Alden Ackerman
Articles
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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 inte...
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Purchasing Commercial Imagery with a Planet Insights Platform Trial Account
Commercial imagery is not available for purchase with a trial account. To access and purchase commercial imagery, you must upgrade to a paid plan.
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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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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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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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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 applicati...
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API 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 all...
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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...
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Why Do Nearby Tasking Areas Return the Same Collect?
As of July 2022, Planet enabled customers to receive even more imagery with its Tasking Aggregation release. The Tasking Aggregation will improve fulfillment rate and optimize order delivery. Poin...
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Does Planet Have Publicly Available Ephemeris Data?
Planet has publicly available Ephemeris data but, please note, we do not have a publicly facing API.
