Exactly how quota charges are calculated?

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Zhan Li

• August 13, 2020 13:19

Hi Planet Explorers, 

I've been trying and using the Planet Explorer and Planet Data API to search images. Now I'm going to try Planet Orders API to start downloading data. I have two questions about how the quota charge is calculated. I searched around but couldn't find answers anywhere.

Q1. My quota is given by km2. If I download an image of a given AOI of e.g. 25km2 for an item PSOrthoTile in five asset types analytic, analytic_sr, udm, udm2, and, analytic_xml, is the quota charge calculated multiple times for this single AOI? Four out of the five asset types, analytic, analytic_sr, udm, and udm2 are all images. Is the charge calculated as four times the AOI area?

Q2. On this page https://support.planet.com/hc/en-us/articles/360011216618-Orders-API-FAQ, it says the minimum quota charge per AOI clip is 100 km2 for preferred users and 0.01 km2 for premium users. I can't find which user category I'm in. How can I confirm the minimum quota charge per AOI clip for my account?

Thanks!  

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  Lalitha Suggula

  • November 09, 2020 18:13

  Hey Zhan Li, you will only be charged for the raster files you download/order. And to see how much quota you are using, please refer to this FAQ: https://support.planet.com/hc/en-us/articles/360013049997-How-do-I-look-at-my-quota-subscriptions-and-read-the-content- (you need to sign in to view it)

  Mostly all customers are on the preferred tier unless specified on the contract.

   

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