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Are Sentinel-1 (in EOBrowser) free of charge?. I cant download them

  • April 26, 2024
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Good morning:

I’m working with EO Brower for the first time. I have downloaded Sentinel 2 images without any problem and I must tell you that the tool is wonderful !.

Now I want to download images Sentinel 1 … I am following the same steps and the program shows me (in the bar on the left), all the available images according to my search criteria. My problem is that when I want to access an image through the button: “Visualize” … a text is displayed on the map that says: “Sentinel HUB WMS The bounding box area is too large! Please zoom in”.
I want to tell you that my area is approximately 6000 km2. It is a reservoir in Argentina. I have tried several times and it has not been possible to visualize or download the S1 image.
I have asked for help writing to the email of the user’s attention office and they answered me that my area is probably very extensive.
I tried again reducing my area to the maximum but the images still do not appear in the viewer.
I would like to know if I should do something else or the problem is because I need to have a special user payment.

Another question: to use the WMS service in QGIS, should I pay?
Thanks from now, greetings

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Can you provide lat/lon of the reservoir in Argentina so that we can try?

WMS service is generally payable but you can use a 30 days free trial.


The area you are trying to export, is indeed quite big, on the border of what is possible.
Still, you can do it in the following way:

  • go to the area of interest

  • search for S1 image, so that you actually see it (you will have to zoom in a bit)

  • then use “Zoom Out” feature of the web browser (e.g. CTRL + -), all fonts will be reduced and image as well

  • once you see the full area, use geometry selection tool (right under search tool) and select just the area you are interested in:

  • then click Export, select Analytical, choose 16 bit GeoTiff

This worked for me


Hello!
Thanks for your response.
I need images from two reservoir near eahc other.
one on them at: lat: 38°33’5.04"S and long: 68°42’51.44"O
the other at: lat: 39°28’56.52"S and long: 69° 0’27.87"O

in EOBBrowser i used a kml including both reservoirs. I attach a print screen of it with the aprox. dimensions

Thanks!


Dear:
With your instructions it works!
Maybe it’s the trick of playing with the zoom in and out … !! in other attempts, I can not visualize the image.
I had never had problems with the S2 but with the S1 I could not see them. Yes now. You have been a great help!!
Thank you very much