Planet
Daily earth data to see change and make better decisions
Planet provides daily satellite data that helps businesses, governments, researchers, and journalists understand the physical world and take action.
Description
Planet revolutionized the earth observation industry with the highest frequency satellite data commercially available.
Planet’s data is transforming the way companies and governments use satellite imagery data, delivering insights at the daily pace of change on earth. This differentiated data set powers decision-making in a myriad of industries including agriculture, forestry, mapping, and government. Our fleet of over 200 earth imaging satellites, the largest in history, images the whole Earth land mass daily.
Planet helps you anticipate what's next.
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Specifications
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General
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Year of introduction
2014
Deliverable raster products
Raw Imagery, Orthorectified imagery, DEM, Timelapse mosaics
Options for delivery
Individual Files, Maps API, Ortho Tiles or GeoJSON
Satellites or constellations of delivered products
Planet operates the PlanetScope and RapidEye Earth-imaging constellations.
Deliverable vector products [2D and 3D]
aircraft or satellite
Continents
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Image corrections
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Proces of geometric correction
- 1: Internal detector geometry which combines the two sensor chipsets into a virtual array. - 2: Registration of all bands together to ensure all bands line up with each other correctly.
Image sharpening methods
Unsharp mask (sharpening filter) applied before the warp process.
Sensor corrected
Y
Proces of sensor correction
Optical distortions caused by sensor optics.
Radiometrically corrected
Y
Process of radiometric and/or atmospheric correction
- 1: Correction of relative differences of the radiometric response between detectors. - 2: Non-responsive detector filling which fills null values from detectors that are no longer responding. - 3: Conversion to absolute radiometric values based on calibration coefficients.
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Imagery Specifications
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Spectral band types
Red, Green, Blue, Red edge, Near-infrared
Spectral bands [specify wavelengths]
Blue: 455 – 515 nm. - Green: 500 – 590 nm. - Red: 590 – 670 nm. - NIR: 780 – 860 nm.
Dynamic range of RGB image [bit depth]
16
Dynamic range of other products [specify bit depth and spectral band]
12
Data formats of imagery
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Revisit time and delivery
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Revisit time for defined data products
1 day
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Resolution and Accuracy
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Resolution of RGB imagery [best GSD in centimeters]
300
Resolution of other bands [GSD in centimeters]
500
Geolocation accuracy [RMSE at nadir in centimeters]
1000