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tecnologia‎‎ 🌱

Some doubts about Processing API and PU usage

Hello everyone.I'd like to clarify a few questions regarding the Processing API and the use of Processing Units.About the Processing APIIs there any way, such as a REST API or endpoint, to retrieve only the dates of the images?Some Sentinel-2 L2A images, depending on the region, may have variations in temporal resolution. What is the explanation for this?About Processing UnitsDo you know if PUs vary when using the same request parameters but changing only the area? If there's no variation, how many PUs does it typically consume, for example, to process the NDVI of a 50-hectare area at 10-meter resolution?Thank you!

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3 days ago

Justin Leong‎‎ 🌱

asked in APIs

Bad bundle type - unable to accept order

I’m currently trying to download images using the planet api for item_type “PSScene” and product_bundle “basic_analytic_4b”, but I’m getting the error of “Bad bundle type: 'basic_analytic_4b'”. I already migrated over from PSScene3b but it doesn’t seem to have worked.Is there a new bundle type for the PSScene?Thanks!

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12 days ago

grit_nm‎‎ 🌱

asked in APIs

Expanding Batch Order Options Beyond Major Cloud Providers: Can Customer-Owned S3 Storage Replace Hosted Solutions?

Are batch orders exclusively supported on hosted cloud servers, or can customers use their own S3-compatible storage? In other words, why are we locked into providers like AWS and Google Cloud? Customers without access to those cloud services can take advantage of the subscription and tasking services offered by Planet. Is it possible to develop a batch order solution that’s more universally accessible without requiring specific cloud platforms?

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16 days ago

belen‎‎ 🌱

asked in APIs

download image 8b surface reflectance with python

252 / 5.000 Hello, I'd like to know if it's possible to download an image with 8b surface reflectance using Python code. I managed to download it with 4b, specifying the "product_bundle": "analytic_sr_udm2" in the command. However, I tried adding 8b, but it didn't work.

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21 days ago

Isaxon_Munhuwenhamo‎‎ 🌱

asked in APIs

Data Access via API to my GEE Cloud project

I have access to the PlanetScope daily data under the Education and Research. I would want to access it via an API on my Google Earth Engine (GEE) cloud project where I would calculate variables using it such as NDVI then extract pixels for my modeling workflow. without necessarily downloading the full images but extracting portions (pixels) that will form my TFRecords. How may I do this?

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1 month ago

emerysilb‎‎ 🌱

asked in APIs

Education and research XYZ tile server low resolution and downloads credit

Only zoom tiles load atHi,I’m trying to implement the tile server using the education and research license, but it only seems to show a low resolution version of the data. What’s the process to load the full resolution tiles? Also, I tried using the API to get 13 acres of data using a clip in the API for the AOI, but it used about half my Downloads Scene credit. Is it possible to collect data without having the entire tile count against credit used? Thank you!

AKAP‎‎ 🌱

While creating an order on EO browser, i need to enter the planet API key. I do not have it. How to get it?

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1 month ago

GabiZuccolotto24‎‎ 🌱

asked in APIs

KeyError: 'id' when placing API order

Hello! I’m replicating the code found at this link https://github.com/planetlabs/notebooks/blob/master/jupyter-notebooks/Orders-API/ordering_and_delivery.ipynb with my own set of images and am receiving the error in the screenshot below when trying to place the order. For reference, I’m trying to pull all available analytic_8b_sr_udm2 products that overlap with my specified area of interest.I’m unsure if this is a problem with the API, the images I’m trying to order or the way I’ve written the code. My code is exactly the same as the one linked, except I performed a paginated quick search first and then copy and pasted the resulting item id list into the request code. That item id list has 786 image ids in it. Any insight someone can provide about what is causing this error and how to fix it would be so appreciated!

galoalvarez‎‎ 🌱

Hi allmy users wants to start and make a imagery task by API.in task request API body they have to enter their PL_numberI am the admin. i want the users to find their PL_number by API. I only want to give them API and not users username and password and then they find PL_number by their API

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2 months ago

EnglischKäseMensch‎‎ 🌱

asked in APIs

What's the easiest way to download data over a long temporal range?

I'm new to PlanetScope and to mapping. My question is which is the easiest and most time efficient way to download my site data from Planet? I find using the Planet Explorer clear and easy to use, and it lets me clip the image data to just my sites, which is very good as it prevents me from going over my quota. However, I want to download the data for my sites across their whole temporal range (2016 to present day). As far as I can tell, the explorer won't let me do this easily as I have to manually click each scene and press the "load more" button.I've also tried using the official Planet plugin for QGIS. It is cool that it loads Planet data directly into QGIS, but I don't see any option to crop scenes down to just the pixels I want. I also don't see the option to bulk select scenes within a date range. Lastly, I've attempted to use the APIs that Planet provides, but this is challenging because I'm only familiar with the R programming language, so I keep encountering errors. Furthermo

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2 months ago

nsruiz00‎‎ 🌱

asked in APIs

Expected Time for Downloading Batch

Hello Planet community! I am looking to perform my first batch download and am wondering if it’s possible to get a ballpark estimate of how long this will take. I have a script prepared in Python using Planet’s API that will facilitate the retrieval and download of about 240 images from PSScene (3m resolution). To anyone with experience doing this, how long will this download process take? Should I run it before going to bed to give it enough time, or is it more recommended to try a parallel processing approach? Any tips are appreciated.

