Overview

The Planet QGIS Plugin V2 is an open-source plugin you can install and add to QGIS. In December 2019, Planet released the Planet QGIS Plugin V1, which supported search, streaming, and download for Planet imagery and Basemaps.

V2 strengthens these features and adds new capabilities to help you get the most value from your Planet subscription in QGIS. V2 includes the following updates:

• Improved metadata display and customization in the Imagery Search panel.
• The ability to save a search to preserve search filters from the Imagery Search panel.
• Additional search filters.
• An improved Basemap discovery interface and Basemap download tools.
• The ability to identify the contributing source scene in a Planet Basemap.
• The ability to set an AOI for high-resolution tasking in QGIS.

The Planet QGIS Plugin V2 adds a toolbar to the QGIS interface with the following panels:

• Imagery Search panel (learn more about imagery search capabilities).
• Basemaps Search panel (learn more about Basemap search capabilities).
• Scene Inspector panel (learn more about the Scene Inspector tool).
• Tasking panel (learn more about high-resolution tasking).
• Order Status panel.

QGIS is a free, open-source GIS desktop application that anyone can download from the QGIS website.

Requirements

• QGIS version 3.6 or later.
• Python 3.6 or later.
• A Planet subscription or trial to access and download Planet imagery. Do not have a subscription? Contact the Planet team to learn more.

Get started with installation and usage on the Planet developer page.