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Aaron Moore‎‎ 🌲

asked in Education & Research

Will the new Pelican satellites improve E&R resolution?

Student here:If things are still on schedule at Planet, the new line of Pelican satellites are launching next year and will provide higher resolution imagery and faster revisit times. How soon after launch will these satellites come into use, and will the E&R plans be included in this improvement in imaging capabilities? Currently high resolution tasking (for my current plan) isn’t available beyond 3m, but Pelican promises 30 cm. ThanksAaron Moore

idilgumusCommunity Manager 🌎

posted in NICFI Satellite Data Program

Using deep learning to track deforestation in India

Being one of the countries with the most forest area, India has lost 80% of forest land due to rapid economic development and overuse of local resources. Aiming to help India’s government and industries and protect the existing resources, scientists developed a deep learning system that produces real-time monthly land use and land cover maps for India’s forests through satellite imagery data. This research was presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2022. The researchers trained the land use monitoring system through Planetscope images provided by NICFI Satellite Data Program. Then, they combined NICFI data with a global land cover map created by Tshinghua University. Their deep learning model could provide ten basemaps of the area from January to October 2022. With the help of these maps, they could find out the seasonal changes and the impacts of monsoons on cropland. Therefore, it is highlighted that these would help scientists understand how climate change impacts

Luisa TeixeiraPlaneteer 🌎

posted in NICFI Satellite Data Program

NICFI Satellite Data Program on Twitter

You can now find the NICFI Satellite Data Program on Twitter! Follow @NICFISatData to stay up to date, and retweet the Program to help us reach a wider audience.

Phillip Lanza‎‎ 🌱

asked in Education & Research

Is it possible to use the clip tool with educational account downloads?

I’m currently a PhD student using Planet imagery for some of my projects. I have written some Python imagery download scripts to help gather imagery for my research via https://api.planet.com/data/v1 and am wondering if it is possible to access the clip tool for surface reflectance (_sr) assets through the educational access. This would be great because it would save a lot of storage space and let me not worry about exceeding my monthly quota. Any info is appreciated. Thanks!Phillip

kmmmarasigan‎‎ 🌱

asked in Education & Research

Access to Satellite Images under the Planet's Education and Research Program

Hi, good day! I applied and was accepted under the Planet's Education and Research Program. I tried acquiring PlanetScope Scene and PlanetScope Ortho Tile. However, the website still requires me to “Purchase Access”. Is there an additional step to avail the satellite images for free? Thank you.

elyhienrichCommunity Manager 🌎

asked in Education & Research

PlanetScope Ortho Tile data and 4-band PlanetScope Scene

This question was originally asked March 16, 2021 07:10 by user Haiyan Huang. Hi,We've downloaded several 4-band PlanetScope Scene images for some locations.I am wondering for the same locations, can we download PlanetScope Ortho Tile data for free as we already paid the quota when we downloaded the 4-band PlanetScope Scene data?Best wishes,Haiyan Huang

idilgumusCommunity Manager 🌎

posted in NICFI Satellite Data Program

How much forest was lost in 2021?

Each year, World Resources Institute publishes ‘Forest Pulse’ to cover forest loss worldwide and carry out extensive research on the topic. Through NICFI Data available on Global Forest Watch, this year’s report gives essential insights into how much/where forests were lost in 2021. Key Findings from Forest Pulse Forest loss remained high in 2021 Indonesia reduced primary forest loss for the fifth year New deforestation frontiers emerged in the Brazilian Amazon Due to large-scale architecture and fires, primary forest loss in Bolivia hit a record high. Congo Basin Forests experienced primary deforestation as a result of agriculture, energy demands, and logging Climate change has destroyed the northern forests For more details, click to read the report.

elyhienrichCommunity Manager 🌎

asked in Education & Research

E&R quota usage based on 4- or 8-band imagery order

This question was originally asked June 27, 2022 05:37 by user Joanmarie Del Vecchio.Hey there, I'm just wondering if I select an 8-band product for ordering if I use double the quota as a 4-band product.

andrea.cardenasPlaneteer 🌎

posted in NICFI Satellite Data Program

Mapping land cover types in Tanzania with NICFI basemaps

The need for high-resolution data in African savanna landscapes can complicate mapping land cover types. The NICFI Satellite Data Program provides free imagery to help users map these regions in detail.Recent publications highlight the benefits of using high-resolution satellite imagery and machine learning algorithms as powerful tools for mapping land cover types in data-sparse landscapes. The research titled “A super-ensemble approach to map land cover types with high resolution over data-sparse African savanna landscapes” uses the NICFI Basemaps and Sentinel 1 images to create land cover maps. By analyzing the spectral characteristics of the vegetation and using machine learning algorithms, they improved land cover maps over sparse landscapes, such as those found in Tanzania. The resulting land cover map can provide valuable information on numerous ecological applications, including tracking agricultural activities, deforestation and the sustainability of protected regions. Click he

Luisa TeixeiraPlaneteer 🌎

posted in NICFI Satellite Data Program

Reforestation using Planet-NICFI - have you tried it?

