Authenticating to Planet WMS and WMTS Services in QGIS and ArcGIS

1. Develop
2. Integrations General

Authentication for Planet's tile services depends on which service you are connecting to. There are two distinct services with different authentication methods:  Planet Mosaics WMTS (delivered via...

• Edited May 19, 2026 06:54
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PlanetScope 8-band asset: band order, wavelengths, and metadata

1. Data Products
2. PlanetScope & SuperDove

This article describes the band order, wavelength ranges, and GeoTIFF metadata for the 8-band PlanetScope® asset.Band order and wavelengthsThe 8-band PlanetScope asset delivers the following bands ...

• Edited May 18, 2026 09:01
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How to Renew Tropical Forest Observatory Plan

1. Plans, Pricing & Quotas
2. Plans & Subscriptions

We’ve identified that a few customers have unintentionally selected the Basic plan instead of Tropical Forests when renewing their subscriptions. When this happens, access to PlanetScope Mosaics ov...

• Edited July 23, 2026 02:10
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Postman Authentication Process - 500 Internet Server Error When Using Orders API

1. Develop
2. API General

Receiving a 500 Internet Server Error message when using the Orders API on Postman can be caused by various factors. One common cause is having the password field filled in under the Authorization ...

• Edited February 06, 2025 09:53
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What Mosaics are available in Planet's Google Earth Engine & TFO integration?

1. Develop
2. Google Earth Engine

QuestionWhich Tropical Forest Mosaics are available in GEE & how are they organized?Answer*Access to the Tropical Forest Mosaics Image Collections requires a purchase, so the collections do not app...

• Edited July 23, 2026 02:08
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Can I order the "basic asset" type for a SkySatCollect?

1. Data Products
2. SkySat

 Basic bundles (basic_analytic or basic_panchromatic_dn) are not available for the SkySatCollect product, as the product is sensor and geometrically corrected and is projected to a cartographic map...

• Edited June 19, 2024 07:21
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Availability of UDM2

1. Data Products
2. PlanetScope & SuperDove

Usable Data Masks (UDM2) are available for 4-band PlanetScope imagery back to August 2018 globally, and specific agricultural regions back to January 2018. A small percentage of PlanetScope 4-band ...

• Edited October 23, 2025 12:44
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UDM2 Downloads and Quota Usage

1. Plans, Pricing & Quotas
2. Usage & Quotas

Downloading UDM2 files via the Data API does not count against your download quota.For more information about using the Data API, refer to the relevant documentation.

• Edited April 28, 2026 11:10
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NDVI Calculation for Clipped Areas

1. Develop
2. Orders API

When a customer orders imagery through the Orders API with a clip operation and an NDVI calculation (typically as a 5th band), the calculation is applied only to the pixels within the clipped Area ...

• Edited April 29, 2026 06:37
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How to Create Saved Searches

1. Platform
2. Data app (Planet Explorer)

Saved Searches are a helpful choice for handling searches that you use repeatedly. Saved Searches can be easily retrieved and executed for repeated use with optional daily email notifications for n...

• Edited August 22, 2023 12:55
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