite imagery but doesn't have the expertise required to open the huge files of digital data or the scientific background to know what visualization algorithm is best suited for their needs. TerraFly makes it easy for someone with no remote sensing experience to select a data set, then choose any combination of sensor bands and fly over a color composite image of their choice.

Anyone wishing to purchase satellite imagery online, can use TerraFly. TerraFly has been made into a web tool so that people who want to purchase satellite imagery can easily browse the data, by flying over continuous imagery, and identify their area of interest. Once they have identified the area, they can mark it, obtain information about that data set (i.e. total square miles/kilometers selected, date of acquisition, etc.) and an online price quote.