Alden Ackerman
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Alden Ackerman created an article, How Many Tiles Would a Quad Require for Streaming?
The size of each quad is 4096 x 4096 pixels. Each tile is 256 x 256 pixels. Each 4096 x 4096 pixel quad contains 256 tiles.
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Alden Ackerman created an article, Can I get a scene id from a basemap?
Yes, it is possible to get a scene ID from a Planet basemap. There are several methods to identify the contributing source scenes for a specific location in a Planet basemap: Using Planet GIS int...
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Alden Ackerman created an article, Can I Buy Commercial Imagery With a Sentinel Hub Trial Account?
No, you cannot. Trial account users must upgraded before being able to purchase commercial imagery.
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Alden Ackerman created an article, Do Planet Basemaps Support Full Bit Depth GeoTIFF Tiles?
Full bit depth GeoTIFF tiles are supported via clients that support tif XYZ tiles (GDAL, QGIS, ArcGIS). To access full depth tiles, please use the following parameters for your WMTS address: format...
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Alden Ackerman created an article, What Is Expected Total Time From Capture to Availability for PSScene Imagery?
Planet aims to provide imagery within a day of acquisition.
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Alden Ackerman created an article, Is There Any Latency Between Signing up for Sentinel Hub and the Activation of Web Services?
In most cases, services are available immediately after a subscription is established. In some cases, it can take up to an hour for all parts of the system to refresh.
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Alden Ackerman created an article, Planet Tile Streaming FAQ
What is a tile? A tile is a 256x256 pixel image (a “Tile”) that represents a certain portion of the earth at a particular zoom level. Web applications stream many tiles to your browser or applicat...
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Alden Ackerman created an article, Do Your API’s Have Any Rate Limits?
Our default rate limits are approximately 5 per second for each of our APIs. Please review the rate limiting section of API Mechanics in our developers documentation. This information applies to a...
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Alden Ackerman created an article, What Status Types are Counted Against My Subscriptions Count?
Only subscriptions in the following states are counted: preparing, pending, running.
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Alden Ackerman created an article, Are the Footprints Associated with the Raster Bounding Box an Exact Representation?
The footprint that is associated with an image is an approximation and the bounding box will not reflect the absolute position of the raster. This is due to the process that creates the bounding bo...