Emir Hartato
Articles
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Using Planet GeoTIFFs in QGIS
QGIS is a free, open-source GIS application available for Windows, macOS, Linux, and BSD. To load Planet data, drag and drop the files into the QGIS layer panel or map view. QGIS recognizes them au...
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What is Surface Reflectance?
Surface reflectance represents the proportion of light that is reflected by the Earth's surface. It is calculated as the ratio of surface radiance (the light reflected by the Earth) to surface irra...
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How can we interpret image file names and ID numbers?
Planet uses different naming schemes for different types of images. The following will explain how you can interpret the different IDs. PlanetScope The name of each downloaded PlanetScope image p...
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Using Planet GeoTIFFs in Google Earth Pro on Desktop
In Google Earth Pro on desktop, the users can leverage Planet Analytics and Visual scenes for visualizing data. To overlay the images, drag the GeoTIFF files onto the map window so that Google Ear...
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How is the Surface Reflectance Product Provided?
Planet's Surface Reflectance (SR) product is provided as a 16-bit GeoTIFF image with reflectance values scaled by 10,000 in order to increase efficiency in product retrieval. Planet also includes a...
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Surface Reflectance Products for RapidEye
Surface Reflectance products for RapidEye images are available for the REOrthoTile item type under the analytic_srasset (Data API and Subscriptions API) and the analytic_sr product bundle when usin...
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Are Planet's Geotiffs Compressed?
Yes, Planet uses the lossless LZW algorithm without degrading image quality. This information can be found under the layer properties in both QGIS and ArcGIS:
