📰Planet Community Newsletter- September 2023📰

Community Highlights

Celebrating One Year of Planet University and Community

We’re very happy to celebrate the one year anniversary of Planet Community and Planet University! In our first year, we have reached more than 1,000 users in Planet Community and 3,000 users in Planet University. Thank you for joining us and being part of both our platforms!

Read the Planet Pulse article written by Chris Beck, Global Director of Customer Education.

Anniversary Survey

Help us make Planet Community even better. Take our 1 Year Feedback Survey and give us your opinion!

Sinergise Acquisition and Useful Resources

Planet has acquired the business of Sinergise, including Sentinel Hub, marking a significant step forward in our mission to make Earth observation (EO) data more accessible and impactful. We are excited to welcome Sentinel Hub to the Planet Community, and are eager to accelerate investment in Europe, the development of EO data applications, and solutions for the planet.

To read more about this acquisition check out the article in Planet Pulse: Planet Acquires Sinergise Business: A New Chapter In Earth Observation.

For various Sentinel Hub resources check out the Sentinel Hub Enablement Resources in Planet University.

AMA (Ask Me Anything) Series

During our second AMA session, Tara O'Shea, the Senior Global Director of Forests and Land Use at Planet, discussed the applications of high-resolution imagery in forest and land use monitoring. View the AMA recording! Stay tuned for the next AMA session!

Community User Story

For the month of July, we highlighted Planet Community user Gijs van den Dool’s post on Using NICFI Satellite Data to Help Monitor Tree Health and Stress in Reforestation Projects.

Are you using Planet Imagery? Share it in a post in Planet Community and maybe you will be highlighted next month.

Ideation

The current top 3 ideas:

Have ideas of how we can help you better? Submit them in the Planet Product Ideas Community.

Product Announcements

From September 14, 2023, archival PlanetScope images will only be available through the PSScene item type. PSOrthoTile archive images will no longer be available through the Planet API or Planet Explorer. This change allows Planet to improve your experience by streamlining access to PlanetScope data through a single source.

Read more about in the Updates to PlanetScope Data Availability post!

Planet University

Open Courses

Planet University rolled out an “Open Courses” space in Planet University! This space includes courses that can be taken with anyone, with or without a Planet account!

What you’ll find in Open Courses:

An exercise in ArcGIS Pro focused on identifying blooming trees with PlanetScope imagery (including sample imagery that does not consume quota!)
A new series of courses, designed by Dr. Ed Oughton of George Mason University, on using Planet Data in a Python environment.

Upcoming Training Sessions

Check out the hosted recording sessions and register for the one that you’re interested in! These sessions will consist of a pre-recorded demonstration of the selected tool (Planet Explorer, Planet Data in ArcGIS and QGIS) with a live host available to answer your questions.