Idea: make Monthly Surface Reflection Basemaps 4-bands available for the whole world (area) for users of a paid Research license.
I don’t understand why Planet puts “Monthly Surface Reflection Basemaps” in the contract and does not deliver it.
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I am quite disappointed now that we have bought a Research license in which it was written:
“4 Select PlanetScope Monthly Surface Reflectance Basemap Download for Academic”
to find out that Planet provides only 3 spots in the US and the country of Ghana.
No way to call that a Basemap.
Also bi-weekly and weekly Surface Reflectance Basemaps may give you just other minute AOIs in the world. Also this is not worth the term Basemap.
As a user you have no control over the areas provided nor over the period that they might be provided, thus there is no consistency.
So currently, despite our bought license I advise people to create a NICFI account (tropical areas only).
People can subsequently choose to work with Google Earth Engine.
(Yes I’ve contacted our contact person at Planet… Customer success. ?? No, not yet.)
