One thing I'd love to see Planet address is the usability of imagery over small Caribbean islands, specifically Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Two issues come up repeatedly:
Cloud cover -The Caribbean sits in a persistently cloudy belt, and for small islands, this is a real problem. Unlike a large landmass where you can often find a usable portion of a scene, when cloud obscures a small island, the whole image is essentially lost. Given how frequently this happens, getting a clean, usable image can be genuinely difficult.
Resolution-Small islands have small features. Agricultural plots in SVG are often compact and fragmented across hilly terrain. At 3–5m resolution, it can be hard to distinguish individual crop types or detect meaningful change at the field level.
For agricultural monitoring in particular -whether that's tracking crop health or understanding land use both of these limitations compound each other. A clearer image is only useful if you can actually get one.
Would love to know if others working in the Caribbean are running into the same thing, and whether Planet has any plans to prioritise tasking or processing improvements for this region.