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2 months ago

brunj7‎‎ 🌱

asked in APIs

How to a I create a Geometry Filter from geojson file in Python?

Hi,Is there a way to create a Geometry Filter using defining the AOI directly from a geojson file in Python (ideally using geopandas)? The only examples I am seeing in tutorials is about copy-pasting coordinates, but I hope there is a more automated way to do this.Thank you!

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3 months ago

matt.ballardPlaneteer 🌎

posted in APIs

Analyze Planet Data with R and the Statistical API

R is a powerful statistical data analysis tool. Planet data like PlanetScope or Forest Carbon are datasets which are well suited for statistical analysis because they are multi-temporal with many observations; daily in the case of PlanetScope and yearly in the case of Forest Carbon Diligence.When analyzing how locations have changed over time, one method is to calculate zonal statistics over specific areas of interest to summarize a value, such as index (e.g. NDVI) or Aboveground Carbon Density for Forest Carbon. To extract zonal statistics from Planet datasets, you can use the Statistical API.Using the Statistical API to extract statistical information is a great way to speed up analyses in R. You can calculate zonal statistics for long time series over many areas using cloud computing. You don’t need to download any images to do this, you only will be downloading summary statistics, so you can focus on doing statistical analysis in R.The Statistical API works on data that is store

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5 months ago

DTBeard‎‎ 🌱

asked in APIs

Interpreting /stats responses

Newby-question here: /stats returns often show millions of “counts” for my searches. for example:{ "count": 10181598, "start_time": "2016-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z" },Compared to the planet explorer GUI online results with what is (I assume) the same filters, this is an extraordinary difference. I imagine that some of the metadata type files are also included in the “count” in this example, but it still seems like a very high number for my search criteria (which included, for this example, included item_type, permission, publishing, cloud, daterange, and geometry filters all fairly strict). How should I interpret the “count” value from the endpoint response? Are there indeed over 10 million images that meet this criteria? Here is the filter structure for this search: # Search filter setupitem_type = ["PSScene"]AssetFilter = { "type": "AssetFilter", "config": ["ortho_analytic_4b", "ortho_analytic_4b_sr"]}PublishingFilter = { "type": "StringInFilter", "field_name":

1494

5 months ago

edsfernandes‎‎ 🌱

asked in APIs

Finding basemap by mosaic_id but not by its name

I have a code that searches for the most recent basemap available.However, when I list all available mosaics, it only returns mosaics until the end of 2023. When I search by name, for example "planet_medres_normalized_analytic_2024-09_mosaic" I can't find this basemap, but when I search directly by its id, I can find it: {'_links': {'_self': 'https://api.planet.com/basemaps/v1/mosaics/02e1d63d-21d6-4355-beed-504c8e3595db?api_key='', 'quads': 'https:/ /api.planet.com/basemaps/v1/mosaics/02e1d63d-21d6-4355-beed-504c8e3595db/quads?api_key=''&bbox={lx},{ly},{ux},{uy}', 'tiles ': 'https://tiles.planet.com/basemaps/v1/planet-tiles/planet_medres_normalized_analytic_2024-09_mosaic/gmap/{z}/{x}/{y}.png?api_key=''}, 'bbox ': [-179.999999974944, -34.161818157002, 179.999999975056, 30.145127179625], 'coordinate_system': 'EPSG:3857', 'datatype': 'uint16', 'first_acquired': '2024-09-01T0 0:00:00.000Z', ' grid': {'quad_size': 4096, 'resolution': 4.777314267823516}, 'id': '02e1d63d-21d6-4355-beed-

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6 months ago

Lamirhl‎‎ 🌱

asked in APIs

Clip tool to download images from API

Hello, everyone! I am downloading raster images clipped to 11 small aoi. It appears that my quota allocation is still counting the entire scene’s coverage area towards my monthly download quota, however. Does someone have script to make an order to download clipped images on aoi, for a time series. I will be very grateful as I tried and always get either errors or downloading the whole scenes which impact my monthly quota.Any info will be much appreciated.Thanks!

