Planet API 101
An Introduction for Beginners
Stanford Geospatial Center
Stanford University Libraries
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To support the use of geospatial technologies in research and teaching at Stanford
(whatever that means at any given time)

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a tiny introduction to
remote sensing

Digital images are made of pixels, and pixels are representations of numeric values

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Those values represent the amount of reflected electromagnetic energy
(which is everywhere, and everything reflects or absorbs it differently, and measurably)


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What's Special about Planet.com Imagery?
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Planet is a 3m image of the Earth, every day.
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Getting on the Stanford Planet.com account
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What we have access to:
Instant Access
- Planetscope Daily Imagery
- Planetscope Composite Basemaps
Application Access
- SkySat Archive (6mo embargo)
- SkySat Tasking (4 x 25sqkm Images)
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Using Planet.com data
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Planet Explorer
- GUI for searching by:
- Area of Interest
- Data Type (Scenes vs Basemaps)
- Metadata: Cloud Cover, % Coverage, Off-Nadir Angle, etc...
- Submit "Orders" for download
- "Orders" notified through email
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Planet Basemap Explorer

- View Monthly & Quarterly "Basemaps"
- Download "Quads" or ~20kmx20km basemap mosaics
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Orders & Basemap APIs
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- Search for imagery
- Location, Date, Cloud Cover, etc...
- Download imagery
- Single Image
- Parallelized bulk download
- API Tile Service
- Returns TIMS XYZ Tile Services
- XYZ TMS & WMTS (Monthly & Quarterly Composites

ArcGIS Pro & QGIS Plug-ins

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- Search for imagery
- Location, Date, CloudCover, etc...
- Download imagery
- Preview Imagery
- Single Image

Python Notebooks
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Search, activate, download with the Data API
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Ordering, delivery, and tools with the Orders API
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Feeds, Subscriptions, and Results with the Analytics API
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Process Planet data
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Analyze and visualize Planet data

What can you do with Planet.com data?
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Create a complete catalog of all dams, on Earth
Charlotte Weil - Natural Capital

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Detecting Ancient Reservoirs
Andrew Bauer & Claudia Engel, Stanford Anthropology

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Assess impact of fuel aid distributed to refugee settlements
Chris LeBoa

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Making Pastoralists Count
Hannah Binzen Wild & Stace Maples
Stanford School of Medicine

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Thanks!
maples@stanford.edu
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For more, go to gis.stanford.edu

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Thanks, again!
maples@stanford.edu
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For more, go to LK308 at 1:45pm
Planet@Stanford LoveDataWeek
By Stace Maples
Planet@Stanford LoveDataWeek
Discover how Planet @Stanford is revolutionizing the use of geospatial technologies in research and teaching at Stanford. Explore the incredible 3m image of the Earth captured every day, and learn about the unique features of Planet.com imagery. Uncover the power of data with gis.stanford.edu.
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