Some users in the community have been experimenting with multiple options to use technology and data to monitor reforestation activities, and even running hackathon-type challenges on this topic! Below are two examples that included the Planet-NICFI basemaps - check them out! I would love to hear your thoughts on these ideas!Omdena's Monitoring Reforestation Success using Machine LearningFruitPunch AI's Can AI track reforestation projects using drone and satellite data?

idilgumusCommunity Manager 🌎

posted in NICFI Satellite Data Program

Monitoring illegal mining activities in Colombia

Colombian Mining Monitoring (CoMiMo) aims to detect illegal mining using satellite data and machine learning. To do this, they created a geospatial tool to observe illicit mining activities in Colombia. CoMiMo uses Planet-NICFI base maps publicly available through the NICFI Program as Level 0 Users. The default imagery in the app is Planet NICFI Basemaps, and the predictions are generated with this imagery. The mining sites were detected based on the paper titled “The response of illegal mining to revealing its existence”. In this research, Santiago Saadevra aims to see the impacts of sharing location data of illegal activity with government officials in Colombia. The researcher created a novel dataset using machine learning predictions on satellite imagery. Then, benefiting from three different satellite sources, Saadevra processed thousands of images with and without mine in Google Earth Engine. One of the sources used is Planet Data, provided by NICFI Satellite Data Program. Afterwa

andrea.cardenasPlaneteer 🌎

posted in NICFI Satellite Data Program

Tracking illegal mining with NICFI Satellite Data

RAMI, Radar Imaging Satellite Mining Monitoring in Spanish, is a geospatial technology tool developed to monitor illegal gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon.Planet-NICFI base maps are publicly available through Program Level 0 in RAMI (https://rami.servirglobal.net/), which serves users who want to "track illegal gold mining associated with forest conversion" in Madre de Dios in Peru.The tool provides mining alerts with a 15-day frequency and uses Sentinel-1 radar imagery in the Google Earth Engine database. In addition, the platform relies on monthly basemaps available from NICFI to interpret and validate the alerts. The implementation of RAMI since June 2021 has reinforced the Peruvian government's objective to fight against the loss of forest cover due to illegal gold mining. This activity causes deforestation of the Peruvian Amazon, loss of ecosystems and contamination of local water sources due to toxic runoff from the mercury used to extract gold.Recent satellite monitoring by the

andrea.cardenasPlaneteer 🌎

posted in NICFI Satellite Data Program

NICFI's contribution to real-time deforestation monitoring report

AidEnvironment creates Real Time Deforestation Monitoring Reports to fight production-related deforestation and support civil society. Their August report highlighted seven case studies in Brazil with a continuing deforestation case from Mato Grosso, using NICFI Data. These cases contain the current deforestation activities regarding soy and cattle production in a total of 17,172 hectares of logging of native vegetation and 560 fire alerts in the Amazon and Cerrado biomes.Their methodology uses satellite imagery to analyze deforestation and fire alerts for each case study. Then, AidEnvironment analyzed the cases through their database and additional data from different sources. In the final phase, after the approval of a local partner, they generated a qualitative analysis through public data. In the following image, you can see an example of one case study AidEnvironment carried out. It shows a cleared area of 666 hectares in the Amazon biome inside a declared Legal Reserve and APP (P

idilgumusCommunity Manager 🌎

posted in NICFI Satellite Data Program

Modelling Above Ground Biomass (AGB) in Tanzania

Researchers from the University of Tanzania worked on forest biomass estimation in the tropical forest of Tanzania. They investigated the performance of Sentinel 2 and Planet Scope data in this domain, looking to develop cost-effective methods for AGB. Their findings highlight that both data improved the precisions of AGB estimates by about 20% and 10%, respectively, compared to field-based measurement. They also mentioned that few studies have reported on the ability to estimate and map AGB in tropical forests, despite the free availability of Sentinel-2 and Planet Scope data. And they stressed the importance of knowing the performance of free available satellite data, as it sets a baseline for developing a robust method for estimating AGB at different spatial scales in dense tropical forests. Click here to check out their research!

idilgumusCommunity Manager 🌎

posted in NICFI Satellite Data Program

Mapping tree cover of Africa using NICFI Data!