1572

7 months ago

sbaglapl‎‎ 🌱

asked in APIs

API Search only returns 250 ids

Hi, I am following the tutorial here to search for images lying within a bounding box. I only get 250 returns back for my aoi. Am I missing something? Please advise :) Cheers,Shashank

4534

8 months ago

Nick Simonian‎‎ 🌱

asked in APIs

Question with planet image processing for NDVI

I have a question about how planet is processing NDVIs I can download a 4 or 8 band image from planet and then process it in Qgis using the NDVI formula (NIR-Red) / (NIR+Red) and get a nice looking NDVI.When I get the same image from the API and drag it into Qgis the image has much lower total reflectance its about 70% darker. For example in the hand processed image Low value Vs high value is .219 and .585 in the same image that is pulled from the API the value is -.04 and .268 In the subscription there is a line called bandmath. "type": "bandmath","parameters"": {"b1": "(b4-b3)/(b4+b3)"," "pixel_type": "32R"}} it looks like bandmath is running the same NDVI formula I am B4 is Nir and B3 is Red how am I getting such different values between the two processes and why is there negative values in every image I get? I have maybe once hand processed a good image that had a low of less than .12 ( a -.04 maybe) and never high much above .90 Any ideas what processing is going on with the plane

4904

8 months ago

Dan Cogswell‎‎ 🌱

asked in APIs

How to check if tile is available for zoom, x, y before making API call to get tile

We are loading PlanetScope and SkySat tiles into an application using Google Maps API V3. It automatically requests tiles via the Planet API based on zoom level and x and y values.Since Planet scenes may not take up the entire bounding box of the map, we are sometimes calling the API for x and y values that may not produce a tile.Is there a way of checking ahead of time whether a tile is available at the x and y location so as to reduce the calls to the Planet API if there is no tile there? We call the API on the server so as to hide the API key, then return the resulting PNG file to the browser.Many thanks for your help,Dan

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8 months ago

it0to‎‎ 🌱

asked in APIs

Best way to go about getting Satellite Imagery on more zoomed in areas of interest?

I am working on a project where I am using satellite imagery to get updates on a basin in Texas. What is the best satellite/service to use in order to get the most clear images returned? I have an Enterprise L Account with Planet. What API should I be using to get the images? What is the best way to make sure I get the most clear images. Anytime it is a bit too zoomed in the images are basically pixels.

Orderding multiple scenes clipped with multiple AOIs

Hi all,I'm building a dataset for training a CNN. For this I need to acquire about 1000 PS scenes clipped to a rather small area of interest (around 600x600m). I've got the item id's and corresponding AOIs as polygons for all the images I need. Since the AOI for each PS scene is so small I want to use the clipping tool from orders API to spare our quota.My question is this: What is the best way to order multiple scenes clipped by multiple areas of interest?I've already written code (in Python) to acquire the images by sending an order for each image separately, but this solution seems a bit "brute-forcy" to me. Is there some more elegant solution to this? I know it is possible to order multiple scenes clipped by a single AOI in a single order but is it possible to order multiple scenes clipped by multiple AOIs? Thanks for your help!

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10 months ago

AlidadA‎‎ 🌱

asked in APIs

Configs definition of keys (gte, gt, lt, lte, gsd ...)

Hi folks,I am working with the Data API and I have a question that is really not covered by documentation (https://developers.planet.com/docs/apis/data/searches-filtering/).What do these configs really mean (gte, gt, lt, lte, gsd...) ? Because some of them store not only one data type, for example lte:In the DateRangeFilter "lte":"2020-01-31T00:00:00Z", but in the RangeFilter it is a float - "lte":0.1, or even an integer (https://developers.planet.com/docs/apis/data/quick-saved-search/ or here https://developers.planet.com/docs/subscriptions/tools/). Thanks!

14274

1 year ago

AndreaMelchiorre‎‎ 🌱

asked in APIs

how to see all orders?

I created >100 orders using automatic scripts, but I can only retrieve 20 of them, the last 20. How can I see the rest of them? I get 20 orders both via the python Order API and the web browser….

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1 year ago

AndreaMelchiorre‎‎ 🌱

asked in APIs

What is the maximum number of concurrent Orders I can create?

I need to download a large number of products, I created a script using python API to launch many orders, but after a few orders it stopped with 400 error…. I was wondering what is the maximum number of orders I can queue?

1901

1 year ago

belenfh‎‎ 🌱

asked in APIs

Trying to access imagery outside of my Tier using the Subscription API

Hello Everyone! I am writing this post to ask if anyone knows what happens when you try to download imagery from outside of your signed Tier using the Subscription API. E.g. in my case, I have a contract that lets me download imagery for a given polygon from Japan (Tier 1), so if an user mistakenly tries to download data from, let’s say, the US, my subscription creation will fail and throw an error or will I be charged for this?I already read this documentation, however I could not find an explicit reference to this problem. Although, I am guessing I would get a 403 error (Unauthorized). I would appreciate it if someone could answer my question. Thanks in advance!

1962

1 year ago

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