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 Mosaics.

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:

• The ability to save a search to preserve search filters from the Imagery Search panel.
• Additional search filters.
• An improved Mosaic discovery interface and Mosaic download tools.
• The ability to identify the contributing source scene in a Planet Mosaic.
• 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:

• Image Search panel (learn more about searching for imagery).
• Basemaps panel (learn more about exploring Basemaps).
• Planet Inspector panel (learn more about inspecting Basemaps source scenes).
• Planet Tasking panel (learn more about tasking imagery).
• Planet Order Status panel.

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

Requirements

• QGIS version 3.10 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 in the Planet documentation.