This week's user story is about a research titled “More than one-quarter of Africa's tree cover found outside areas previously classified as forest”, focusing on mapping the tree cover of continental Africa. It is addressed that the current monitoring systems tend to neglect the trees outside of forests, and/or consistent monitoring can be over-costly. Therefore, by developing a method to reach accurate results in analyzing tree cover in Africa, they aim to help reconsider the effects of land use and construct a new ground for climate change solutions and tree-related studies. To conduct their research, they benefited from 3-m resolution satellite imagery provided by PlanetScope through the NICFI Satellite Data Program. They mapped tree cover of forest and non-forest areas in continental Africa. One of the remarkable results they got is that 29% of tree cover found outside areas (like croplands and grassland) had been identified as tree cover before. In the article, they emphasized

andrea.cardenasPlaneteer 🌎

posted in NICFI Satellite Data Program

NICFI Basemaps to detect deforestation in the Rawa Singkil Wildlife Sanctuary

Deforestation in the Rawa Singkil Wildlife Sanctuary conservation area has increased yearly since 2019. From monitoring results using satellite data and supported by Glad Alert-GFW alert data, HaKa researchers found that the Rawa Singkil SM area had undergone a relatively significant shift from forest to non-forest this year. Lukmanul Hakim, director of HAKA's Geographic Information System, mentioned that deforestation in the first seven months of 2022 is already more significant than the total amount in the last three years. The specialist said that the NICFI Basemaps help detects the monthly deforestation in the Leuser Ecosystem in Aceh. According to their findings, the Wildlife Sanctuary lost 338 hectares of forest in 2021 (165 hectares), 2020 (43 hectares) and 2019 (28 hectares). The specialist also mentioned that this incident is not uncommon and should be monitored. HaKa hold a press conference to involve local authorities in the search for a better response to these deforestatio

andrea.cardenasPlaneteer 🌎

posted in NICFI Satellite Data Program

Mapping Sugarcane in Thailand using NICFI Data

For years, Thailand has been facing air pollution caused by burning sugarcane, which represents a major environmental problem in the country. A study analyzed this issue with high resolution satellite imagery combined with deep-learning technologies. Their goal was to analyze the location and extent of sugarcane in an effort to develop informed strategies to reduce burning.To conduct the study, the researchers used Planet's high-resolution imagery through the NICFI Satellite Data Program and developed a deep learning algorithm. A U-Net deep learning algorithm was tested with a lightweight MobileNetV2 network as a coding branch via Google Earth Engine. To conduct the study, the researchers used Planet's high-resolution imagery through the NICFI Satellite Data Program. They benefited from the integration of Google Artificial Intelligence and Google Earth Engine, which allows users to apply deep learning algorithms to geographic data at scale. All of these tools were able to help them mo

andrea.cardenasPlaneteer 🌎

posted in NICFI Satellite Data Program

Offline monitoring in the Peruvian Amazon

Rainforest Foundation US facilitates training in using NICFI Satellite Data Program data to 5 indigenous organizations and 33 Amazonian native people from Kichwa, Shipibo and Ticuna communities in Peru.The basemaps are downloaded in satellite information hubs, transformed into android format and transferred to the native communities. Community patrols use the basemaps on their smartphones to plan patrols to validate early deforestation alerts.Additionally, native communities create maps using NICFI Basemaps to help indigenous monitors and community watch committees to plan their patrol routes and make their performance more efficient.The satellite images, plus the evidence gathered in the patrols, are used to identify causes of forest loss, responsible actors, and, when relevant, file complaints with the government authorities.During a conversation with Cameron Ellis from Rainforest Foundation US, he mentioned that the NICFI Satellite Data Program has filled a missing piece in many com

azcuemaite‎‎ 🌱

asked in Education & Research

Planet Scope revisit time and Missing dates

HiI understand that with PlanetScope we can get almost daily images, but in some dates there are a few missing dates.For example, in some areas in Arkansas2022 Period Jul-29 Aug-11 we are missing images of:02 ago 04 ago 05 ago 07 ago 09 agoIs this due to cloudiness? Or, What is the reason why there are that many dates unavailable?It is just to understand how the frecuency works.Thank you.

