Frequently Asked Questions
Education and Research Program
- Am I eligible for the Education and Research Program?
- What usage rights are granted with data access?
- What if I have a commercial use in mind?
- I represent a university. Can my whole institution apply for access?
- Can I teach a course with Planet data?
- How do I cite Planet data in my work?
Basemaps
Planet Explorer BETA
- What’s new in Planet Explorer, compared to Scenes Explorer and Mosaics Explorer?
- How can I compare two scenes?
- Is there a way to share my saved searches?
- What will happen to the current Scenes and Mosaic Explorer existing users?
- What is the license and terms of use for the data set I have access to?
- I can’t see any Landsat 8 data at the moment. Are you planning to make it available through Planet Explorer?
Open Regions
- What is Open Regions?
- What is Open California?
- What is included in Open California?
- Why is Planet opening up parts of its data set?
- Will Planet open up other regions?
- As a signed customer or partner, how do I access Open California data?
Accounts
Satellites
- What satellites do you operate?
- How big are the Dove satellites?
- How do you control satellite attitude?
- How do you spread your satellites out after launch?
- What orbits are your satellites in?
- How many of your satellites will be in a polar (or sun-synchronous) orbit?
Imagery
- What is the difference between PlanetScope and RapidEye?
- Do all PlanetScope images have the same quality?
- What can you see?
- How much of the world does your imagery cover?
- Why don't you have any imagery for my region?
- Is it possible to acquire imagery over the ocean?
Product
- What browsers does the Planet Platform support?
- What are your products?
- How do I access your products?
- Are you like Google Maps?
- What is the difference between a visual scene and an analytic scene?
- Do you offer any tools to help me use your imagery?