Accessing Planet Usable Data Masks

Hi Simon,
we are still exploring the usable data masks - as they are not available for a complete archive, we avoided them initially. They will come however, in mid-term future.

That being said, we are working at this point to add unusable data mask (UDM), which should become available very soon.

Some more info on this in this thread:

I have successfully ordered and visualised some PlanetScope data using the new system. Some feedback/questions so far: 1a. Ordering is a 2 step process, creating the order, then confirming it. It is useful to create it to check the km2 usage before confirming, and I did that many times to test and understand the system. However, a new BYOC collection is created each time an order is created, not when it is confirmed, so I had (and had to manually delete) many empty collections. It might make s…

Ok thanks - I look forward to the update. Presumably even then, we will still need to order the data before we can see if the AOI is cloud free?

Hi @gmilcinski Any timeline when we will be able to access the UDM2 masks. Because meta information in the order regarding cloud, clear_percent, haze, etc. of the image tile doesn’t tell the exact picture of the AOI geometry.

Correct. There is no way around that unfortunately, Planet does not support this.

Hi @gunjan,
this is not yet on our high priority list as the UDM2 is still only available on partial set of acqusitions.
We will inform you, once this is available.
Thanks for the patience.