andrea.cardenasPlaneteer 🌎

posted in NICFI Satellite Data Program

NICFI basemaps on detecting illegal mining in Brazil

An unprecedented study of clandestine airstrips in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, conducted in a partnership between The New York Times, The Intercept, the Pulitzer Center and Earthrise Media, gathered data on illegal mining 🎉The team compiled the possible locations of illegal airstrips by gathering data from Open Street Maps, the Socio-Environmental Institute and Hutukara. Then, by cross-referencing the geographic coordinates of the runways with mining deforestation alerts from Amazon Mining Watch, they found that 1,269 unregistered airstrips were still in active use in the last year and documented signs of mining nearby, such as cleared forest areas and mining pools. The team used satellite imagery 🛰 and geospatial analysis 🗺 to locate the airstrips and interconnect them with illegal mining, benefiting from NICFI data. In addition, they determined that hundreds of the airstrips in mining areas are located within indigenous and protected lands, where any form of mining is against

idilgumusCommunity Manager 🌎

posted in NICFI Satellite Data Program

Large-area Mapping of Active Cropland and Short-Term Fallows in Northern Mozambique, using PlanetScope Data

This month, Philippe Rufin, Adia Bey, Michelle Picoli and Patrick Meyfroidt published the article "Large-area mapping of active cropland and short-term fallows in smallholder landscapes using PlanetScope data" in the International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. The research focuses on a study area in Northern Mozambique, where they presented a framework for mapping active cropland and short-term fallows in highly fragmented smallholder landscapes. The results of this study aim to minimize financial constraints and maximize the replicability of the methods. All code and maps are made available for further use. To conduct the study, they used Planet Scope mosaics available through the NICFI data and integrated them into Google Earth Engine. Their methodology consisted of derived seasonal analysis-ready datasets from coregistered time series of PlanetScope mosaics and used iterative learning to map active and fallow cropland. The authors mentioned that because of

Austin StonePlaneteer 🌎

posted in Education & Research

Calling all Educators! How do you use Planet in the classroom?

Hi fellow Planet Educators! I’m in search of finding ways our Education and Research community uses their Planet access in the classroom. Feel free to share your successes, challenges, and ideas for teaching the next generation of Earth scientists using Planet imagery!

idilgumusCommunity Manager 🌎

posted in NICFI Satellite Data Program

Continued Deforestation in Papua, Indonesia

Satellite imagery demonstrates the ongoing deforestation within a palm oil firm in Palma province of Indonesia. Although the environment ministry canceled permits of 137 palm oil firms, activity in the concessions, overlapping with the land of the Namblong Indigenous community, continued. To analyze the land clearing, Aidenvironment provided evidence through the Planet-NICFI basemaps. Click to read the full article.Image Info: Satellite Image showing the land clearing in Papua, Indonesia. https://news.mongabay.com/2022/04/palm-oil-firm-that-cleared-papuan-forest-after-losing-its-permit-is-still-at-it/

elyhienrichCommunity Manager 🌎

asked in NICFI Satellite Data Program

Which Method is Used to Create the Planet & NICFI Tropical Monitoring Basemaps

This question was originally asked March 10, 2022 05:57 by user Maurice Kalthof. Hi,I was wondering how the basemaps, especially the bi-annual basemaps up untill september 2020, are compiled. Are the pixels/images selected based on a quality assesment, or is the median / mean used? If I know this, I can make a better assesment on what period / situation the basemaps represent.

andrea.cardenasPlaneteer 🌎

posted in NICFI Satellite Data Program

NICFI Satellite Data in Payments for Environmental Services in Mato Grosso, Brazil

The Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM) uses NICFI satellite data in the CONSERV initiative in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. This initiative is based on Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) to farmers who register in their program and conserve native forests on their properties. NICFI data is essential for monitoring native vegetation on members' farms so members can receive their payment for preserving the natural ecosystem. IPAM also uses NICFI data to conduct complementary assessments of databases on deforestation, degradation, fire, and permits to remove native vegetation from farms. Additionally, they use the imagery to obtain temporal patterns of Vegetation Indexes to map specific land uses for single plots on different farms. Planet image from October 4, 2021 used for the monitoring of a farm in the State of Mate Grosso, in comparison with the mosaic from October 2020. Retrieved from: IPAM, 2021. NICFI Satellite Data Program Level 2 Access, Three months report.

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